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Originally Posted by ard
Wease- hear you on the autohold. But somehow I've managed to drive a manual car on roads around the world that would stall some cars, and never rolled into the stuff behind me. Seems a price paid in terms of reliability and function simply for the benefit of a shiny feature for consumers enamored with shiny objects...
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I agree completely with your comments on electronic gadgets that fail and are expensive to replace, while not providing any real benefits.
I think autohold came about as an adjunct to the electronic gear selector, so that there is another way to prevent the vehicle rolling. A silly gear selector design required a just as silly electronic parking brake to avoid liability issues.
I don't think it has to do with rolling back on a hill though. We have two manual transmission BMWs at the moment, and neither has auto-hold, but both have a form of hill holder that maintains application of the service brakes without the brake pedal when you are stopped and depress the clutch, for 5 or so seconds, or until you release the clutch. Works very well. It is like a Mico hydraulic brake lock on trucks, with a quick-release. No separate switch to work it. No connection to the parking brake.
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