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Offline westwoap

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E-Brake
« on: 24 October 2013, 13:54 »
Taking delivery on Sat of my GTD and had a question. Can you use the E-brake as a manual handbrake or does the auto hill hold always kick in.
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Offline CraigW

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Re: E-Brake
« Reply #1 on: 24 October 2013, 13:58 »
It always kicks in AFAIK. However, you can still bring the car to a standstill on a flat road without hill hold kicking in if you dont apply as much pressure to the brakes
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Offline westwoap

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Re: E-Brake
« Reply #2 on: 24 October 2013, 15:02 »
AFAIK?

So just to confirm, You cant use it as a manual handbrake
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Offline corgi

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Re: E-Brake
« Reply #3 on: 24 October 2013, 15:36 »
Quote from: westwoap on 24 October 2013, 15:02
AFAIK?

So just to confirm, You cant use it as a manual handbrake

As far as I (he) know(s)
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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: E-Brake
« Reply #4 on: 24 October 2013, 16:52 »
It's a bugger to use when you're trying to crawl through a narrow gap on an incline (getting out of my driveway).
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Offline Sootchucker

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Re: E-Brake
« Reply #5 on: 24 October 2013, 17:11 »
Quote from: monkeyhanger on 24 October 2013, 16:52
It's a bugger to use when you're trying to crawl through a narrow gap on an incline (getting out of my driveway).

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Offline KyleB

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Re: E-Brake
« Reply #6 on: 24 October 2013, 17:35 »
You can turn auto hold off, there's a button just behind the handbrake that deactivates mine.

Can't say I've had any issues with autohold though, I love it. Mine seems to disengage with only a slight blip on the throttle.
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Offline monkeyhanger

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Re: E-Brake
« Reply #7 on: 24 October 2013, 18:19 »
Quote from: KyleB on 24 October 2013, 17:35
You can turn auto hold off, there's a button just behind the handbrake that deactivates mine.

Can't say I've had any issues with autohold though, I love it. Mine seems to disengage with only a slight blip on the throttle.

It's when i'm trying to make sure I don't snag the wing mirrors on my brick gate columns (3" spare either side!) and i'm on a crawl while climbing up a 15% incline. Get below 3mph and the handbrake wants to bite on again.

As you can imagine, I don't use the drive very often.
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