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Tilly2 | 19:58 Tue 02nd Sep 2014 | Motoring
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Got my new car and it's got an electronic parking brake. I don't like it. It feels all wrong and all the doors lock about ten seconds after starting off. Very disconcerting!

Should I be feeling a tug when I start off in first gear and hear a noise?

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What is it, Tilly?
20:00 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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er....an electronic parking brake, is a little lever that you pull up with your finger when you park.
20:03 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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The car, Tilly!
20:04 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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LOL.
20:06 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Oh, sorry. A Vauxhall Meriva Tech Line.
20:14 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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It's a very bossy car. It tells you when to change gear!
20:16 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Can't you disable the talking thing, Yilly ?.
20:19 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Yes, ours is a Honda civic and it's a bit bossy too!
20:20 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Are these cars female ?.
20:21 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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No Tony, men know everything regards cars so they must be male
20:23 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Well mine's called Snowdrop, so, probably.
20:24 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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I declined to buy one of these (VW Golf) after the salesman couldn't tell me whether aforementioned electronic brake ends up off or on, in the event that the battery goes flat.
Either way it seems an unwanted solution to a problem that didn't exist in the first place.
What is the answer to the flat battery question?
20:25 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Oh, goodness. Another worry! Flat battery? Really?
20:26 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Interesting question that, buildersmate. I'll look forward the hearing the answer to that.
20:28 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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O.M.G.!
20:30 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Does anyone else have a car with an electronic parking brake?
20:30 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Oh dear

http://www.which.co.uk/cars/choosing-a-car/buying-a-car/car-recalls-investigation/case-study-vw-passat-/
20:31 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Tilly, have a look in your handbook, it will probably tell you what to do regarding your handbrake in the event of a flat battery.
20:33 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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They're all bossy cars now-a-days. Leave the seat belt off and it nags and nags for ages. Even if you are just reversing into your drive having opened the gates. The machines are taking us over, we are mere underlings now.
22:42 Tue 02nd Sep 2014
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Buy a set of these

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rigid-20cm-Seat-Belt-Extender/dp/B006E390OO

they plug into your seat belt sockets, and stay there, so you don't get nagged anymore, and they make the belt much easier to put on.
22:55 Tue 02nd Sep 2014

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