As someone who has at times driven a manual transmission FJ and before that Toyota Pickup in SF, you need all the help you can get!
Does Anyone Use the Brake Hold Button?
- Thread starter Watufaka
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That definitely may be one of the uses, but my last vehicle, a Volvo, had it, and I definitely wouldn't take that thing off road.
Just used it getting stuck behind a stupid city train that only the homeless use in Austin.
I think that’s probably why it’s on this vehicle. I had it on my BMW 530 E and that damn thing was barely getting up driveways, it sure wasn’t going off-road. But I think the way this thing is stripped down that it’s for crawling. You don’t have to have your foot on the break to look and see where you’re at.
- Aug 7, 2024
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- 2024 Land Cruiser LC / 2021 Volvo V60 Polestar / 2025 Lexus GX550 / 2014 Porsche Cayman S
The first thing I do when I get in the car is turn it on. I also hate having to turn it on every time, but it's the same in our 2021 Volvo.
It took a bit of getting used to when we first got the Volvo, but I like that I can immediately step on the gas as soon as the light turns, instead of having to take my foot off the brake first, since I'm a one-foot driver.
My husband, on the other hand, has been too scared to use it since he almost ran me over in the Volvo when I was pregnant. He engaged it, stopped, forgot it was on and thought he was in Park, but then for some reason also pressed the gas? Luckily I was standing more off to the side of the car and he reacted quickly to brake so no harm done.
If I get brave enough, maybe I'll pick up that kit and my husband will just have to disengage it every time he drives my car.
It took a bit of getting used to when we first got the Volvo, but I like that I can immediately step on the gas as soon as the light turns, instead of having to take my foot off the brake first, since I'm a one-foot driver.
My husband, on the other hand, has been too scared to use it since he almost ran me over in the Volvo when I was pregnant. He engaged it, stopped, forgot it was on and thought he was in Park, but then for some reason also pressed the gas? Luckily I was standing more off to the side of the car and he reacted quickly to brake so no harm done.
If I get brave enough, maybe I'll pick up that kit and my husband will just have to disengage it every time he drives my car.
I use it almost every day. It’s handy for sitting in traffic.
