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Originally Posted by Tornnight
This is something I have been practicing forever. I have been a honda owner (Civic then Accord) and they both 'Lock' and thunk if you don't put the parking brake up before putting it in park while on an incline. I always thought that the reason is that all the weight of the car is now on the transmission and it's basically having a hard time disengaging itself with that pressure.
Dunno what your Benzes do differently where this doesn't occur.
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I'm sure that you are correct. It didn't seem to bother the Benz's but they were an '85 and '88; both had GM trannys on them at that time.
I guess that American cars were a bit more forgiving but, yes, I can recall some of that same kind of "thunk" with other earlier cars, too. My wife's Acura Integra LS likewise will give you a fit if you leave it in park only on a incline. Guess I must learn better driving habits.