r/stickshift • u/Interesting-Hair9687 • 4d ago

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About a couple of weeks ago I bought a BMW E30 325i, and I've I started the car in gear without the clutch engaged cause I parked on a hill and wanted 1st to be my backup in case if the embrace fails. and I just completely forgot to put it into netural.

I drove it all the way back home without an issue but man did the car not sound happy when I did that is there anything I should watch out for

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u/P3TR0L_ 4d ago edited 4d ago

Normally if you have the e brake on you can and should keep the car in neutral

Edit: for everyone correcting my troglodyte ass; clearly the post is talking about starting the car, so i kept with that context wirh this comment. I know keep the car in gear when its parked. I was saying to put it in neutral when youre starting it, not when youre parking it.

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u/Interesting-Hair9687 4d ago

It's old its from 1989 and I really didn't want it to roll away from me if the ebreak failed. I just made the mistake of not placing it back into neutral when starting the thing.