a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote:
> Actually this is a useful function when you are starting on a hill, to > prevent the car rolling back when you take your foot off the brake before > you can put it on the accelerator > The transmission would prevent that. It locks it forward. You may be thinking of it as something like a standard shift with a clutch. Starting up a steep hill with a clutch can be challenging. I have done it a zillion times. Then again, I have worn out two clutches in 60,000 miles, driving very short distances in stop-and-go Atlanta traffic. - Jed
