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[Sir Tigger KC]

I gave my mate a lift to the VW dealer today to pick up his shiny new Tiguan. 

Nice car, not really my cup of tea to be honest, but some interesting features and the most impressive was the 'Park Assist' where the car parks itself! 

It's a very strange feeling doing a parallel park with no hands on the wheel, although I did note that the salesman picked a massive space for his demo!    and he didn't really respond to my suggestion that they have 2 brand new Touareg's parked up in their dealership for demos! 

[T.m.f]

If you have to buy a car that can park itself,why not just buy K.I.T.T
All these driving aids are going to cost money to repair when broken,and then how are they going to park when it is broken?

[ronnyd]

Presume you don,t have to use it

[Sir Tigger KC]

Presume you don,t have to use it

No. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The other thing which I thought was a good idea coming from a very hilly area, where people can't seem to do hill starts ,  is an electronic automatic park brake! 

So when you stop with your foot on the footbrake, the park brake automatically engages and then as you raise the clutch the brake disengages slowly eliminating 'roll back'. 

[Andy B]

The other thing which I thought was a good idea coming from a very hilly area, where people can't seem to do hill starts ,  is an electronic automatic park brake! 

So when you stop with your foot on the footbrake, the park brake automatically engages and then as you raise the clutch the brake disengages slowly eliminating 'roll back'. 

That's why you use a foot per pedal in an auto .......... 

[Broomies Mate]

The other thing which I thought was a good idea coming from a very hilly area, where people can't seem to do hill starts ,  is an electronic automatic park brake! 

So when you stop with your foot on the footbrake, the park brake automatically engages and then as you raise the clutch the brake disengages slowly eliminating 'roll back'. 

That's why you use a foot per pedal in an auto .......... 

Why would an Auto roll back? 

[Andy B]

The other thing which I thought was a good idea coming from a very hilly area, where people can't seem to do hill starts ,  is an electronic automatic park brake! 

So when you stop with your foot on the footbrake, the park brake automatically engages and then as you raise the clutch the brake disengages slowly eliminating 'roll back'. 

That's why you use a foot per pedal in an auto .......... 

Why would an Auto roll back? 

Depends how steep the hill is 

[Sir Tigger KC]

The other thing which I thought was a good idea coming from a very hilly area, where people can't seem to do hill starts ,  is an electronic automatic park brake! 

So when you stop with your foot on the footbrake, the park brake automatically engages and then as you raise the clutch the brake disengages slowly eliminating 'roll back'. 

That's why you use a foot per pedal in an auto .......... 

Why would an Auto roll back? 

Depends how steep the hill is 

You obviously can't do a proper hill start!    Even in an auto!   

[Andy B]

The other thing which I thought was a good idea coming from a very hilly area, where people can't seem to do hill starts ,  is an electronic automatic park brake! 

So when you stop with your foot on the footbrake, the park brake automatically engages and then as you raise the clutch the brake disengages slowly eliminating 'roll back'. 

That's why you use a foot per pedal in an auto .......... 

Why would an Auto roll back? 

Depends how steep the hill is 

You obviously can't do a proper hill start!    Even in an auto!   

  left foot on brake ..... press right pedal with right foot as you let go of the left pedal ........ Voila! A hill start!

Or are you suggesting use of that handle thing in the middle  ........ 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

MrsGK and I had a go of an all-electric Golf in Wolfsburg. One of the features, among being utterly eerie and slightly dull, was the Park Assist. The demo-sales-German-woman wasn't impressed when I managed to make it abandon the car at a jaunty angle, despite following her instructions to the letter. The car was like "BEEP - done!" "Er, no you're really not"....

[henryd]

The other thing which I thought was a good idea coming from a very hilly area, where people can't seem to do hill starts ,  is an electronic automatic park brake! 

So when you stop with your foot on the footbrake, the park brake automatically engages and then as you raise the clutch the brake disengages slowly eliminating 'roll back'. 

That's why you use a foot per pedal in an auto .......... 

Why would an Auto roll back? 

Depends how steep the hill is 

You obviously can't do a proper hill start!    Even in an auto!   

  left foot on brake ..... press right pedal with right foot as you let go of the left pedal ........ Voila! A hill start!

Or are you suggesting use of that handle thing in the middle  ........ 

So crude !,Touareg has hill hold assist,brakes apply without brake lights and release when you go to move off,really good when the caravan is attached and combined weight is over 4tons !!.

[Broomies Mate]

  left foot on brake ..... press right pedal with right foot as you let go of the left pedal ........ Voila! A hill start!

Or are you suggesting use of that handle thing in the middle  ........ 

Nah, do a Webby.

Left foot on brake, right foot on throttle (to the floor)... wait until the transmission starts to smoke profusely, then quickly release the brake.  When the Speedometer reaches 30mph, click the start button on the stopwatch.  As the needle approaches 54mph, click the stop button.  Log into OOF and post results. 

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

  left foot on brake ..... press right pedal with right foot as you let go of the left pedal ........ Voila! A hill start!

Or are you suggesting use of that handle thing in the middle  ........ 

Nah, do a Webby.

Left foot on brake, right foot on throttle (to the floor)... wait until the transmission starts to smoke profusely, then quickly release the brake.  When the Speedometer reaches 30mph, click the start button on the stopwatch.  As the needle approaches 54mph, click the stop button.  Log into OOF and post results. 

Haha!

[Andy B]

....

So crude !,Touareg has hill hold assist,brakes apply without brake lights and release when you go to move off,really good when the caravan is attached and combined weight is over 4tons !!.

So does my Merc & Smart .... doesn't work quite the same as your VW though  I've always found my left foot to work better though 

My (plated)  gross train weight is only around 3.7 t