To all the manual drivers...

[Nightmonkey]

I do this so I don't put the tensioning spring under load when parked/stored. I've seen these wear out where the shifter won't center itself as it is designed to do.

This may have had other causes...
A spring does not fatigue because it is compressed, the load changes fatigue it.
This is favored by incorrect design or poor material.

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[r-model]

I always put the car in gear and only use the EB on steep inclines

 

[Journey GT 435]

If I am going to have to back up when I get in the car to leave, I leave the car in reverse. Only use the e brake on a hill.

 

[TrueBlue22]

Shifter in 1st gear, parking brake on, wheel turned towards the curb if there’s an incline/decline for extra safety. Haven’t owned a manual in a while, but that’s how I learned 35 years ago from my father and it served me well for two decades.

 

[dfesta]

This may have had other causes...
A spring does not fatigue because it is compressed, the load changes fatigue it.
This is favored by incorrect design or poor material.

There are 2 centering springs and one would be overstretched (in tension) in the 1st or 2nd gear position which leads to the fatigue. I agree that it happens under tension, not compression, but it does happen if a vehicle is in long-term storage. I've seen it 1st hand on several manual transmissions.

 

[m3incorp]

In 1st gear (Reverse, when I back in to park), the emergency brake is engaged 100 % of the time when parked.

 

[Nightmonkey]

There are 2 centering springs and one would be overstretched (in tension) in the 1st or 2nd gear position which leads to the fatigue. I agree that it happens under tension, not compression, but it does happen if a vehicle is in long-term storage. I've seen it 1st hand on several manual transmissions.

Are you sure, that there are springs that get tensile force?
Would be a strange (= failed) design.
Springs are normaly designed for tension or pressure, they can not do both.

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