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But if you're parked on a slope facing upwards you would have to turn the wheels towards the road to stop it from rolling down so maybe you have to choose; car in the middle of the road or car in the river!!!!

With the Selespeed models the car automatically reverts to 1st gear when it has come to a halt and you are supposed to leave in 1st when parking. If you switch off in neutral then you are prompted by a loud insistant beeping. An excellent safety feature I've always thought. The only exception is when you are in reverse already.

James Abarth said:

With the Selespeed models the car automatically reverts to 1st gear when it has come to a halt and you are supposed to leave in 1st when parking. If you switch off in neutral then you are prompted by a loud insistant beeping. An excellent safety feature I've always thought. The only exception is when you are in reverse already.

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Ahhh thats what that beeping is all about !

So I take it the selespeed doesn't have a "park" gear like other automatic cars?

ProtoFJ said:

Ahhh thats what that beeping is all about !

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Yus

SLOVAC said:

So I take it the selespeed doesn't have a "park" gear like other automatic cars?

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Correct. Bear in mind the Selespeed is an automatic clutch fitted to a manual gearbox .

Mine rolled away twice, like people have said its got rear discs and if the is hot they will make the brakes come off when they cool and contract

how many handbrake failures does it take to get a recall!!!! WE have had one .
Parked up handbrake on left stilo walked 10 yards turned round blipped key to checked it was locked damn car started to roll down to a pond fortunatly mated with a post that stopped it getting wet . OK im disabled just what i need a james bond car blip the key and the car does a runner!!! WHO NEEDS "Q" when fiat does it for free! .Dont need this problem as the car is 8 months old .. regards TRILL.. stilo 19JTD SW 115 ACMP

wow - unfortunate!

It's not a car fault, that's driver error. Read the manual as they say, leave it in gear when parked on a hill. I'd advise leave it in first EVERY TIME. Don't even bother trying to work out if it's uphill or downhill. Just stick it in first as soon as your engine is off

Volvos have the same rear disc set up so the handrake force lessens dramatically as the disc cools and so they decided to fit an extra handbrake mechanism which acts like the old drum brakes (because Volvo drivers are Volvo drivers I suppose) but the answer is still the same even for them

WHEN PARKING ON A HILL ALWAYS LEAVE IT IN GEAR

What you could get away with on old drum brakes you can't now. You must change you're parking routine or your car will change shape

You might as well leave 10 grand in cash in the gutter and see if it's still there in the morning!

Maybe it's my old aircraft upbringing but I would have been shot if I didn't chock the aircraft wheels EVERY TIME when parked and that's on flat ground