Is it okay to turn off the engine without shifting to P gear?
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It is okay to turn off the engine without shifting to P gear. The correct parking sequence is: first step on the brake to stop, shift to neutral after stopping, then release the handbrake, and finally shift to P gear. This mainly depends on the road conditions when parking. P gear is a common gear in automatic transmission models, usually located at the front of the gearshift console, before the R gear, and its purpose is to lock the axle when the car is stationary on a slope. After shifting to P gear and then pulling the handbrake, the car may still move slightly. This is because the P gear is equivalent to the manual transmission model's gear lock, which only serves as an auxiliary brake. Shifting to P gear first means its locking mechanism has already engaged with the transmission, so the effect of pulling the handbrake at this time is not very noticeable.