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fawk3s
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Just something I started to wonder about. It is said that if you park on a hill, put the hand brake on and leave the car in gear. First when I heard about it, I figured its pretty clever, giving the wheels more friction to overcome.
Now shortly after I heard that when parking on a hill, facing uphill, you would have to put it in first gear. However, when the nose is pointing downhill, you would have to put it in reverse.
This confused me a tad, since I thought there's really not much difference, except for the difference in gear ratios between 1st and reverse gear. As far as I am concerned, setting the gear opposite to the car-rolling-down-hill direction doesn't really matter. I thought it was only about the friction. Or is it harder for the wheels to make the engine run backwards if the gear is set opposite to the rolling direction? Or is it even possible to run the engine backwards this way?
I did some research concerning this question and it seems there are mixed opinions. What do you guys think?
Thanks in advance,
fawk3s
Now shortly after I heard that when parking on a hill, facing uphill, you would have to put it in first gear. However, when the nose is pointing downhill, you would have to put it in reverse.
This confused me a tad, since I thought there's really not much difference, except for the difference in gear ratios between 1st and reverse gear. As far as I am concerned, setting the gear opposite to the car-rolling-down-hill direction doesn't really matter. I thought it was only about the friction. Or is it harder for the wheels to make the engine run backwards if the gear is set opposite to the rolling direction? Or is it even possible to run the engine backwards this way?
I did some research concerning this question and it seems there are mixed opinions. What do you guys think?
Thanks in advance,
fawk3s