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Andy Burns[_13_] Andy Burns[_13_] is offline
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Default OT: Manual or automatic gearbox? and XC60 opinion...

NY wrote:

If you were stationary, wouldn't you always have either the footbrake or
handbrake on?


Not when the car has "hold" that keeps the brakes applied for you,
without you having to do anything, no.

What it actually does is use the ABS servo to apply pressure to all four
wheels, but after several minutes (e.g. waiting a busy level crossing)
the ABS can tend to overheat, so then it applies the "wind on" electric
handbrake to the rear wheels only.