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No handbrake on S4?!????
On Mar 4, 8:53*pm, D. LaCourse > wrote:
> On 2011-03-02 22:28:23 -0500, AD > said: > > > are you kidding me? > >http://www.windingroad.com/articles/...e-2011-audi-s4 > > how do you start going whithout rolling back when sitting uphill? > > (Think san francisco) > > There's a handbrake. *It's a button (electronic rather than > mechanical). *Have driven in San Francisco and never used my hand brake > on a hill. > > Dave > RS6 I do not like the idea of having an mechatronical button for handbrake. I prefer the classical mechanical handbrake because, you can use it to get your car to a stop even when energy is turned off. I do not think that these new cars have that capacity. Secondly, in wintery or wet conditions, you can improve car performance and handling using the handbrake wisely. In the past, safety rules were asking for a completely mechanical mean for stopping your car overidding everything else since mechatronical systems do not show enough reliability to be considered sufficiently safe. Lexus knows very well the problems with too much mechatronics around the car which have led to many casualties. Well, well, I do not know how this one went through the certification process in the EU or USA ? LHR |
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