On Sat, 22 Apr 2017 18:46:52 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 4/22/2017 2:40 PM, Micky wrote:

So when I turn the car off while it's in Neutral, and I get out of the
car, and it starts rolling, I have to get back in the car while it's
rolling to put my foot on the brake to shift into Park!



Why not just put it in P when you stop?

I don't know, but it might be because this car, instead of a straight
line from one gear to the next, like every other car I ever had, has a
zig-zag path. To the right and up for reverse, farther to the right
and up some more, then to the left for park.

Downshifting requires to the right for 3rd aand to the right and back
for 2nd.

Having to put one's foot on the brake to get into reverse would also
make it harder to rock the car out of snow or mud. One coudl learn to
include the brake but I dont' think he could ever do it as quickly,
which matters a lot then.

I always did it that way and
never had a car roll away.