Hi all,
Sorry if this seems like a bit of an odd questions. I'm just wondering what everyone does when waiting at a stop light. Do you keep your foot on the brake, or engage the park mode, or even the EPB (electronic parking brake)?
I'm coming from having a manual transmission with a manual handbrake, and when I come to a stop light where I know I'm gonna be there for a bit, I usually put the car in neutral and engage the handbrake, just to give my left foot a bit of a test. I've driven a few other cars that have an "auto-hold" feature that will keep the normal brake engaged at stop lights until you depress the accelerator pedal. However, I understand the Corsa-e doesn't have such a feature. When I test drove one, I noticed there was a P button on the gear selector lever, and tried using that at stop lights. But, it felt a bit cumbersome having to re-select D mode when the light changed to green. No more cumbersome than my current situation with a manual, but definitely more cumbersome than the auto-hold on other cars. I'm not sure if engaging the EPB would be any better. My main worry with that is that it would put unnecessary wear on the EPB due to it not being its intended use, but I feel like this would be easier as I think the EPB disengages automatically when you accelerate.
I'm also curious how the EPB differs from the park mode. My understanding is that in a conventional automatic, the P mode just locks the transmission so that the car won't go anywhere, but with the Corsa being an EV I'd have thought this would be different. Is the Corsa closer to a normal ICE vehicle when it comes to the transmission - just a drop in replacement of the engine, or is it more akin to a Tesla where the motors are connected directly to the wheels?
Curious what your thoughts are
Sorry if this seems like a bit of an odd questions. I'm just wondering what everyone does when waiting at a stop light. Do you keep your foot on the brake, or engage the park mode, or even the EPB (electronic parking brake)?
I'm coming from having a manual transmission with a manual handbrake, and when I come to a stop light where I know I'm gonna be there for a bit, I usually put the car in neutral and engage the handbrake, just to give my left foot a bit of a test. I've driven a few other cars that have an "auto-hold" feature that will keep the normal brake engaged at stop lights until you depress the accelerator pedal. However, I understand the Corsa-e doesn't have such a feature. When I test drove one, I noticed there was a P button on the gear selector lever, and tried using that at stop lights. But, it felt a bit cumbersome having to re-select D mode when the light changed to green. No more cumbersome than my current situation with a manual, but definitely more cumbersome than the auto-hold on other cars. I'm not sure if engaging the EPB would be any better. My main worry with that is that it would put unnecessary wear on the EPB due to it not being its intended use, but I feel like this would be easier as I think the EPB disengages automatically when you accelerate.
I'm also curious how the EPB differs from the park mode. My understanding is that in a conventional automatic, the P mode just locks the transmission so that the car won't go anywhere, but with the Corsa being an EV I'd have thought this would be different. Is the Corsa closer to a normal ICE vehicle when it comes to the transmission - just a drop in replacement of the engine, or is it more akin to a Tesla where the motors are connected directly to the wheels?
Curious what your thoughts are