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Old 04-12-2008, 09:32 PM   #31
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I think with the Commodore on TGA it is a case of not allowing any throttle when the handbrake is engaged, a calibration issue (& anti-hoon feature)
Too bad if you wanted to impress a car full of mates by trying to do a by-the-book hill start...
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:44 PM   #32
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I think with the Commodore on TGA it is a case of not allowing any throttle when the handbrake is engaged, a calibration issue (& anti-hoon feature)

Dates back to the VT afaik (never seen it happen on an earlier model).
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Old 04-12-2008, 09:57 PM   #33
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yeh saw that who hires these journos nowdays....?

plus they took away the comment section so cant tell em to get a real job haha
The thing is they may be great journo's but have no idea about cars/motorsport/hoons etc etc..

Which makes them look un-educated..
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Old 04-12-2008, 10:04 PM   #34
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Too bad if you wanted to impress a car full of mates by trying to do a by-the-book hill start...
I couldn't imagine it would disengage the accelerator in a manual, then it would be an issue. If you're having to do a hill start in an auto and require the handbrake, yeesh.
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