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Does anyone have experience with e.g. Subaru's 'Hill Descent Mode'? It's one of the whizbang electronic things where you set a speed of 5 MPH or whatever, then leave the brakes and throttle alone, and the car modulates the brakes/throttle/vehicle stability system/yadda so you just creep down the hill.
Part of me thinks 'that's no diff than gently riding the brakes', but you never know. It might avoid the problem mentioned above where at slow speeds the antilock brakes just think you are stopped.
Anyway, does anyone have experience with it? Good if you are hamfooted, but no better than a careful driver? Best thing since sliced bread?
(there may be other companies with similar systems, which would also be interesting)