Sometimes I park my (manual) car and find that while I’m well aligned , I’m either too far into the spot (don’t always want to bait someone with my smol car) or not far in enough.

Assuming I’m on level ground (ie in a multi storey carpark), is it OK to put my car into neutral, let down the handbrake and push it a little? As opposed to firing up the ignition and driving it 50 centimeres?

  • beepbeepitsajeep@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    It doesn’t matter unless you push it into something. You might want to be real sure you’re actually on flat ground and that where you’re pushing it before doing so will also be flat, or you’ll push it into yourself or something else, probably at real low speed.

    Is it smart to do this regularly? I’m not sure I would in random parking lots, but I do it all the time moving stuff in my garage a few inches or feet.

    Mechanically? It’s absolutely no issue.