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[Vamps]

Hill assist - never eard of it. Whatever next ffs 
Anyway, releasing the parking brake with your hand while doing a hill start is ludicrous tbh.Its a hateful contraption imo.

I had it on the Citroen, electric parking brake really, only if you did not switch it off it went off automatically when you drove off........not really necessary on an Auto though....

Mercedes Hold mustn't work like that because the foot brake stays depressed even with your foot removed till you accelerate.

Same but different...Citroen a button on the dash rather than on the brake, I guess.....

MB's 'Hold' is a separate thing from the handbrake, as all MB's use the foot operated parking brake. 

Ok 'Mate' and don't be getting snobby....

[Andy B]

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Ok 'Mate' and don't be getting snobby....

           What a pratt eh! 

[Auto Addict]

Quite like the electronic hand brake, when sat in traffic with it applied, drive in neutral, you just flick it into drive, press the accelerator, and away you go.

Cuts out an operation.

[TheBoy]

Quite like the electronic hand brake, when sat in traffic with it applied, drive in neutral, you just flick it into drive, press the accelerator, and away you go.

Cuts out an operation.

And eats rear pads. And its bound to be unreliable, as as far as I can work out, the Insignia implementation relies on stalling the electric motors (but doesn't need recalibration after a pad change), unlike, for example, the VAG implementation, which doesn't rely on stalling motors, but does require dealer level diagnostics to recalibrte after pad change.

[hotel21]

Dunno about the VX version but on VAG I think the car needs a chat with the diagnostic machine to reset the brake/hub assemblies before attempting a stripdown.  Otherwise it is a very pricy repair as the whole setup will then resmble an explosion in a clock factory!   

[doz]

You can get a simple cheap as chips box of tricks for the VAG cars. Loved the system on my old Passat. Had the auto hold feature which was excellent in traffic.

[Andy B]

..... Had the auto hold feature which was excellent in traffic.

My left foot is my auto hold .........     

Cue all those that can't/don't left foot brake & say it marks the end of the world if you do!¬     

[Auto Addict]

Did a 30 mile round trip this morning, lots of heavy traffic, bits of open road, never managed to exceed more than 60mph (traffic conditions), averaged 38.7 mpg

Same trip in the Omega would have probably achieved around 22/23 mpg.

[Seth]

Did a 30 mile round trip this morning, lots of heavy traffic, bits of open road, never managed to exceed more than 60mph (traffic conditions), averaged 38.7 mpg

Same trip in the Omega would have probably achieved around 22/23 mpg.

You sure that you ain't confusing fuel consumption with tyre pressures, Baz?
(Y'know: 'mpg' with 'psi'?)