When racing that's the only way you can immobilize the car in the pits. If
you put on the e brake the heat will weld the brakes permanently on.

Mike

On 12/28/06 8:39 AM, "Anderson,Chuck" <CAnderson@UA.COLOSTATE.EDU> wrote:

> That's interesting. I always purposely leave my vehicles in gear when
> parked.
> Chuck Anderson
> '86 GL
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Anthony Egeln
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:27 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: women and standard gearbox
>
> When I married my wife she already knew how to drive a stick....so her
> transition to my then ride...... '73 911T Porsche Targa, and later the
> vangons, was not an issue.  I did have to break her of the habit of
> leaving it in gear when parked....went through several starters first.
>   Anthony
>   '89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)
>
>
> chris jackson <chriscjack@BIGPLANET.COM> wrote:
>   It was a women who help get hooked on busses. A friends mother got me
> driving her 1958 green on green splittie no syncro for first come to a
> complete stop then go into 1st gear. This was back in 1967 she then pick
> up an 1968 westy with less than 20k. It still looked & smelled new; I
> loved that bus.
>
> Out of all my friends on all the long trips in the many busses I have
> owed the two best driver have been women.
>
> Chris
> 82 diesel westy
> sf bay
>
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