bluerubicon08

Been dring a stick for over 30 years, don' need no stinkin' hill assist!

ronjenx

I don't think so. That would be kind of dumb if it did.

Oh, and just to keep up with those quoting how long they have been driving sticks: 41 years for me. (44 if you count the 3 years before I got my license.)

Dre64

i've been driving stick for all of 6 months... yet i don't roll back on hills... mind you i do live in Vancouver which is about as mountainous as San Francisco so it's a bit of a necessity to not roll back what with all the people that seem to not understand what it is to drive a stick and seem to tailgate right behind you on a steep hill...

wmcvey

Been driving a auto for about the past 10 years, and now living in Florida for about 6 years. I had almost forgoten all the work and thought in driving a stick in the winter in a hilly area. I do remember cars right behind me on a very steep hill, snow and ice covered, with some dumb fool right on your tail.

Bayrat

I am old school, learned on a '49 Jeep. In defense of those that have had issues with the JK on steep hills in high range, the fly by wire is a POS, I despise it for standard shifts due to the inherent delay. The only way you can overcome it is to rev higher and faster than you might with a solid link so you sound a bit like an amateur at times. I am guessing that hill start assist was invented to compensate for the delay in the throttle response.

JeepaRoo

the hill assist feature is on all 09's and newer.. I notice it every once in a while but ive never had a problem with the stick..

only trouble i have had is the delay in the drive by wire so sometimes I let the clutch out a little quick...

and the drive by wire Stinks for doing double clutch down shifts!!

-Christopher

Bayrat

Exactly the FBW stinks. Not so bad with an automatic, still noticeable but not detrimental as it is with a standard.

Ericker

I've been driving sticks for 15 years and I like the hill assist. Mine only seems to work when i press the brake fully. Most of the time it won't engage automatically. If I want to use it instead of the e-brake i just make sure to do a full press on the brake petal. I actually think it comes in hella handy.

rmartin

I'll start with the obligatory ... I've been driving stick since the Reagan administration ... before saying I like the hill start assist. I don't need it but I do like it. I haven't noticed any throttle delay or any other of the FBW stuff. The only time I don't like it is when I want to see if I have cranked the s*** out of my e-brake enough.

GoodysGotaCuda

I like it, you can always tell when its on because if you pump the brakes and they get firm, hill assist is on. Never seems to sneak up on me, I just drive on. It's nice because people out here have probably never seen a manual vehicle and pull up on your ass!