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[mik]

i bet you kicked yourself you didn’t do it earlier!

Not yet - just enjoying the crisp new look

I should also have been clear - I didn’t do this myself - got the pros at ThreeBros to do it properly.

[jamcg]

Has anyone owned a manual with an automatic handbrake?

Im not sure Ive ever driven one, seems wrong but also the norm in modern cars amongst the very little choice of manuals.

Have manual and automatic handrake/hill hold etc on the Ateca and I absolutely love it. The handbrake engages whenever the brake pedal is pressed and the car reaches a standstill and it disengages the moment there's a hint of forward movement. It works brilliantly and intergrates seamlessly into my largely inner-city driving. It's also easy to turn off if you don't want it to be automatic for any reason. I can't see the point in going back to an old-school ratchet handbrake on a modern car.

When I had a karoq (same car in drag) they had a recall to update the software so the hold disengaged when you lifted the clutch and applied throttle instead of just lifted clutch. I had a few times where you release the slightest bit of pressure on the clutch without realising and the car started to roll so the update made sense. The ford version doesn’t need throttle but the clutch has to go up higher so it’s an actual conscious movement rather than an accidental release

[mik]

So I didn't mention that the exterior door handle on the drivers side failed whilst it was having the PPF done. It's been feeling pretty crunchy / inconsistent for some time, and I'd just ignored it.

Took the door card off, and the handle has "peeled apart" where the actuator rod goes into it.

New handles are actually cheap, but you do then need to get them painted of course. The internet however advised that the same handle is used on both driver and passenger side. Each handle has two arms, but only the rearmost arm takes the actuator rod.

The happy outcome of this is that I was able to therefore swap driver and passenger handles, which allowed both sides to present a "fresh" arm to the actuator rod.

I've seen images of Evora handles failing similarly on other cars however, so I mused over ways to add a little strength without compromising their movement > eventually opting to score the inner faces for purchase, and then fell the "voids" in the handles with hot-melt glue. If it does no good, it'll do no harm.....

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[Carlos]

Looks like lots of options to glue, pin, wire etc could be an opportunity to surpass the pedal box photo?

[mik]

I’d have to raid the dishwasher again…,,

[DeskJockey]

I’d have to raid the dishwasher again…,,

You can handle it!

[Rich B]

I’d have to raid the dishwasher again…,,

You can handle it!

Heel always be famous for doing that toe his car!

[Jimexpl]

Not my current fleet, but I parked behind Tate Modern today to pick up my daughter and when I returned to the car a 325 touring was parked behind, which was my wife’s car 2012-5, and I think we sold it on Autotrader to someone in Somerset.

What are the chances of that?!