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Old 07-10-2015, 11:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Idle View Post
I thought you were talking about smart features that were on cars from the past.

I was driving a 1950's Hudson, or at least that's what I think it was since this was about 50 years ago, and it had what was called a 'hill-holder' that allowed you to stop on a hill and then, when you started up again, you would not roll backwards.

Pretty advanced stuff for back then.
I had a brand new toyrota pickup that couldn't hold a hill with the auto trans at idle in drive. Forward!
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