Originally posted by mickey
i hear it's better to leave your car in gear, rather than to use the handbrake. though i personally use the handbrake myself as a matter of preference.
I used to have a ford ranger and I left it parked on what I thought was flat ground while I ran into the store. It was a habbit for me to just leave it in gear but when I came out it had popped out of gear and bumped into the car in front of me. There was no damage so I just pushed the truck back, got in and left.
Since then I use both the parking break and leave it in gear.
Better safe then sorry. If I lived where I had to park on a hill. I would also chuck the wheels with a 4x4 block of wood or buy wheel chucks at any parts store.