>>>my car does that automatically when I step on the break hard!
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>>Now that's a counterintuitive interface... Just borrow it to a lead-foot friend and watch the rear wheels smoke.
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>no you misunderstand, when I stop on the intersection and step on the break hard. it stays in break mode until i step on the gas.
>Very nice and intuitive
>German engineering :-)

Ah then it's the same as the french engineering I experienced in 1999. You didn't describe the way to get out of it, so I assumed it would actually pull the brake for you and that you'd have to release it manually. And this being french, you didn't have to do it hard - if you just step on the brake long enough for the car to stop moving, the brake is engaged and then released when you step on the gas. Saved me a lot of nerves when learning new habits, after moving from the flatlands here to the hills of Virginia. Then I had to learn the new habits soon when I got into the old Corola with the manual shift.