Auto Hold....

[CERS 1]

When the dealer was giving me the demo of all the features, I thought to myself, what a stupid feature. Who would actually use that. People are so lazy!

Now after having the car for a month, I LOVE that silly little feature.

[opasha]

My brother had it on his X3 and used it quite often. I have yet to use mine thinking I don't find it useful. Do you use it mostly at red lights? If you drive another car without Auto-H, do you tend to forget to use the brake? Just curious on your and everyone's feedback .

[CERS 1]

Originally Posted by opasha

My brother had it on his X3 and used it quite often. I have yet to use mine thinking I don't find it useful. Do you use it mostly at red lights? If you drive another car without Auto-H, do you tend to forget to use the brake? Just curious on your and everyone's feedback .

Red lights occasionally, rail road crossing for sure, and even at silly places like the ATM machine or drive through. It really is handy.

I tend to turn the button on and off though. Meaning I don't leave it on all the time. If I did I could see how that might be bad in my other car.

[SpdAddictRY]

Originally Posted by opasha

My brother had it on his X3 and used it quite often. I have yet to use mine thinking I don't find it useful. Do you use it mostly at red lights? If you drive another car without Auto-H, do you tend to forget to use the brake? Just curious on your and everyone's feedback .

My parents have it on their GL550 and I thought it was a useless feature as well. But once I drove their car around SF for a while, I grew to like it. The next time I took my H2 to the city, I felt like i was going to roll back down the hill each time I let off the brake.

[opasha]

Thanks for the feedback both of you . I might play around with it once I get my car back. Too many things to play around with. I feel like I'm getting a new car all over again, lol.

[Barbja]

That's the second thing I turn on after putting my car in drive:

1) sport mode
2) auto-hold

I only drive 2 miles to work and there's 4 stop lights and a rail road crossing. I do lots of auto-holding.

[batmanken]

I use it all the time here in Los Angeles during heavy traffic. it's a nice way of giving your foot some rest, love this feature.

[rlemek]

Love this feature! have it on my moms Ghost and my X5! whenever i get in the Tesla I forget it does not have it hahaha!
Only part I dislike is when you shut the car off it leaves it with the parking brake and I constantly forget so I hit the gas and don't move at all.

[hyde]

Originally Posted by opasha

My brother had it on his X3 and used it quite often. I have yet to use mine thinking I don't find it useful. Do you use it mostly at red lights? If you drive another car without Auto-H, do you tend to forget to use the brake? Just curious on your and everyone's feedback .

For this reason alone, I did not use Auto Hold on my E70 for like a year or so, assuming that I will get a different vehicle and it will not have it, and I will let the vehicle roll and rear end someone due to accustomed laziness of putting my foot off brake pedal. Then I realized, I am going to be getting another X5, I started using it.

Now, I use whenever I remember. If there was a way to enable it every time, I'd do it, but I don't like the fact that it still activates when I am trying to parallel park or get into my garage spot. It should not auto hold unless I kept my foot on the brake for more than x amount of seconds. I believe Mercedes requires a deeper press to activate it, which is a nice touch.

[Wing Co]

Essential, it was a major factor in not getting a RRS along with the crap tech and low BHP diesel. Auto hold is brilliant. On a similar theme, the electronic handbrake is also great. I cannot believe that MB still have the foot/hand affair that has been around for years.

[hyde]

Originally Posted by Barbja

That's the second thing I turn on after putting my car in drive:

1) sport mode
2) auto-hold

I only drive 2 miles to work and there's 4 stop lights and a rail road crossing. I do lots of auto-holding.

Having such a nice vehicle (you and everyone here) don't you wish you worked a bit far away. I work about 10 miles away, I wish I could drive more but I wish I could drive more somewhere other than NYC..

[jlstyle]

Yes, it is such a neat feature!

[Barbja]

Originally Posted by hyde

Having such a nice vehicle (you and everyone here) don't you wish you worked a bit far away. I work about 10 miles away, I wish I could drive more but I wish I could drive more somewhere other than NYC..

Yes, I know what you mean. It seems like everywhere I go on a regular basis is <5 miles from my house.

When I drive to Ikea, its seems like its in another country or something. Its 14 miles from here. Boy do I have a perception problem. When I visit a friend that lives in the San Francisco area though, if something were 'only' 14 miles away, I'd feel like we got there before we left. So close!

[SpdAddictRY]

Originally Posted by hyde

I believe Mercedes requires a deeper press to activate it, which is a nice touch.

That's correct. It activates when pressing the brake to the floor.