OK, heres a problem I hope someone can help me with?: I've recently noticed that when I try to enguage first gear, I find it a real effort to get it to go into gear!! I have some background to share here.......I park my car on my drive which is at quite a steep angle and I park with the nose pointing uphill so when I apply the hand brake I also leave it in first gear as well! Could I be causing damage to something in the gear box and/or the linkage/gear selector etc???