R.I.P. Anton Yelchin

I used to not put the E break on my cars before unless it was a manual shift. Manual shift you pretty much have to or the car is essentially in neutral.

Only reason I started putting E breaks on automatic cars is because the one I got now (an older vehicle) was tending to slip sometimes when at a slight angle or especially on a hill (something none of the other cars I drove ever did). Better to be safe than sorry I guess.

Electric auto shifter does sound like a recipe for disaster. I work at a Chevy/Chrysler dealer and I remember hearing stories about people getting stuck at stoplights with their Jeeps. The newer ones power down the engine when you hold the breaks at a stop light or in traffic to converse gas and energy. It’s just the computer can malfunction so the car won’t get the signal to turn the engine on when you push the gas and you’re basically stuck on the road with no working engine.

You really should put the e-brake on, even in automatics. That’s because you end up putting extra stress on the latter. At the very least, you end up sapping years from the life of the transmission. Worse case, you break the parking pawl which means no more “Park”, on top of a hefty repair bill because you need to remove the entire transmission for a rebuild.

He waa an upcoming actor. Too young to die considering no drugs and shit. RIP.

The park brake is designed to keep the car in place. The park gear is not - it only exists to lock the transmission.

Well, looks like it’s been confirmed that his Jeep was one of the ones involved in the recall.