I only use mine on inclines. 🤷‍♂️

 

but I think I should always use it.

You provided your own answer -- Have a good day.

 

I have got into a habit of using it when I drive any car.

 

Hmmm, best to use it when it's parked.

 

I don't use it all the time because I don't want to stretch the cable prematurely.

 

I don’t drive my car because I don’t want to prematurely wear out my car 👍

 

Grew up with manual trans and I'm just in the habit of always using the parking brake. not a huge fan of the foot e-brake but it does remind me of my dad's pickup way back when. Wish the PP had the push/pull parking brake that uses an electric motor to set like my wife's Odyssey. Can never have enough draw on the ole battery ya know!

 

I use it all the time. I don’t like the idea of the transmission holding the weight of the car when there’s a slight incline that’s hard to detect. I use it every time.

 

Thanks everyone for your input!

 

I never use it. On an incline obviously it should be used but even on a mild incline I never think to use it. Now if you live in San Fran parking on those hills it's probably unheard of to not use it. I remember when I first started driving I had a 'preowned' 1982 Ford escort I think it was, I used the parking brake all the time and the cable eventually broke. Basically it was just like the thin metal cables your bicycle's brakes had to engage it. I've never bothered with it since and never had a transmission problem with any vehicle I've ever owned. Had a boatload of other problems but never transmission, knock on wood. Even with that Escort, after 100k miles the transmission was almost the only part that didn't fail on it.

 

drove manuals for the first 16 years so I was used to using the parking brake so I use mine on my driveway and inclines.

 

I only use it on incline.

 

Learn on a manual so I used it. 46 years later I still set the parking brake every time I park. Don't even realize I do it, it's like automatic.

 

I don't mind the manual foot operated parking brake, (less to potentially go wrong) but with all the other electronic gizmos and nannies I'm utterly baffled that Honda didn't go with a button activated electronic parking brake. Even my wife's 2011 Hyundai Optima came standard with a electronic parking brake.

 

Every single time every single vehicle for the last 47+ years. I have never had a cable fail. The electronic parking brakes are pretty cool. The Subaru Outback I test drove had one and it was an awesome feature. Auto off when taking out of park and on when put in park.

 

I only use it on inclines. The only place I can honestly remember using it is at one of our daughter's home.

 

I do on hills, and I never used the parking brake on autos prior to this rig. That nasty popping sound the transmission makes shifting out of park when its on the pawl can't be good.

 

Unless some of the members are joking with tongue in cheek, this thread creeps me out. I cannot imagine anyones negligence with a deliberate act of not setting their brake. Even more scary is the fact that they are not going to change.

This is safety 101 folks. Relying on a plastic parking pawl to stop a rolling vehicle is insane. Never mind the damage to transmission that can occur.

 

Unless some of the members are joking with tongue in cheek, this thread creeps me out. I cannot imagine anyones negligence with a deliberate act of not setting their brake. Even more scary is the fact that they are not going to change.

This is safety 101 folks. Relying on a plastic parking pawl to stop a rolling vehicle is insane. Never mind the damage to transmission that can occur.

It creeps me out the this thread creeps you out 🤣

 

That makes two of us, (on both counts).

Yet another pyramid for us to concern ourselves with (until this one is revamped too).

 

72 years old and never heard of this pyramid. Appears it is more applicable to a manufacturing company. Looks like a OSHA bulletin for companies to hang on the wall.

 

I took my driver's training course in the late 60's.

 

From the manual, I do this - also prevents rough engagement shifting out of "P" if the tranny is loaded on any incline, or the

lurching that some people report.

 

How did we get here? Oh that's right, him!

 

I’ve always used it, but especially after they went to electronic controlled transmissions and some vehicles like the Jeep Grand Cherokees killed some folks rolling when set to “Park.”

When your life depends on software and someone making correct code… use all the redundancy you can.

<—— In Software Development

 

I've never used a parking brake on an automatic vehicle.

 

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These are not because the driver didn't set the parking brake.
This is because the shifter was very vague for being in park.
This is also Honda implemented a logic in the Passport that if you don't have your seat belt on and open the door, the transmission will automatically going into Park.

 

25 years of driving a manual has me stopping, putting the trans in neutral, setting the parking brake, releasing the brake, and then putting it in park.

Driveway has a slight incline and this makes for smooth shifting into drive. Personally, I’d rather cause damage on the parking brake than the transmission - strikes me it will be less expensive to fix.

 

+1 Here

 

I always use the E brake. Hate that horrible cluck sound when there is a load on the tranny when putting in reverse 😖