Drive-off Assistant

stefan · 12-08-2008, 01:09 PM

To those of you saying you're too good of a MT drive to not need this feature, you clearly haven't tried to start a RWD car on a steep hill on ice. (i.e,. certain AWD cars tend to be a lot easier).

An example I can think of is a parking garage near me... tends to ice up in the winter and the entrance is an extreme incline. To make things worse, it's bumper to bumper going in. I don't care how good you say you are, hill-holding is a great feature and will save you lots of stress in such a situation.

I've noticed it will ignore gentle inclines, so it isn't too invasive, and you can get around it by using neutral to roll back instead of clutch+brake+release brake

Chewyjr15 · 12-08-2008, 01:19 PM

im a new manual tranny driver, and although im not great i am okay. i have driven several manual cars for test driving purposes before i made my decision to go for the one. I have to say when i got to drive a manual one it was so much smoother taking off on hills than any other cars, albeit i am a novice i can still drive one competently. So for my purposes it is just great.

Mad Dragon · 12-08-2008, 01:46 PM

Honestly, we don't need 99% of the features on our cars. They certainly make the drive easier, though. :wink:

12-08-2008, 01:09 PM	#23
stefan Brigadier General 2369 Rep 4,258 Posts Drives: M2 Comp Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: North iTrader: (2)	To those of you saying you're too good of a MT drive to not need this feature, you clearly haven't tried to start a RWD car on a steep hill on ice. (i.e,. certain AWD cars tend to be a lot easier). An example I can think of is a parking garage near me... tends to ice up in the winter and the entrance is an extreme incline. To make things worse, it's bumper to bumper going in. I don't care how good you say you are, hill-holding is a great feature and will save you lots of stress in such a situation. I've noticed it will ignore gentle inclines, so it isn't too invasive, and you can get around it by using neutral to roll back instead of clutch+brake+release brake __________________ ///M Power
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12-08-2008, 01:19 PM	#24
Chewyjr15 1 addict and proud! 43 Rep 569 Posts Drives: jb 135 on order Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: irvine, ca iTrader: (0)	im a new manual tranny driver, and although im not great i am okay. i have driven several manual cars for test driving purposes before i made my decision to go for the one. I have to say when i got to drive a manual one it was so much smoother taking off on hills than any other cars, albeit i am a novice i can still drive one competently. So for my purposes it is just great.
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12-08-2008, 01:46 PM	#25
Mad Dragon . 31 Rep 932 Posts Drives: 2010 GTI Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: MD iTrader: (0)	Honestly, we don't need 99% of the features on our cars. They certainly make the drive easier, though. :wink:
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