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[Shackeng]

They all suffer from" I'm sure I left my car on the drive last night" "o look its rolled over the road and idioted, his car"

Park up put hand brake on discs/pads cool down car,rolls away
Shite design.

Auto should always be left in park, manual should always be left in first. I've been doing it for forty odd years and never mislaid a car yet.

Not in Paris

Yep,seen that in action,note to self,never park anything decent in Paris

Or Naples Italy!

[Andy B]

They all suffer from" I'm sure I left my car on the drive last night" "o look its rolled over the road and idioted, his car"

Park up put hand brake on discs/pads cool down car,rolls away
Shite design.

Auto should always be left in park, manual should always be left in first. I've been doing it for forty odd years and never mislaid a car yet.

Not in Paris

Yep,seen that in action,note to self,never park anything decent in Paris

Or Naples Italy!

or Spain 

[STEMO]

Works fine in Barnsley.

[TheBoy]

Not all Insignias with Electronic Parking Brake have Hill Start, so beware

The system is nice to use, but a pain to fix. Still, easier to resolve issues than the poxy VAG setup.

[biggriffin]

Not all Insignias with Electronic Parking Brake have hill start, so beware

The system is nice to use, but a pain to fix. Still, easier to resolve issues than the poxy VAG setup.

Isn't that part of the driving test, eg clutch control and handbrake at same time Co-ordination,I think its called

[TheBoy]

Not all Insignias with Electronic Parking Brake have hill start, so beware

The system is nice to use, but a pain to fix. Still, easier to resolve issues than the poxy VAG setup.

Isn't that part of the driving test, eg clutch control and handbrake at same time Co-ordination,I think its called

Exactly. But I supposed we have to pander to the incapable, incompitent and lazy.

[terry paget]

How do they work? Discussing it in the pub last night, we could not agree how they operated They could be solenoid, motor, hydraulic (using ABS pump) or pneumatic.

[TheBoy]

Motor and cable (per wheel) on most.

[terry paget]

In the MOT test, does the tester simply lift the button and measure the retardation as on a mechanical HB test?

[TheBoy]

In the MOT test, does the tester simply lift the button and measure the retardation as on a mechanical HB test?

yup

[henryd]

In the MOT test, does the tester simply lift the button and measure the retardation as on a mechanical HB test?

yup

Most of the leccy brakes give shit brake test readings as they lock up so quickly before the rollers can react, two locks is a pass though regardless of readings.