Audi owners in here!
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My 2007 Mazda3 does that.
I've never unlocked the car and left it before. Did it Monday while I was cleaning it so I could leave the keys out of my pocket and when I got to the car to clean the door shuts it had locked itself.
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They appear to be... both the same? What made you 'upgrade'?
Lovely interior though. But then I guess so too was your last one
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Sort the weeds out for goodness sake - what a mess!
P.S. Amazing car - Nice
I'll spray the weeds with noxious chemicals and let time clean up the mess.
The car is fantastic. Took it for a spin around Gloucestershire immediately after driving it off the forecourt. Really nice. Buttock-clenchingly powerful, at least to someone like me who is more accustomed to driving an old Astra. Go anywhere near the accelerator, and it's like the car gives you a great big kick up the backside, but without ever feeling out of control.
My only complaint is it doesn't have a handbrake. It has a button. Relying on the auto-disengaging parking brake feels very alien. I'm sure I'll get used to it though.
You get used to it - to such an extent that having to drive a car with an old style handbrake becomes annoying
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[TW]Fox;28266460 said:You get used to it - to such an extent that having to drive a car with an old style handbrake becomes annoying
Indeed, feels so natural now, superb feature on modern cars.
My entire driving career (all of 6 years) has been spent driving a very old, very manual car. It's just what I'm accustomed to. Also, as a systems engineer by trade, I tend to trust mechanical systems a hell of a lot more than electronic ones.
But it's a minor thing. The S3 is epic by any standards. So new, so shiny, so many neat toys, and so eye-wateringly quick. And unlike so many naff hire cars I've driven in the past, I didn't feel disconnected from the road. Especially in dynamic mode, I could feel every bump and rough patch, and the steering was just the right side of heavy to make me feel like it was me in control rather than a computer. And, of course, it moved like shift off a shovel.
Also, it has air conditioning! I'm sure most people take that for granted these days, but my old car didn't have it. It was hell in a heatwave.
But it's a minor thing. The S3 is epic by any standards. So new, so shiny, so many neat toys, and so eye-wateringly quick. And unlike so many naff hire cars I've driven in the past, I didn't feel disconnected from the road. Especially in dynamic mode, I could feel every bump and rough patch, and the steering was just the right side of heavy to make me feel like it was me in control rather than a computer. And, of course, it moved like shift off a shovel.
Also, it has air conditioning! I'm sure most people take that for granted these days, but my old car didn't have it. It was hell in a heatwave.
As a systems engineer surely you'll realise it is a mechanical system - just electronically actuated. It's still a brake applying force to keep the car in place..
[TW]Fox;28266714 said:
It's an electromechanical system, and any system is only as reliable as its least reliable component.
(taking into account any redundancy of components, critical failures, and all that jazz)
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Actually promotes use of the handbrake in my experience. The ease with which it can be flicked on and that it auto-disengages when you pull away means I find myself using it far more than I ever did with a manual lever.
Also likely increases safety as you get into the habit of just moving off and letting it disengage when you get in the car, yet it won't do so if the doors are properly closed or you don't have your seatbelt on.
The temporary hill hold feature that comes with it is also rather handy
Nice Car, Did you Consider the RS3 ?