When coming to a stop on an upgrade, the Insight will start to roll backwards a little until you get your foot all the way down on the brake.
Once you're stopped, though, and then switch your foot to the gas pedal to go, it will hold for a few seconds. It has some sort of hill-hold feature.
My question is: Why can't/won't Honda do that in the Fit? Whenever I drive the Fit, it rolls backwards very easily. It doen't care how slight the hill.
Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor @ 8,910 miles
vvk says:
01:10 PM, 11/16/09
Because Fit is a $14k car and Insight is a $20k car.
greenpony says:
01:12 PM, 11/16/09
Hand brake: the poor (wo)man's hill assist.
texases says:
01:28 PM, 11/16/09
Isn't this a manual vs automatic tranny thing?
foxtrot685 says:
01:30 PM, 11/16/09
i dont like hill holder systems, takes some of the natural feel out of having a manual transmission which is what the LT honda fit is. The system makes it feel all... artificial. might as well get an automatic.
and the hill holder may have something to do with preserving the CVT components? which is something the US spec fits dont have
ptcdawg says:
02:39 PM, 11/16/09
IF you can't hold the car on a hill, don't drive it. Do us all a favor and walk/bike.
prndlol says:
06:26 PM, 11/16/09
The 80's Subaru Justy had Hill-Holder technology!
vvk says:
08:10 AM, 11/17/09
prndlol, Justy did not have hill holder. Other Subaru models did, like GL/DL/Loyale and Legacy. My 1989 Justy did not have hill holder, while my 1995 Legacy did. They lost the feature when they switched to hydraulic clutch in late 90s.
hondacura4 says:
03:31 PM, 11/17/09
Ever heard of gravity?
scorp76 says:
11:43 PM, 11/17/09
I thought this was leading to the acronym for Honda: Hold On, Not Done Accelerating.