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I was on an errand today, and when I pulled into my parking spot, I hustled out into the store that I needed to pick something up in. When I was in the store, I was talking to the desk-person and filling out papers, when some lady came in and said, "do any of you guys own that blue van out there?" I just assume that someone left there headlights on or something, but when i turn around, I see that my car had rolled back about ten feet and hopped a curb and was wedged in between a bunch of bushes. I'm instantly shocked, and I don't think I even said anything to the lady, and I just walked right out to go check on the Vibe. Luckily there were no serious problems, or marks. I got back in and considered callinga tow-truck, but managed to get back over the curb. I felt like such an idiot. And I can't believe how fortunate I was that my car didn't roll into the line-up of cars just behind me. That reeaaally would've sucked Anyways, I always leave my car in first and only put the e-brake on, if it is a noticeably steep hill. And this is the first time that I guess I left it in neutral. Is it possible for it to slip out of gear, or did I just make a really dum mistake?

sorry to hear that... i always leave mine in nuetral and use the ebrake.Once and a while i put it in gear. havent had anything happen. but could just be one of those days.

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »but could just be one of those days.lol, that was kinda my outlook on today as a whole. My day didn't go so well, and this parking thing was just one of the many things.

This is why I have an auto But glade to hear every thing is okay with you van

Always put your car in gear WITH the e-brake on.

I hate putting it in gear cuz i ALWAYS turn the car on and forget to hold in the clutch and i shake and move forward about 10"!!! Until i can conquer that stupidness i just leave it in nuetral... i know bad MIKEY

glad nothing serious happened yea i have a auto and ebrake every time i park it, it helps for sure on a auto so you dont have to shift hard as heck to get it into gear, like when on a hill

Quote, originally posted by VforVIBE » But glade to hear every thing is okay with you van haha, i know. normally that would've phased me a bit, but I was so shocked to see my car in the bushes, that I didn't even really think about it. lolyeah, so I think I'm definately gonna use my e-brake from now on.

wow... I always leave my manual in first and with the E-brake pulled all the way up. I've always done that with a manual transmission. Habit I guess.lucky for you and your Vibe that it all turned out ok. now baby that Vibe from now on. I bet its feelings are hurt for being refered to as a van lol

yeah, it's crazy that it ended up in the bushes, cuz if it had really gone straight back it would've nailed some cars. I'm sooo lucky that I had the wheels slightly turned.Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »lucky for you and your Vibe that it all turned out ok. now baby that Vibe from now on. I bet its feelings are hurt for being refered to as a van lolhaha, yeah. I'll bet the suspension is feeling pretty hurt too. lol

Quote, originally posted by Mrizzle05 »I hate putting it in gear cuz i ALWAYS turn the car on and forget to hold in the clutch and i shake and move forward about 10"!!! Until i can conquer that stupidness i just leave it in nuetral... i know bad MIKEYIn my VIbe, you have to have the clutch pedal pushed before the starter will turn.In manual tranny cars, I always use the parking brake. In automatics, I only use the parking brake when parking on a steep hill.tcam, I have never had a problem with the car slipping out of gear, so maybe you accidentally left in in neutral, or perhaps the slope was steeper than you thought. Hopefully therre as no damage (other than to your ego ) A "van"?

I have always left it in neutral with the E-brakepretty far up....I dont like leaving stick cars in gear when I'mnot using that gear to move forward.....