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A few weeks ago, I had my 07 SI parked outside of my gf's house on the street. The street has some what of a slope but it is not very noticable. After I parked the car, I had to move some bags, etc. into my gf's house and I took several trips in a 15-20 mins span. I was say it was around the 30-40min mark after I parked my car, some kids in the neighborhood came and knocked on the door and showed me what had happened........MY CAR APPARENTLY ROLLED DOWN THE STREET, MADE A TURN AND HIT A TREE!!!!!!. I was so rediculously mad at myself at first about what had happened. I initially thought I had forgotten to pull up the e-brake. BUT, I never had a bad habit of not pulling it up and also the slope of the street is some what steep enough for a car to immediately start rolling if the e-brake wasnt pull up(I tested it with multiple other cars). When I saw my car after it had hit the tree, the e-brake was completely down.
So, this has me thinking about contacting Honda and see if they would be responsible for something like this. I'll take this to court if its necessary...but the only thing that worries me is that Honda can say that I didn't put my car into 1st gear when it was parked. So my question is, weather if the driver of a manual car is required to put the car in gear when it is parked. Helpful suggestions will be very appreaciated! Thanks!
(I just got my car back today and everything seems fine. But the overall cost came up to about $5000+ worth of damage.)
So, this has me thinking about contacting Honda and see if they would be responsible for something like this. I'll take this to court if its necessary...but the only thing that worries me is that Honda can say that I didn't put my car into 1st gear when it was parked. So my question is, weather if the driver of a manual car is required to put the car in gear when it is parked. Helpful suggestions will be very appreaciated! Thanks!
(I just got my car back today and everything seems fine. But the overall cost came up to about $5000+ worth of damage.)