subarus and hill holder clutches

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Apr 7, 2003 | 05:56 AM

Tommy3rd

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subarus and hill holder clutches

Do all the current manual tranny Subarus have the hill holder clutch built-in or is it an exclusive to the Forrester?

I'm about to buy an Impreza WRX Wagon, and would like a manual transmission. It would be a plus to have that hill holder clutch, since my wife will be driving it too.
I came real close to ordering the 2003 model, but decided to wait for the 2004.

Apr 7, 2003 | 08:52 PM

Bishop

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From: Oak Hill, West Virginia

Car Info: 2003 WRX 5-Spd,short throw, premium sound, security, yellow... stock... MINE!!

Teach your wife to drive a MT and she won't need a hill holder clutch.

I personally think they are quite stupid, it's an extra cost that could be avoided by proper driving technique. I've never once been in a situation where I would "need" something like that, and I live in West Virginia, we have some STEEP roads around here.

Now if your planning on taking it rock crawling, hell yeah... get tha hill holder!!!

Oh and no it's not an option on the WRX, if you need a hill holder, a MT WRX is NOT the car for you

Apr 8, 2003 | 06:14 AM

Tommy3rd

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i have no need for it, just wondering if it's built-in.
my wife can drive a MT, but always hated hills.
no big deal, that WRX wagon is still on top of my list with or without the hill holder clutch.

thanks for the info.

Apr 8, 2003 | 08:17 AM

Rallychic

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I remember the hill holder being on the older Subarus..but I didn't think they did them anymore??

It was handy, but not necessary!

Apr 8, 2003 | 01:24 PM

kongzilla

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what is a hill holder. a switch or something that keeps the car still on a hill.

Apr 8, 2003 | 02:11 PM

X1_SRT

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when you come to a complete stop, and depress the clutch, it engages the hill holder. w/o getting into exactly how it works, it puts the e-brake on until the clutch is let out to a certain point.
i thought it was a cool feature. i know how to drive a mt, have for a long time. but it was still kinda cool to use.

-PJ