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[amigov6]

A mate is considering buying a P reg C180  classic 1.8 manual which has a foot operated "handbrake" which is another pedal to the left of the clutch.
     How do you do a hill start with two feet?  :-?

[Vamps]

Is it electrical or mechanical?
It might have an auto off when you pull away, my Citroen does.

[Debs.]

A mate is considering buying a P reg C180  classic 1.8 manual which has a foot operated "handbrake" which is another pedal to the left of the clutch.
     How do you do a hill start with two feet?  :-?

I had a 4.0L Ford Ranger pickup in the U.S some years back and that had the similar system.....apply the 'hand' brake using the foot `till it latches then pull a little release trigger (in/under the dash) when need to move-off....easier than it sounds actually.  

[Vamps]

Is there no end to your knowledge and wisdome Deb's

[amigov6]

Is there no end to your knowledge and wisdome Deb's

Ask her about ice skating!!!

[Taxi_Driver]

A merc without an autobox..........its not a proper one......

Get an auto  

[Lazydocker]

What's a hill start?? We don't have hills in this part of the country!  :-? :-?

[amigov6]

Ok. It's a mechanical system. To disengage you use a lever below the dash & to engage you use the far left foot pedal.
   Question is:- On approaching a set of red lights at the top of a hill where you have to stop, how do you engage the handbrake with your left foot without knocking the car into neutral before stopping?

[Vamps]

As Taxi driver, should have got an auto
Interesting point though

[bfb1150gs]

  

 Question is:- On approaching a set of red lights at the top of a hill where you have to stop, how do you engage the handbrake with your left foot without knocking the car into neutral before stopping?

 
simple you can't. i had a p reg classic for three years and it was a good car but it was a pain to drive in traffic and in town. it was also a pain in winter because you can't get heated air out of the center vents on the dash and that was what it said in the drivers manual

[Myagemo]

why dont they have a handbrake like all Normal cars?

[FRE07962128]

 

 Question is:- On approaching a set of red lights at the top of a hill where you have to stop, how do you engage the handbrake with your left foot without knocking the car into neutral before stopping?

 
simple you can't. i had a p reg classic for three years and it was a good car but it was a pain to drive in traffic and in town. it was also a pain in winter because you can't get heated air out of the center vents on the dash and that was what it said in the drivers manual

I concur!  For 4 months I had a Merc C220D, which was a lovely solidly built car, but lacked comfortable seats for long journeys, was 'hard' riding, did not have the level of equipment I had enjoyed in the big Vx's, and had that terrible hand brake!  The car was a manual, and it was clear that this handbrake system was designed for a car with auto!  As already stated hill starts were murder, and I tended to use clutch control whenever possible to avoid using that damned handbrake.  I well remember the first time I drove it I couldn't move off for about 10 minutes because I could not find the dash mounted release lever!     Overall a bad idea!  If you have a merc get an auto!

[tunnie]

A mate is considering buying a P reg C180  classic 1.8 manual which has a foot operated "handbrake" which is another pedal to the left of the clutch.
     How do you do a hill start with two feet?  :-?

I had a 4.0L Ford Ranger pickup in the U.S some years back and that had the similar system.....apply the 'hand' brake using the foot `till it latches then pull a little release trigger (in/under the dash) when need to move-off....easier than it sounds actually.  

As Debs says, its not that hard, we had a Merc E220 for a week, on the hill come to a stop normall with your left foot brake.

Stop.

Use right foot to apply 'hand' or foot break.

Car holds on hill, when you need to go again, apply power so it takes the weight, and can feel the car pushing against the hand brake.

Right hand side, where the little compartment is on omega's there is a handle, pull it, brake dis-engages.

Off you go  8-)

[jereboam]

What's a hill start?? We don't have hills in this part of the country!  :-? :-?

So what do you call that slopy thing with the garden centre at the bottom that you have to go down when entering Woodbridge from the A12?

Try living in the Netherlands for a few years, then you'll appreciate just how hilly Suffolk is.  Of course, it doesn't compare with Snowdonia, or the Alps, but until you've visited Lelystad in the middle of one of the polders in the Ijsselmeer, you have absolutely no idea of the meaning of the word "flat".

Not that I would recommend it - a one hour sight-seeing tour is about 59 minutes too long

[Danny]

A mate is considering buying a P reg C180  classic 1.8 manual which has a foot operated "handbrake" which is another pedal to the left of the clutch.
     How do you do a hill start with two feet?  :-?

you can still hold a car on the clutch on a hill so i would imagine you have your foot on the break with the car in neutral, release the parking brake and then change into first, find bite and then release the ordinary break and then accelerate