Hill holder for 5MT?

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Originally Posted by Casca

Didn't know my bimmer had hillstop till I was on a very steep hill and .....wait a second, this thing didn't rollback at all. Next hill, yep...no rollback for a couple seconds or until I hit the gas. Amazing feature. I don't care what you guys think about learning how to drive a stick, I have been driving em for years and sure I can do fine without hillstop, but you try driving around San Francisco where there are a million and one stop signs right at the crest of hills so steep all you see is sky from your car a few more degrees and you'd be going straight up. Probably all the people saying it's not needed are from Florida or similar where raising your hand over your head makes you taller then any hill there and even then...a "hill" is rare. Imagine 8 out of ten times you stop, you're on a hill like this. I use to drive through those in an old VW with a bad clutch. Fun memories, but it was a nightmare at the time.




Just strange they have it on an auto. I thought it was made for manuals.

Almost looks like from the commercials for the movie Inception.
I have a few hills to park on but have learned to park with a manual with only 1 accident because another person in front of me forgot to put their parking break on.

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Originally Posted by Casca

Didn't know my bimmer had hillstop till I was on a very steep hill and .....wait a second, this thing didn't rollback at all. Next hill, yep...no rollback for a couple seconds or until I hit the gas. Amazing feature. I don't care what you guys think about learning how to drive a stick, I have been driving em for years and sure I can do fine without hillstop, but you try driving around San Francisco where there are a million and one stop signs right at the crest of hills so steep all you see is sky from your car a few more degrees and you'd be going straight up. Probably all the people saying it's not needed are from Florida or similar where raising your hand over your head makes you taller then any hill there and even then...a "hill" is rare. Imagine 8 out of ten times you stop, you're on a hill like this. I use to drive through those in an old VW with a bad clutch. Fun memories, but it was a nightmare at the time.




Just strange they have it on an auto. I thought it was made for manuals.

Hey we have hills like that in Florida but they are called sinkholes or rollercoasters.