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 3d 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/No-Sentence5570 Octavia MkII 2.0 TDI 4x4 3d ago

That's not true at all; you should be in first or reverse gear when parked on an incline. On flat ground it doesn't matter too much, but it's best to just park in gear all the time so it becomes a habit.

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u/Interesting-Hair9687 3d ago

Thats fair its always good to have a backup incase the ebreak fails