sunscreemer
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It'd be interesting to know the split of lovers/haters on HA based on transmission...
A lot of the criticism seems to be from people with S-Tronic where you lose some of the control you might otherwise have for creeping, nipping out of junctions etc.
As someone with a manual and HA I don't find that it has any drawbacks. If I don't want it to trigger I can also depress the brake very lightly and if I want to prevent S/S kicking in with HA is on I can just keep the clutch depressed.
Mine's s-tronic and it still creeps, if I have come to a stop - once i want to creep again a quick flip of the accelerator starts it creeping again. ..............
I don't get the impression mine stops the car, but only comes on when the car is stopped.
Why does everyone continue to refer to this option using the wrong name. In the Price and Specification Guide Audi refer to the option UH2 Hold Assist. This is the option you have to pay £90 for. All A3s are fitted with Hill Hold as standard. The is no such thing as 'Hill Hold Assist' and the term can confuse between the two. Lets try and refer to these two system by their correct name or correct initials of HA or HH and not HHA and end the confusion.
I find HA a bit of a nightmare reversing on to my drive.
I have to do a few turns to line up the car to get around some parked cars on the other side of my street before I can reverse - HA has on occasion put the handbrake on for me and then I need to release the hand brake manually to get moving again. Annoying....
Because the nose of my S3 is very close to the car parked over the road, I do not want to dab the throttle which I find can make the car lurch ever so slightly forward. Again, not sure if me putting the car in reverse activates the handbrake.
Never investigated why it does this but now just leave it off. Quite impressed with it initially but I never do any commuting / start/stop journeys so it hasn't been switched on since.
Too many Assists on an Audi.
Hill Assist
Hold Assist
Park Assist
Lame Assist
Hold Assist
Parallel Park Assist
Bay Park Assist
Call Assist
Hearing Assist
Vision Assist
Side Assist
Steer Assist
High Bream Assist
Perch Assist
Light Assist
Seat Assist
RAC Assist
Drive Assist
Stop Assist
Go Assist
Clutch Assist
Breath Assist
..............
If others like using it that's up to them, although I will still flash my headlights if I'm stopped behind them at night and their brake lights are shining in my face!!
What outcome are you expecting from this behaviour?
Quite often they realise their brake lights are on and take their foot off the brake and put their hand-brake on. Works most times.What outcome are you expecting from this behaviour?
Too many Assists on an Audi.
Hill Assist
Hold Assist
Park Assist
Lame Assist
Hold Assist
Parallel Park Assist
Bay Park Assist
Call Assist
Hearing Assist
Vision Assist
Side Assist
Steer Assist
High Bream Assist
Perch Assist
Light Assist
Seat Assist
RAC Assist
Drive Assist
Stop Assist
Go Assist
Clutch Assist
Breath Assist
..............
Until you do it to the wrong person
Every day I drive my work van without ACC, S-Tronic, EPB, HA, etc I wish I was in my car, it's like 1979 all over again
Quite often they realise their brake lights are on and take their foot off the brake and put their hand-brake on. Works most times.
Fair enough, but I've never once been flashed for that before and if someone did it to me I probably wouldn't have a clue why they were flashing me.
Unless I spotted they were in a silver 8V A3 sportback of course...
If somebody finds my persistent brake light irritating then they need to take life less seriously. I can't think of a time I've ever thought "gosh I wish that guy would just use his handbrake".
Or more importantly, they should have an eye test if it causes that much discomfort.
Not so much discomfort as irritated by the complete laziness of the drive in front. The Highway Code recognises the problem and says that applying the handbrake "will minimise the glare to road users behind". Not so much of a problem during that day but more so at night. I was taught to do this in consideration for the driver behind. Old fashion courtesy.