ELI5, during winters and colder seasons you’re told not to use the handbrake of it possibly freezing. Why wouldn’t a gear in a gearbox freeze as well?

Question

ELI5, during winters and colder seasons you’re told not to use the handbrake of it possibly freezing. Why wouldn’t a gear in a gearbox freeze as well?

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Answer 1

What? Don’t use the handbrake in winter?

I have driven manual in Canada for 20 years and never had an issue.

If nothing else, the engine can EASILY overpower a parking brake and that will heat it up real quick.

This advice is probably 50 years old.