Should You Engage the Handbrake First or Press the P Gear When Parking?
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It is acceptable to either engage the handbrake first or press the P gear when parking. The P gear is the parking gear, which is used when the vehicle is parked and the engine is turned off. Every automatic transmission car is equipped with a P gear. There are three common types of automatic transmissions in automatic cars: AT transmission, CVT transmission, and dual-clutch transmission. Automatic transmission generally refers to the car's automatic gear-shifting mechanism, where the control system of the automatic transmission selects the appropriate gear based on the engine's speed and load during driving, replacing the driver's subjective judgment of timing and gear-shifting operation. A typical automatic transmission car has six gear positions, arranged from top to bottom as: P, R, N, D, S, L.