i used to put my car in neutral at the lights because i wanted a stick but had an automatic. so it was something to do.

As a manual driver, when driving automatics; put it in park before you try to take the keys out. Otherwise they will not come out.

This gets me every time.

I can rest my hand on the clutch and my elbow on my center console. I’d estimate I am putting less than 2 lbs of weight on the actual shifter. If that can kill my car, then it was bad design from the get-go.

Depending on the auto, I’ll do this. Some autos I’ve driven have a very strong creep foward which really makes you keep your foot in it at a stop, which gets tiresome if you’re stopped for more than a minute (heavy traffic, long light). Park seems excessive in those situations, why not just bump the shifter 1 notch to…