Re: Electronic Handbrake Question
I've never let the tranny overcome the brakes...but then only knew it did that at the end of last year.
My last set of pads on my profile pic car lasted 45k miles (as I use them so infrequently) preferring to coast to a standstill or up to a junction. I'm almost certain that since I'm covering the brake pedal my reaction time should be better than anyone with their foot on the loud pedal :)
It also aids economy as don't know anyone else that's managed 900 miles on a tank in a C6 quattro. :Blush2:
Re: Electronic Handbrake Question
Yeah. I'll be at 50k in the C6 by the end of this current tank - and still on the originals. No mention of them at MOT almost a month ago. :) I'd like to be able to say how well I did with its tyres, but with 3 different sets of wheels its hard to tell. I know I recently bought some new rubber for the excitement (and for the next owner).
Re: Electronic Handbrake Question
Well my one has an interesting feature, if you put the car in P then open the driver's door, it then applies the electronic handbreak and switches the engine off. Great feature, as basically the only thing you have to do is put the car in P and you're out. Not sure if this is a common feature but I'm rather impressed with it. Car is an 13 allroad.
Re: Electronic Handbrake Question
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Splash
Very very occasionally I do this on my C6 and then cringe when the car stops rolling. OK, its on an almost flat driveway, but I can't help feeling its not very sympathetic to the drive train.
Maybe I'm overcautious as I also release the EPB switch manually every (and I do mean every) time, rather than letting the transmission overcome the brakes. The last time I admitted to this I got a few "Why?"s and the odd "like", although I feel somewhat vindicated now after reading Honest John suggesting that a lot of (premature) rear brake wear is down to the EPB system's auto release.
I got 96k out of my back pads and discs (originals!) and have never released the handbrake manually. Owned the car since 33k/1yr old and I'm pretty sure the first owner let the car do its thing.
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johnsimcox
I will check later but pretty sure mine only does this if I have activated the auto hill hold function. Manual 2012
Played with it this evening and on my 2012 manual the handbrake does not automatically apply when switching off the engine unless hill hold assist is activated
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Re: Electronic Handbrake Question
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nick1212
Well my one has an interesting feature, if you put the car in P then open the driver's door, it then applies the electronic handbreak and switches the engine off. Great feature, as basically the only thing you have to do is put the car in P and you're out. Not sure if this is a common feature but I'm rather impressed with it. Car is an 13 allroad.
2012 Allroad does the same. It's great. The biggest problem I've found is that occasionally I have the engine stop disabled, and get out of the car with the engine running. Also, I've walked away from the car and forgotten to lock it because I interact with the key so rarely!
