I think that's what he's referring to also. I've used that feature once just to see if it works (which of course it does). It's neat, but I never use it. I have a neighbor with a really steep driveway, and she can't back her car out because she panics when it rolls forward before she can apply enough gas to move backwards. She would love it.
No kidding? Interesting.Auto hold actually applies the electronic parking brake and is not needed on a steep driveway as the transmission is setup to hold the car from rolling. There is a really steep railway crossing near my home and I can tell you there is no forward or rearward movement when stopped on a steep hill. I have even taken my foot off the brake and kept it off while stopped and it works wonderfully without EPB.
Yea if you use cruise control it will stop the car completely and resume after traffic keeps moving. Downside is that their is a delay if you barely moving after stopping for traffic which is kind of annoying to that is when I hit the brake pedal to get out of cruise control mode.
Auto hold actually applies the electronic parking brake and is not needed on a steep driveway as the transmission is setup to hold the car from rolling. There is a really steep railway crossing near my home and I can tell you there is no forward or rearward movement when stopped on a steep hill. I have even taken my foot off the brake and kept it off while stopped and it works wonderfully without EPB.
I don't get out of CC in this situation. I hit resume if needed, then with the CC still on, I then use some accelerator to get the car moving a bit quicker than the CC does. The CC symbol in the HUD blinks frantically at me to remind me that I am overriding the CC with the gas pedal. Starting out faster this way makes folks behind me (and me) much happier. Once I am moving, I will get a little distance behind the car ahead and let the CC take over completely by getting off the accelerator.
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