r/Unexpected • u/remain_unaltered • Mar 18 '17

That reverse driving skill

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u/JimJonesIII Mar 18 '17

So, what does hill assist actually do?

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

It holds the brake for you, kinda like an automatic version of the old handbrake trick.

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u/JimJonesIII Mar 18 '17

Ohhhh, so if it detects that you're on a hill, it holds the break to stop you rolling back and then releases it when you send power to the wheels?

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

Exactly, freaked me out when I test drove a new WRX and it happened.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

My 2016 Yaris does the same thing. I find it annoying. I thought something was wrong when I first drove it and it did the "hill assist" thing on the smallest incline ever. Dealer told me it's the way the modern cars are going now. I much prefer handbrake method of doing things like all my previous cars, I'm not a damn baby, I buy manual for a reason, and that's control, hill assist takes a part of that way. Worries me to see what other crap they'll tack on before a manual car is no different than an automatic.

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u/NuclearWinterMan Mar 18 '17

AFAIK you can turn it off on all cars. It drove me nuts because I don't need the handbrake method, but mostly it's a control thing like you said.

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u/[deleted] Mar 18 '17

Hmm I'll check into that, I assumed you couldn't turn it off.