Pretty sure all cars with EPB have this feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by W&KO
We are all getting dumber and lazier,haven’t you noticed?[bighmmm]
And most also hold on a hill momentarily if the EPB is released.
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Pretty sure all cars with EPB have this feature.Quote:
Originally Posted by W&KO
We are all getting dumber and lazier,haven’t you noticed?[bighmmm]
And most also hold on a hill momentarily if the EPB is released.
Haha, thanks all - at the risk of telling folks how to suck eggs and all that, "drive through the brakes (DTTB)" is an accepted and still-taught technique for driving autos on undulating or rough terrain and steep descents. You use your left foot on the brake and release it just to the point of the car moving, then use the accelerator to overcome the brakes. It takes a careful left foot but the sensation is the same as HDC, whereby you can release the accelerator and the brakes will still be stopping the car from running on, rather than having to quickly and heavily apply the brake, risking losing traction or just going too fast. And yep, it's all but redundant in cars with HDC, although it's useful on erosion bars etc for not launching off the back of them, without having to change turn on and off the HDC all the time. And hey, maybe one day your HDC decides to pack it in at an inconvenient time, or you need to get your mate's old Patrol down a hill.
I actually first learned the technique doing a Range Rover Club training day - always happy to learn new/old stuff and get my bad habits ironed out. That was in my L320, where it worked just fine, though I think on reflection I only ever used it in low range.
I'm a big fan of HDC especially in the L319s and highly recommend it over DTTB (otherwise I'd still be driving manuals), I was just not going to be bovvered changing modes and getting in to low range to carefully get up on a curb and not shoot backward into the waiting tree, and was a bit surprised to find my wish was not the car's command!
I personally think the EPB is the most annoying stupid bit of crap ever invented. Like most things in vehicles these days if I ever need them (think lane departure garbage, or rear crossing traffic. etc) I'll give up driving.
Our EPB (2016 D4) seized on once but the stealer replaced the faulty solenoid part and drums and I never use the drive through rubbish.
As to left foot braking, I'll leave that to rally drivers or the idiot girl seen on the Mitchell Freeway recently..... right leg cocked up high, right arm resting on it with mobile phone ready and waiting...... and her left leg across doing the throttle and braking. This is on the same day the WA Gov. announces higher penalties for phone usage whilst driving.
Words nearly fail me when it comes to the absolute stupidity of so many on our roads.
It ain't the speed they're doing that kills, it's the bloody stupidity of the things they do at any speed.
AlanH.
Just came across this from Robert Pepper... 10 skills the average driver doesn't have | Practical Motoring
Just sayin'.... :-P
Huh. Seriously, people can't do those anymore? The D3 is the best car I've ever driven for "No-revs moving". More like "No-revs climbing the side of a building". It has torque for Africa. Put it in low and it's "No-revs backing the caravan up hill". And it lets me left foot brake without the computer screaming "denied!!".Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart02