RE: Runaway Alfa

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> IMHO a return to the fundamentals of driving is in order here.
>
> 1 Leave the car in gear (first or reverse)
> 2 Put on the handbrake
> 3 Cock the wheels so the curb stops it if it rolls, and if no
> curb then the
> car goes in a circle and if it does hit something, it wont' have
> been going
> very fast anyway as it will have begun immediately turning away from the
> "fall" line

with one addition - if you're parking a v6 alfa, use first if you're
pointing down hill, and reverse if you're pointing up hill.  that will
produce strain on the motor in the proper rotation (i.e., avoid belt
slippage).

bs

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