The Blue Phoenix - E46 325i

[Senor_Taylor]

Even properly adjusted e-brakes don't really hold the car that well. Ever heard of someone forgetting to take the e-brake off and drive away? It really doesn't take much effort to overpower it. If it's in gear, it will take a good bit more effort for something to move it. Also, it's much more likely for your e-brake to fail because it's out of adjustment than for something in your transmission to fail.

I don't really know if reverse or 1st is better in that situation but its worked.

Either 1st or reverse. The gear opposite of the direction it's likely to roll.

Not necessarily true. I thought that was the best thing to do, but with some experiments in the Miata it turns out that while reverse had a higher ratio, 1st way better in both directions. :dunno:

Regardless, I have always done both in gear ( or park ) and parking brake regardless of what I'm driving.

My glorious e-brake rips are legendary, seen here at 3 minutes.

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