But on any gentle incline the parking brake, when pulled tightly should provide more than sufficient holding power. There might be situation on very steep inclines where you might have to engage the parking brake and a gear as well. Or when you leave your car parked for prolonged times, best put it in gear as the parking brakes might get stuck. When you park in freezing conditions, because the parking brake might freeze solid. There is only a few reasons when not to apply the parking brake: Because that is its purpose, nothing else. You use the term hand brake, but you might want to check the owners manual and you will find it is most often called a parking brake. A brief justification on why 1 follows what, will help logically conclude the poll Opening up a poll to check what fellow bhpians follow as a standard practice while parking their cars. How true is this, I do not have any conclusive data/analysis, though I still follow his advise religiously when I park on flat surfaces in known areas. His logic was the tyre's life increases (marginally) when you do not let the hand-brake's friction rub with the hot rubber. Long ago, I had heard from a friendly mechanic who used to service our Esteem, it's better to put the car in the 2nd gear and not to engage the hand-brake unless necessary. While parking on slant approaches, I engage the 1st gear + hand-brake combination. While parking in unknown areas (malls, restos etc), I engage the 2nd gear + hand-brake combinationģ. While parking within the society premises (flat concrete road), I slot in the 2nd gear, and do not engage the handbrakeĢ. After about 10 years' worth of driving (and putting the car to stationary), I'm still curious to understand what is the ideal approach to park your car (with/without handbrake engaged).ġ.
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