In late winter I had a problem with my E-brake (i think its a well known problem). The dealership apparently fixed the problem, and said it shouldn't return. Well to be safe my brother told me that I shouldn't use the E-Brake when I park, and that I should simply leave it in first or Reverse. My 2005 V6 is my weekend car, and I'm not sure if its the fact that I drive an old Jeep wrangler during the week, but when i do take my stang out for a spin, I feel that my first gear isnt as responsive as before (i.e., its not as quick from a complete stop). Is leaving it in First or Reverse during the week affecting the timing of the clutch and gas (I dont know anything about cars so this might be completely wrong)?? Or can it just be the fact that they are two entirely different cars??

 

i had a 2000 Black Mustang GT SuperCharged and always left it in gear with parking brake. I dont think it should do anything but if you park on hills alot it might be possible that it can wear down your gears or atleast the gear u have it in. But if your parked on level or semi-leveled land you should be fine. But if you park on hills alot you should leave it in gear cause gears will wear down alot slower than an E-brake.

 

keep a wheel chock in ur trunk, 3 bucks at Walmart

Paul

 

U dont realy chock you car do you? I drive propane truck i and it realy burns my but when the company safty officer sees a truck with out chock blocks down. i mean once you pull the air brakes that truck aint going know where

whats realy funny is we have a bunch of f-550 boom trucks with hydrolice out rigers off the rear end. She said that the truck had to be chock when using the crain. OMG the wheel are barly on the gound when the out riggers are down!!!!

saftys good untill you get guys that have never done the job that they are making rules 4

sorry had to vent about work (our company SAFTY lady irritates me to know end)

 

leaving it in gear when parked cant wear anything, because nothin is moving. Its all in your head along with warmer temps hurtin the cars performance

 

fazm
What do you mean "...with warmer temps hurtin the cars performance." Does the warmer temp really have much of an effect?

 

lmao yes! cold air means its less dense you can stuff more into your combustion chamber for more power


about the 1st gear thing, you not using th3e e-brake or using it is irrelevant to the issue, you car sat a week.. lol it lost a bit of pep, it will come back.. and even then, from brand new i noticed my car lost a lot of pep, then randomly it was better than new, now its like its dead again lol.. it has a lot to do with the weather...

also i have 40,000km on my car


and i see we have another boomtruck opperator i opperate a 25ton manitech boomtruck which is sitting on a freightliner, on the weekends.. lol i work for ford during the week lol

 

It could be different gas, warmer air, air conditioning on, your seat adjusted improperly....[sm=chairshot.gif]

 

lol TNT,
i gotin my car today after trap practice and put the clutch in,turned the key and it wouldn turn over i was like WTF? then i remembered that i had moved my seat back tolisten tomusic before practice! lol i wasnt putting the clutch on on the floor.! lol

and blackfoot-
i think your mixed up. lol Cold air is much MORE dense, therefore denser air in the same combustion chamber = more oxygen to burn. LOL. yes it went from being 30(wherei floor it in second and my tires chirp) to 85 (where my tires barely chirp in first LOL) yeah it makes alot of difference