Driver Assist (hill holder)
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ImDesigner
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My 2010 30i Manual has it.
ImDesigner
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Angie4m said:ImDesigner said:
Sorry. I did see above, the several assurances after I'd written the post.
ronk said:
Your confused because the auto on the 2.0l version does not have it and it uses the power when in drive to hold the car. My 35is does have it and I know it does because when the car is in neutral with the handbrake on when I go into drive and release the handbrake it doesn't really want to go anywhere for a couple of seconds, so the trick is to try and gauge the lights and put the car into drive a little bit earlier so it can move off as soon as they change. It's only really handy in an auto when your on a very steep hill.
Not sure why they felt the auto 3.0ls needed this function but they added it anyway.
ImDesigner said:Angie4m said:ImDesigner said:
Sorry. I did see above, the several assurances after I'd written the post.
it's alright......just showing that not only do we get a sweet sounding straight 6, we also get a handy bit of tech....well handy if you can't do a hill start which when I was learning to drive was something I was made to do weekly to ensure I could. But I know sometimes you get a tard who's decided that they'll rest right on your bumper and there is no margin for errorruggedscot
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My 2009 23 has it... and its usefull aswell.
Smiler said:
The DTC box unfortunately doesn't do that now. Used to be fun on the old 6 speed auto when you put the car into park and the reverse lights flashed up. These days park is a button and you need to push the lever hard into reverse
but I remember even panicking first time I saw that then realised they had an auto ruggedscot said:
So a 6 cylinder and not a 4 cylinder then.
Just for clarification incase you've missed it the 18, 20 and 28 models do NOT have hillstart assist. The 23, 30 and 35 models DO. First group 4 cylinder, 2nd group 6 cylinder. So if you drive a 4 pot, no hillstart assist. Not sure if there is any reason for this.
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Its because BMW are inept lying cnuts!
It was in the sales literature as a standard feature, it was on the website as well.
Then the cars were delivered and people initially thought their cars were faulty....until the truth came out.
Someone on here got a free upgrade to an auto, some people got comp (think £300 was the average pay out).
My salesman didn't know it was missing until I prompted him to test it...then he just shrugged it off.
And they also had the cheek to ask if I specifically requested it! Duh, it was listed as a standard feature....you don't normally question standard features?
They sell a car as having a feature, then fail to supply that feature. BMW will say to you "so what?".
It was in the sales literature as a standard feature, it was on the website as well.
Then the cars were delivered and people initially thought their cars were faulty....until the truth came out.
Someone on here got a free upgrade to an auto, some people got comp (think £300 was the average pay out).
My salesman didn't know it was missing until I prompted him to test it...then he just shrugged it off.
And they also had the cheek to ask if I specifically requested it! Duh, it was listed as a standard feature....you don't normally question standard features?
They sell a car as having a feature, then fail to supply that feature. BMW will say to you "so what?".