Holding clutch in on a hill

On an 86 Subaru, when you are on a hill and have the clutch all the way in, that holds your car so it wont roll back, right?

 

Well, when I was 4 years old my parents had a 86 Subaru. Now I am 22 and just bought my own 05 Legacy GT. They ask me if the car rolls on a hill. I said "It rolls back." My dad said on there 86 Subaru, holding the clutch in on a hill, holds the car on the hill so it wont roll back.

 

Is that true? Why did they stop putting that feature on the car?

actually i believe they brought it back in '03

 

 

 

http://www.drive.subaru.com/Spr03_HillHolder.htm

I had an '82 Subaru GL Wagon (back before they were cool) that my parents bought and handed off to me when I was 17. It had the hill holder feature. Very cool! I'll have to try it next time I get a chance to see if my 05 LGT has it. I hope so!

 

CJ

LGT's don't have it in the US. I think the Aussie's might have it on their Liberty's.

LGT's don't have it in the US. I think the Aussie's might have it on their Liberty's.

 

Bastards! CJ

Only the Forester has it here in the only part of the world that gets dicked on the cool stuff.

They stopped it with the hydraulic clutch set up. My 1990 Legacy has it (cable clutch). It's a very simple device that works off the clutch fork and I don't know why they can't put it back in. Must be cost savings. It is a neat featurs, though it thoroughly got it's ass kicked by San Francisco's hills. I currently have mine disconnected as I was too lazy to hook it back up after swapping engines and I hardly miss it.

 

Steve