No handbrake on S4?!????

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)

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

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, D. LaCourse wrote:

> 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.

I have a 2010 A4 with the button. I know that if you flip it on when only
doing 5mph, you come to a very rapid stop indeed. Anyone know what happens
when you flip it on at 50mph? No, I'm not going to try it!

Steve

On 2011-03-04 16:21:56 -0500, Steve Thompson > said:

> On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, D. LaCourse wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I have a 2010 A4 with the button. I know that if you flip it on when
> only doing 5mph, you come to a very rapid stop indeed. Anyone know what
> happens when you flip it on at 50mph? No, I'm not going to try it!
>
> Steve

It probably locks up the rear wheels (as most vehicles do, with
exception of old Saabs {don't know about the new ones}). Lock up the
rear wheels at 50mph and you will rotate. And it ain't gonna be fun!
You will also flat bottom your tires, and they will go thump, thump,
thump. d;o( Pulling the handbrake is a wonderful way to help you make
turns while ice racing.

However, I imagine it is idiot proof; push the button above a certain
speed and nothing happens.

I am not endorsing this, so please, no flame posts: Next time you rent
a car, drive it into a fairly empty parking lot at 20mph, pull the hand
brake, and see if you can stear out of it. I've done it with an old
junker and it is a lot of fun (for a few moments).

Dave
RS6

In article
>,
AD > wrote:

> 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 an incline sensor in the car that holds the brakes on until it
thinks there's enough torque to move forwards. It's a bit sketchy in my
2007 A3 3.2, though. Sometimes the DSG and incline sensor are both
running like crap so I need the handbrake to prevent rolling.
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On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:06:41 -0800, against all advice, something
compelled Kevin McMurtrie >, to say:

> In article
> >,
> AD > wrote:
>
> > 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 an incline sensor in the car that holds the brakes on until it
> thinks there's enough torque to move forwards. It's a bit sketchy in my
> 2007 A3 3.2, though. Sometimes the DSG and incline sensor are both
> running like crap so I need the handbrake to prevent rolling.


I just stay on the foot brake until I know I'll move forward when
I release it. Just treat it like a standard shift, only with
less clutch pedal.

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, D. LaCourse wrote:

> Pulling the handbrake is a wonderful way to help you make turns while
> ice racing.

Yep. Audi probably thinks that most folks use the handbrake in only two
positions: fully on and fully off. It wasn't until I got the A4 with the
button (where fully on and fully off are indeed the only two possible
positions) that I realized how many intermediate positions I use,
especially in the snow. Not a big fan of the button; for me it represents
the removal of a very useful car positioning feature and hence reduction
in control.

Steve

In article oft.com>,
Steve Thompson > scribeth thus
>On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, D. LaCourse wrote:
>
>> Pulling the handbrake is a wonderful way to help you make turns while
>> ice racing.
>
>Yep. Audi probably thinks that most folks use the handbrake in only two
>positions: fully on and fully off. It wasn't until I got the A4 with the
>button (where fully on and fully off are indeed the only two possible
>positions) that I realized how many intermediate positions I use,
>especially in the snow. Not a big fan of the button; for me it represents
>the removal of a very useful car positioning feature and hence reduction
>in control.
>
>Steve

Same on our A6 a real PITA .. form over function I reckon;(...
--
Tony Sayer

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011 20:06:51 -0500, D. LaCourse >
wrote:

>It probably locks up the rear wheels (as most vehicles do, with
>exception of old Saabs {don't know about the new ones}). Lock up the
>rear wheels at 50mph and you will rotate. And it ain't gonna be fun!
>You will also flat bottom your tires, and they will go thump, thump,
>thump. d;o( Pulling the handbrake is a wonderful way to help you make
>turns while ice racing.
>
>However, I imagine it is idiot proof; push the button above a certain
>speed and nothing happens.

Just took over my 2011 A6 Avant (not the new style).

The dealer say it is an emergency braking function as well for the
passenger. Have yet to read back in the manual in detail if that is
true, but I I think I read something like that.

I.e. as long as you keep the button pulled up it will brake all 4
wheels!

At any speed. And the braking is supposedly spectacular, ahemm.

In addition the ABS sensors and the ESP will try to keep the car
straight and in line until it comes to a full stop.

Regards

W.

On 3/4/2011 9:06 PM, Kevin McMurtrie wrote:
> In article
> >,
> > wrote:
>
>> 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 an incline sensor in the car that holds the brakes on until it
> thinks there's enough torque to move forwards.

Even on cars equipped with manual trans??

Pete