Originally Posted by NorCal DC4
The handbrake is there for a reason. I'd get in teh habit of using it.
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Both manual and auto trannies can be seriously damaged if the parking brake isn't used.
I have never heard this. Can you post some information on this?
I for one wouldn't use a parking brake on an auto. My first car was auto and my parking brake use to get stuck and hence lock up the rear brakes, wear then down and then i would have no brakes left in the back.
I have talked to numerous mechanics who have said a parking brake is useless in an automatic car unless you are on an insane incline.