# Drifting a car with engine off to park it. Harmful?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/drifting-a-car-with-engine-off-to-park-it-harmful/41093>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** transmissions, driving, subaru, forester\
**Created:** [December 21, 2009, 4:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drifting-a-car-with-engine-off-to-park-it-harmful/41093 "2009-12-21T16:46:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drifting-a-car-with-engine-off-to-park-it-harmful/41093/21 "2009-12-22T18:34:56Z")

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"Not all cars lose power steering with the engine off, mine doesn’t because it’s power steering is electric"  
Does your electric power sreering still work with the Key OFF?.

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**Author:** ![EllyEllis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f14d63/32.png) [@EllyEllis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/EllyEllis)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drifting-a-car-with-engine-off-to-park-it-harmful/41093/22 "2009-12-22T18:42:02Z")

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Goddy for your Old Man. That’s the best way to drive. I bet he gave up manual transmissions when he “matured” too.

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**Author:** ![B.L.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@B.L.E](https://community.cartalk.com/u/B.L.E)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drifting-a-car-with-engine-off-to-park-it-harmful/41093/23 "2009-12-23T00:16:18Z")

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“Does your electric power sreering still work with the Key OFF?.”

Yes it does, and even if it didn’t, I could still steer the car.

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