dobbslc
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I was doing 20mph when I tried it (wet road, just testing the vehicles capabilities ye honour) so I don't think it was hill assist.
I'll test the pull and hold later...
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I'll test the pull and hold later...
toddy
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remember to video it as well... errm for scientific evidence...I was doing 20mph when I tried it (wet road, just testing the vehicles capabilities ye honour) so I don't think it was hill assist.
I'll test the pull and hold later...
mike os
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What's to feel? It's at least as dangerous as driving under the influence
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How do they test the electric 'hand brake' at MOT? Drive on the rollers then push the button and lock the wheels?
I had one on a rental car a decade or so ago, and hated it to start with, but the hill assist, and 'auto-on' in traffic became quite likeable after a while.
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I agree...but judging by what I see on a daily basis where I live I don't think a lot of people agree
.Reckon quite a few that he caught using their phones at a red light probably thought it was OK...still see plenty of cyclists jumping red lights and riding on pavements on his videos with zero consequences
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I work in IT and I don't like modern cars or their interfaces at all. I think you could call it evolution, for sure evolution does not state things have to get ever better, just more adapted to their environmental pressures. Personally I think it's just another facet of "enshittification", it might have started out as a term to describe the 'evolution' of the modern internet, but it also affects the auto industry.
Yup. It's not in the Oxford English Dictionary...yet!!
en.wikipedia.org
Enshittification - Wikipedia
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I just think all companies are hyping up advances, developments, or complexification. Look at cars since thats what we're discussing….1960s mini had 3 pedals, left and right on a stalk, everything else central on the dash. It worked, and still does, move on, a tape playing radios were the thing, but all still very basic….now the modern motors are like starship enterprise, My daughter was here a few weeks ago in an M2 BMW….lovely car, but apart from been obscenely quick and comfortable, it doesnt do anything more than the 60s mini….but its full of far more complex things than it really needs to be, though electronic ignition is real progress compared to points the rest is all a but unnecessary and awfully costly if it fails.
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You didn't think they incorporated all those goodies for YOUR benefit did you? They are there to entice the gullible to buy and to decrease the build cost thus increasing the profit.
dobbslc
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Maybe I missed something as I haven't looked for a few hours but it was just a poll on if you liked touchscreens or not, what's wrong with that?
I did look like not many people liked them though...
Ah so you pulled and let go.I was doing 20mph when I tried it (wet road, just testing the vehicles capabilities ye honour) so I don't think it was hill assist.
I'll test the pull and hold later...
Its not supposed to stay on while you are moving.
Nope, it was because one of the mods didn't want us wasting our time on a frivolous thread the 3rd time around.
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Sorry, but I laughed at that.....
