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Old 12-06-2003 | 09:09 AM
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Old 12-06-2003 | 09:10 AM
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Old 12-06-2003 | 09:28 AM
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For what it's worth, manual transmission SAABs have always required that you must have the gear selector in reverse to insert or remove the ignition key. I would have thought that it might be unwise to leave the shifter under that extra spring tension all the time, but evidently not. If I owned a SAAB, I would have to learn the right procedures, especially to be sure I had put the selector back in neutral before popping my foot off the clutch right after startup.

Well, actually I did own a SAAB 96 back in '64. But the gear selector was 4 on the column at that time. Four gears really, really worked great with that 36 hp two-stroke engine.
Old 12-06-2003 | 12:01 PM
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ggd2,

In most cases, putting an automatic car in 'park' is actually moving a locking pin in place somewhere in the transmission, thus locking the drive wheels, rather than simply engaging the drive wheels with a stopped engine, like a manual parked in gear. That's why they don't budge. Any back and forth motion available (as 3ngin33r1 mentioned) is due to play in the "locked" transmission. In fact, you can break this pin on some cars (especially some inexpensive cars) by putting the car in park on a hill, and then releasing the brake pedal quickly. If there is enough play in the "locked" transmission, the car can actually gain enough momentum to damage/break that pin. That's why it is suggested to also use the emergencey/parking brake when parking an automatic on a hill. I always love to see these little old ladies park there huge @$$ Crown Vic on a hill and simply put it in park. They let go of the brake pedal and the car bucks like a pissed bull.

In addition, to me the parking brake and the emergency brake is the same thing. It just depends on how you use it. If you use it to park, it's a parking brake. If you use it in an emergency when your hydrolics fail, then it's an emergency brake. Generally, that's why they are cable actuated, in case the hydrolics fail.
Old 12-06-2003 | 04:43 PM
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if you have to replace the bumper, hardtopguy is selling a 04 bumper for $250 shipped.
Old 12-06-2003 | 09:46 PM
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For manual transmission, you should always put it in gear especially when you are on a downhill or uphill.

Downhill = Reverse
Uphill = 1st Gear

If in case the handbrake fails, the gear will catch the car and prevent it from rolling.
Old 12-07-2003 | 08:56 AM
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I ALWAYS, put the car in gear (1st or reverse), and ALWAYS set the hand brake. With the transmission in gear, you have to turn the engine to make it move. The hand brake is just in case it slips out of gear, which I have had happen, and of course, being in gear covers just in case the ebrake doesn't hold.

Do both, and you shouldn't ever have a problem.
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