I have yet to see any spec sheet for the car include any sort of hill assist feature in cars for the US. Has anyone seen any information posted that will clearly state one way or the other whether or not the US ST will have some sort of hill assist?
Are you sure? Because I was kind of wondering this myself, as I've yet to see it listed anywhere for the ST. I know it's standard for the Power Shift Auto-Manual transmission on the other Foci trims, but isn't on the 6 spd manual I do not believe.it's a standard equipment in focus, including ST
Same thing I've seen, which is why I asked.Are you sure? Because I was kind of wondering this myself, as I've yet to see it listed anywhere for the ST. I know it's standard for the Power Shift Auto-Manual transmission on the other Foci trims, but isn't on the 6 spd manual I do not believe.
You know, I really "scoffed" at hill assist also - I've been driving manuals for years. But recently I was in Seattle; and had the chance to spend some seat time in my nephew's 2010 335 six-speed. How it works on BMW, as soon as you take your foot off the brake pedal and start to engage the clutch, it holds the car on a hill (or any surface I imagine) for 2 seconds. The first time the feature engaged, it felt kind of weird. But after spending some time with it on the hills of Seattle, I came to enjoy it. It was completely non-obtrusive, and on a really steep hill it mitigated the need for a 3000 RPM launch (remember, my manual is a 2002 SVT Focus with absolutely no torquereally? If you can't get your car moving forward off a hill without tapping the guy behind you dont have business driving a manual car.
hill assist? Park assist? sounds like extra weight and things to break.
It is a great trick when someone is riding your rear-end. Unless you happen to own a Boss 302 or the new GT500 which have launch controlengage the parking brake a click or 2. problem solved if they decide to leave it out of the :ST:
Bill make sure you teach your Wife this trick![]()
Yeah, I use this trick from time to time, but it requires a bit of coordination and planning to do it.engage the parking brake a click or 2. problem solved if they decide to leave it out of the :ST:
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You scared me for a moment.
Read my earlier post concerning the 3 series hill hold.I've heard bad things about some hill-assist features.
Not incredibly bad things, mostly just that they are annoying.
Specifically on the WRX.