Mainly --> neutral and ebrake
Both on the driveway.

 

The E-brake should be strong enough to hold the car in place.. unless you are living in areas such as San Fransisco where parking has to be done on slopes, then you would need to put your car in 1st gear w/ E brake. And no putting it in E brake does not damage the car in any way.

 

usually i leave it in neutral with the e-brake up

 

Neutral + E-brake

 

Negative. 1st & ebrake. Just like you should have learned in school

 

to op, It won't hurt your car, but I would still use the ebrake and turn your wheels on a hill. Luckily, there are no hills where I'm at so I just use the ebrake alone.

 

Not a good idea unless you like spinning the engine backwards(bad things happen).

Put the car in 1st if pointed DOWN hill(if the car would roll forward), and reverse if you're pointed UP hill(car would roll backwards).

This will make the engine turn the correct way if the ebrake was to fail. The compression/friction force is the same either way.

 

i park it with it in the gear im gonna use when i move the car again (first or reverse, depending on the parking situation) and the e-brake

 

Have you ever tried to start your car without pressing on the clutch?

 

In my dodge i can't start my truck without the clutch being pushed down

 

No, I have always started with the clutch in.

 

when i park at a level ground or whatever i just throw it on first. i dont even use the ebrake. thats what carroll shelby does as well

 

Exactly! Thanks gr8huntr. So leaving the car in gear when you park shouldn't involve worrying about the car lurching if you try to start it in gear, because it won't start that way.

 

i think they mean like starting up the car then releasing the clutch to do something else before you actually move (ie. like doing the bass fix on the bose systems fml). i have been surprised a few times when i forget i have left it in gear and i clutch in, turn on the car, and release the clutch and lurch forward and stall.