So I am at my girlfriends house tonight, I park the car at the top of her drive way. We go into her house and chill for a couple hours. I come back out to leave and my car is 8 feet down the drive way. All my life I have never put the e brake on, I always just put it in first and let the tranny hold it. My mechanic said it would never hurt it. So why would my car roll that far down?? And how bad is it?

 

is it a really steep driveway? when i use to park my car at one of my friends houses id leave my car in gear with no ebrake then i leaned on the hood one day and the car rolled a few feet down the hill from under me. it didnt like take off it went really slow like it was turning the motor over very slowly

 

Remember, it is not an emergency brake or E brake, it is a parking brake for the sole purpose of holding the car in place when parked. If you tried to bring the car to a stop, from any kind of speed, using that brake the end result will be a ride to the emergency room. lol