Chas

Hey all.

So the house i'm potentially moving into has a pretty steep incline where i would park the 951. I was just curious if always parking the car at a steep angle could put extra wear on anything. When nose-up, when i pull the e-brake and let off the brakes, i definitely feel the rear suspension load up quite a bit. Just curious if this might be a bad thing over time?

special tool

haha - make sure you use the e-brake - and that it works. A hot 951 will roll in first gear on a steep hill with the low static compression!!!

sweanders

I always put my car in gear when stopping, if on an incline I use the e-brake and angle the wheels..

danny951

I've wondered about this.. not sure I understand why this happens... but I had just parked mine one day and put it in first gear. walked away, looked back and my heart just dropped.. it was rolling backwards!! I jumped over, got in and stopped it before any damage/danger... man was I freaking out!!! the car was still in gear but it just rolled!

KuHL 951

I've always used the policy that most parking brakes work poorly in reverse when the car is pointed uphill. Another benefit of parking your 944 nose down is that the drains in the cowl area keep water from getting too high if they plug up with leaves and debris. Leaving the car in gear is a must but I always set the brake first(make sure it's correctly adjusted), let it grab, and then put it in gear.

bleucamaro

psssst Steve, your white car is parked nose up.

I've always subscribed to the theory that parking nose up helps prevent dry start-ups because most car's oil pickups are at the rear of the sump.

KuHL 951

pssst...nose down since it started to rain here 2 weeks ago but at least my Ark is nearly half finished. I don't plan on saving people just Porsches and Golden Retrievers I guess my driveway isn't steep enough, no dry starts yet. Hope you had a good Holiday

reno808

I would put it in reverse, put a block on the wheel, and angle the wheels. you can never be to save. I have a friends that ties his car with a climbing rope lololol i gotta take a picture of it.

HIGHBOOST

Just go Redneck style and install a winch, then just keep it winched to a tree or a shed or something while it is parked

Chas

LOL that's probably one of the coolest ideas ever

special tool

A REAL redneck with a STIHL o75 would cut that tree right down.....like budder.

bearone

if you're using an oil filter that drains back into the crankcase, the steepness will aggravate the lack of oil on startup.

87951

ross255

I've never understood why you lot call it an emergency brake.

In the UK they are called parking brakes, and everyone uses them whenever they park. The only exception is some people dont if they have an automatic.

Oh, and there is never any extra wear, and dont worry about the suspension loading up, its just weight transferance from you using the normal brakes, which are on 4 wheels, to using 2 wheels.

95Juan

there is damage when you park it uphill or downhill in gear tho, right? not immediate, but if you park it like that every day?

i park it first with the parking brake, let it load, then put it in gear. everything to keep it from rolling into the street short of putting rocks behind the wheels.

testarossa_td

If your regular brakes fail, then you still have that manual one as backup...or emergency...but it can also be used when parking...or drifting
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