Yucky Yuk Yuk

[Cabansail]

Yesterday, on a short trip, I moved into a filter lane to turn right into a shopping centre. There was one car already stopped at the lights. Took my foot off the power to slow down behind it, but it did not slow much and I had to use the brake. I usually time it so it just comes to a halt. Once stopped I took my foot off the brake to wait. The bloody car moved forward and I had to brake again. This then happened again. I then hit the Park Brake to hold. A while later the green arrow came on and the car in front moved away, I tried to but would not move. Byu the time I had pressed the brake to disengage the park brake the arrow was again going red.

Yes I forgot to select OPD before leaving and the car was in that bloody horrible default mode of pseudo automatic. Yuk Yuk Yukkity Yuk.

 

[MG Clive]

When you're in non-opd mode, once you've stopped at a junction, if you then press hard on the brake pedal it will engage the auto hold, then just press the accelerator pedal to disengage it when you want to drive off.

 

[Cabansail]

I will try NOT to be in non-OPD again.

 

[siteguru]

And yet I prefer non-OPD mode.

(Not that I have a choice on my MY22 car anyway, but I prefer the 4 mph creep on "idle". If I want to come to a complete stop I just press the brake and then press a bit harder for auto-hold. Press the accelerator or press brake again to release auto-hold).

And in future - pull up the P lever to apply the handbrake; that keeps the car in Drive mode. Pressing the P button puts it into Park mode and so knocks it out of D. You can still then just press the accelerator to release the handbrake.

 

[T1 Terry]

I like the acc mode that stops behind the car in front, just have to remember to use the accelerator to move off as soon as the lights change or te car sits there for a while before moving off and gets the car behind you really peeved .... just have to remember not to touch the brake and be prepared for the car in front to suddenly decide it needed to be in another lane .... the MG sees nothing in front takes off like a startled cat back to what ever the cruise control was set at ..... not a good look to be tearing off between two lines of stationary traffic at 60km/h ..... and frightens the crap out of the car stopped at the lights to see you coming at them at 60km/h

T1 Terry