I'm not sure if this is serious problem?

Question for my car peeps Hey so I have a 2001 Honda Civic lx manual transmission and when I was in Park and the car was off I noticed the stick could change into the gears not even stepping on the clutch as I can remember it didn't do that before there would be a lock that didn't let them move until you pushed on the clutch. But I turned the car on and the stick won't change until change until I push on the clutch but so it seems fine. But I'm. Curious why does it. Move when the car is off? Can anyone tell me if I'm. Tripping or I should be worried or what? Anybody else's stick shift car do that as well?

Your tripping. I don't know of any manual transmission that has a lockout when off. The clutch needs to be pressed to start, as a safety. So you don't start in gear.
When engine is stopped and nothing turns in transmission the gears often line up so you can shift into any gear. When engine is running you need to disengage clutch to stop or at least slowdown gears in transmission so that gears match speeds to go into gear.
I think you need some auto/transmission theory to understand what your operating

The ONLY car I know of that really has a lock on a manual is on SAAB (reverse gear MUST be in for you to get the key out of the ignition) Honda do NOT have one. If you are going to drive a car at all STAY OFF THE DRUGS!

How can you have a manual transmission and "put it in Park"? You park a manual by leaving it in first gear and put the handbrake on. Any manual transmission will shift through the gears with out a clutch when the motor is turned off. The gears are not spinning so you don't need to push the clutch pedal to disconnect the motor from the transmission.

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