Levitation?

[SHIFTY]

Just to be aware, parked up yesterday for a meeting in the Tamora, been in the meeting for one hour when the receptionist called me to move my car.

It had moved forward by a good ten feet blocking the driveway, the car was parked on a small slope and had rolled forward.

I had give it some "welly" to get to the meeting and can only suggest that the rear discs were very hot, handbrake applied, discs cooled down, car rolled forward.

Now will be leaving in first gear just in case, by the way the handbrake was fully on.

[sotonS2]

Wife came home a couple of weeks ago for lunch. Parked the Golf on the drive (slight incline, nothing more) and went indoors.

10 minutes later there's a knock at the door -

'Do you own a black Golf ?'
'Yes, why ?'
'I just watched it roll out of your driveway, across the road and into your neighbour's hedge !'

Blo99y lucky we live a quiet road.

It gets left in gear now.

[maddog-uk]

Actually I think it now says in the manual to leave it in gear! Certainly having grown in the Cotswolds on a 1 in 4 slope I do it out of habit in any car, so its not a problem for me! The only time I tend not to do it is in our own garage which is dead level.

[swilly]

I leave the TVR in gear regardless, after my first Chim rolled down a hill into a hedge a was written off.

[chris watton]

Living in the Forest of Dean, I ALWAYS leave the Tam in gear, you should never rely on the handbrake, especially when it's a TVR handbrake!

[rolex]

I always leave my car in first gear as well and at home, its parked on a slope so I put chocs under the rear wheels, usually the hard caramel ones.