Ours locks terribly too in damp weather. Raised it with Citroen and they didn't seem overly concerned. :/wil said:yes john , my handbrake is poor, not something I would expect for a car with only 20,000 miles on it. I always leave my car in gear and if I'm on the flat, I don't use it at all. it also tends to lock on really badly. I know lots of cars do this if left for a while but the cactus is the worst I've had for this.
Push button auto handbrakes are awful things. I would not buy a car with one. We test drove a car a few years back (Honda) with one and the car was only a few months old. The salesman was telling me how they are the new thing etc and I told him they can keep 'the new thing' anyway on test drive it kept jamming on.....just more to go wrong. Manual handbrakes have worked fine for years and should be left alone.Cloud9 said:I find that the handbrake has to be tugged up really high to be effective...pupils don't always do this, and then wonder why the car doesn't stay still :idea: ....I wonder whether these push-button handbrakes are a better idea?
Driving Examiners have refused to do driving tests in electric handbrake cars before now, as it helps with the hill start, but then lots of cars do that now anyway, like some cacti.Cloud9 said:I find that the handbrake has to be tugged up really high to be effective...pupils don't always do this, and then wonder why the car doesn't stay still :idea: ....I wonder whether these push-button handbrakes are a better idea?
Yeah I questioned that with some driving instructor on here - I asked if the hill start assist does not make it 'unreal' when doing hill startsRattlegun said:Driving Examiners have refused to do driving tests in electric handbrake cars before now, as it helps with the hill start, but then lots of cars do that now anyway, like some cacti.Cloud9 said:I find that the handbrake has to be tugged up really high to be effective...pupils don't always do this, and then wonder why the car doesn't stay still :idea: ....I wonder whether these push-button handbrakes are a better idea?