Hired a Golf from Geneva Airport to drive up to La Clusaz day before yesterday and was surprised to find it had "Stop Start" technology even though it was a six speed manual. Very clever version of automatic EPB that held it when clutch down and out of gear too!

It was like driving an Auto with proper manual gear-stick and sportiness !!!

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I hired a Passat two years ago with the same features.

Wasn't terribly keen on the stop-start stuff, but did rather enjoy the hill-hold facility. Si. <This is my name.

I eat rat poison.

A man ain't truly been insulted until he stands buck naked in front of a woman and she didn't even notice. Or care.

Ah, La Clusaz ....
Was my favourite mountain resort in France. Used to go there many times a year when I was living and working in Pareee (15 years or so ago ...)
'Spec it's changed an awful lot since then. It's "bébéchoon", ackcherly, with accents. 'Steve' to my chums.
20 years ownership of Solihull products, ALL GONE NOW, sniff!
Current motor: Suzuki S-Cross 4WD auto, 1.4 petrol. Oh so reliable! 7 years now and no problems. Oh, all right then, a leaking shocker replaced under guarantee.
Previous:
TD6 HSE L322 Auto FF
2.5 TDi 4-door Classic
Disco II
And my 1st Rangie: in 1995, a 2-door VM 2.5 diesel Classic
Not to mention the Lada Niva before those. (I said not to mention it!)

Give it a few years when those cables have stretched and the mechanisms start playing up as we all know epb's are a bag of fun to work on  FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
Mantec Sump Guard, Rigid Load liner, MY10 BT upgrade.

My Audi A1 is also manual with stop start tech. You get used to it after a while...
I'm also a big fan of La Clusaz.... I've spent many happy weeks staying at Gerry's 'Alpine Aravis retreat' Regards
Mark

2009 D4; 1993 Classic 3.9 VSE

Had hill hold and stop start on a Mini Clubman back at the beginning of 2008 , it was OK and certainly not the worst thing about a frankly stupid car . 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

La Clusaz last week...

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Fabby louse!  It's "bébéchoon", ackcherly, with accents. 'Steve' to my chums.
20 years ownership of Solihull products, ALL GONE NOW, sniff!
Current motor: Suzuki S-Cross 4WD auto, 1.4 petrol. Oh so reliable! 7 years now and no problems. Oh, all right then, a leaking shocker replaced under guarantee.
Previous:
TD6 HSE L322 Auto FF
2.5 TDi 4-door Classic
Disco II
And my 1st Rangie: in 1995, a 2-door VM 2.5 diesel Classic
Not to mention the Lada Niva before those. (I said not to mention it!)

Aaaah I miss the snow. We had a nice mid 30s day here today, sweating a bit walking through Singapore to a meeting  MY 2010 5.0 SC Galway green and sand interior!!
Have the Faultmate MSV2 Extreme to be tinkering with the settings etc. !!