Dude, seriously? Speeed, from your posts you seem like a helpful and reasonable guy. But you just said is that we should take the word of a network engineer over someone who builds trannys for a living. Does that seem reasonable to you?

Sure, he might suck as a mechanic, we don't know; but I'd be more likely to take his advice over yours on trannys, and your advice over his on networks...

 

How about winter time. It can freeze and then you have a problem to go. I never use my e-brake.

tg

 

When I bought my Maxima (13 years ago) the dealer told me I should always use the emergency brake, even if not parking on an incline. His reasoning had nothing to do with protecting the tranny. He said setting the emergeny brake calibrates the brakes. I don't know if that is true or not, but I am wondering if the same now applies to my new '08G.

 

heres an idea, park get out, dont make it technical

 

i cant believe there is a thread about this lolol

 

Looks like my comment was taken out of context or was misunderstood. I didn't doubt his credibility as someone who does it for living. I was just commenting about his advice when it was paired with his profession in the same sentence. I'm not a car mechanic and I won't argue with one on most mechanical topics. Having said that however, on this particular topic, I think he provided bad advice along with mentioning his profession. I then replied by stating that working in the industry does not automatically mean you give out the correct advice.

As I mentioned above, I personally saw my in-laws' gearbox damaged and replaced for this exact reason. They have a 2004 Maxima, which is parked on an incline (daily). They have (had) a daily habit of parking the car, putting it in "P" and letting it slide violently. Guess what... fast forward - two and half years later they went to park the car one day, put it in "P", let go of the brake pedal, and the car started to roll forward . Luckily for them, they had the front wheel turned rightward so it stopped on the curb. The car had to be flat-bedded and the tranny had to be replaced. Of course "your miles may vary" and you won't encounter such a problem. Just be aware of the fact that leaving the car on an incline and letting it rock back and forth, or letting it slide is not a good practice as it can damage your tranny on the long run.

Again, I didn't mean to sound harsh. I apologize if my words were misunderstood. I just don't think it's right to give someone advice while mentioning your profession thereby giving the other party the impression the he/she just got an "officially correct" answer. It can only put one in bad light.

 

dont worry about it;;;
i've yet to have ANY problems with 5 cars that i drove past 6 years...3 nissan/infiniti, porsche, toyota;

no one will drive this thing for 390850932502 miles; lol

 

That's the problem. It has nothing to do with mileage. It has to do with the nature/location of your daily parking spot. Of course if your daily spot is leveled, you won't be affected. But try to do it every day on a steep incline...

 

What he said...

Let's get back to reality people...

 

Hey bro, not everyone is well-knowledged about cars.
We all were noobz once.

 

Its a matter of common sense, its not a matter of being a noob or not.