Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby Ray » Thu May 29, 2008 9:25 pm

leave it in gear.

the handbrake thing is quite common. not sure if renault have a working fix for it.
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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby onlydiesels » Thu May 29, 2008 10:05 pm

i always leave mine in gear too,but if your not too keen on that you could turn the steering slightly so that if it were to move,it would roll up against the kerb.
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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby robznet » Thu May 29, 2008 10:36 pm

Yup - leave it in gear!

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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby wanda » Fri May 30, 2008 11:27 am

Mine rolled into my friends garage door. Will never park without leaving it in gear again. :-(


Do you think it could be a fault or does it just need tightening?
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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby Woody Woo » Fri May 30, 2008 11:50 am

The manual is speaking nonsense. You should always leave a car in gear. The Highway code says so as well.



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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby wanda » Fri May 30, 2008 3:54 pm

Better in gear than to find it down a river or something.
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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby onlydiesels » Fri May 30, 2008 4:14 pm

wanda wrote:Better in gear than to find it down a river or something.


not such a bad thing :D
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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby Toosh » Fri May 30, 2008 5:59 pm

Oh. I don't leave mine in gear, maybe i should now :o

My previous car was a 406 and they are famous on the Pug fourms for having a crap handbrake, mine was no exception so i always left that in gear but as soon as got the Meg i was so happy having a handbrake that actually worked that i don't bother.
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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby misty2k » Fri May 30, 2008 8:41 pm

Oooo... I don't leave mine in gear either... but I also have only parked on a slope half a dozen time. CeCe doesn't like being left on the street. Strictly secure off road parking for my hunny. :cool:


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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby Deano16v » Fri May 30, 2008 8:42 pm

Toosh wrote:My previous car was a 406 and they are famous on the Pug fourms for having a crap handbrake, mine was no exception so i always left that in gear but as soon as got the Meg i was so happy having a handbrake that actually worked that i don't bother.


aint that the truth. stupid set up for adfjusting them too. my coupe was crap on the handbrake!
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Re: Leave it in gear on a hill or not?

Postby AlexB » Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:07 pm

As I remember, the repair manual warns regarding turning the engine in the wrong direction. This may be different for different engines, but I always choose the 1st or reverse gear depending on the direction of slope.
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