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Old Jul 9, 2008 | 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.TT
They guy at the Chevy dealership told me that parking in reverse disables the cigarette lighter power supply when the engine is off. (It doesn't.) I don't know if that is a feature of the C6 or not.
That's interesting, I'll check that...Thanks..Tom
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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2005 only. GM changed it from the 2006 on because of all the headaches.
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 06:30 AM
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Probably 99.9% of the time I parked mine in reverse, but on occasion left it in 1st. Never had any problems with doing that.
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 07:17 AM
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I have a friend that learned the hard way why he should have parked in reverse in his 99 M6. He was parked on a slight incline in a shopping center in first gear. Forgot the emergency brake or it didn't work. Came out and the car actually rolled down the incline and almost hit some cars parked about 30 feet away.
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Old Jul 10, 2008 | 07:39 AM
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In our MN6 we always park in gear....
Which gear depends on whether the road is flat or We are parking nose up (first) of nose down (reverse) and also point the tires to curb the car should it move.....
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