Is resting your hand on the stick actually bad for the car/transmission?

 

I dont know but I am guilty of leaving mine there too. I never seem to move it from there unless I actually realize it is there and then move it away but then I dont feel like my hand is in the right place

 

i thought this was about something else

 

FISH22 youz nasty

PrimoGen nice sig!

 

It's always better to keep it on the wheel. You never know when that guy to your 2 o'clock wants to change lanes without signaling...

But of course I'm guilty of this, just as most people are.

 

Yes, it's bad for the transmission.

Just like resting your left foot on the clutch pedal is bad for the clutch.

And lots of keys on your keychain is bad for the ignition.

Will any of these cause any noticeable detrimental effects? I have no clue, I don't do any of them. But if you do, let us know how it works out down the line .

 

Can you explain why? I am curious about this as well.

 

[QUOTE=WTFWASTHAT?,Nov 8 2006, 06:36 PM] Can you explain why?

 

More answers from other forums:

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106309

http://www.mazda3club.com/forum/showthread...&threadid=20776

Wow... I'm searching OTHER forums...

 

resting your foot on the clutch pedal is baayed. mmkaay..... the reason is that while your foot is on the pedal it puts a slight, very slight pressure on the system and just enough to disengage the clutch to the point where you dont sense/see/feel it slipping but it does ever so slightly. and this means accelerated clutch wear.

10lbs worth of keys and knick knacks on your keychain is baayed, mmmkaay... and how that is bad for your ignition switch is that it add leverage on your ignition key. with the bouncy bounce of driving down the road this will add up to the equivelant to jamming a blade tip screwdriver into the key slot and prying at it. mmkaay?

resting your hand on the shift knob is the same as above 2 situations. if you still need explanation the read on it you can get pass my speeeling errors.
as you rest your hand on the shift knob, you put a slight pressure on it to move out of gear or into gear or into a different position. as with the clutch, the pressure you put on it is soo slight that you may not even know it. but your trans knows it beacuse the slight pressure you placed on the knob is multiplied through leverge in the shift rods. so what you feel is resting your hands on the knob is actually just enough pressure in the trans at the shift forks to push it up aginst the next gear. that in turn speed up wear on your transmission parts.