I am a convert now I have a manual Golf. It’s very intuitive to use and works seamlessly with the stop/start - a feature I hated in previous cars. I hope I never need an expensive repair but VW have been fitting them for a good few years now and I guess competent indies can deal with them.
On the other hand I had a courtesy new Civic a year or two back and I can’t recall how it worked but I think there were circumstances where you needed to dab the foot brake pedal to disengage. Also the stop/start and the auto hand brake did not work well together e.g. in a slow queue up to a give way to a roundabout they kept butting in just as you wanted to be able to move into a slot. Maybe I was just using it wrongly but I ended up disabling the auto functions for the day I had it.
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