I studied all the facts and I've read all the blogs...

[anothervolt]

you cannot bring your Volt to a complete stop in L. best i could do was to roll at 3mph. that is all.

[saghost]

Of course you can't. To feel like an automatic, it has creep away from a stop - which isn't compatible with regen to 0. So to keep both features feeling "natural", the car changes behavior around 3 mph. I didn't think this was news...

[anothervolt]

maybe i posted too fast. this was a response from another thread asking if it was possible. surely uphill it can be done. but, this was done lighthearted. didn't mean to ruin your steady stream of real news...

[saghost]

Sorry if I sounded abrupt. I had just assumed that everyone pretty much knew that - but maybe I'm wrong.

Just like a creeping automatic, a steep enough hill will cause it to stop - and I believe in that situation it'll drift backwards on a steeper hill. If you've been on the brakes, the car does do hill holding, and won't start to roll back.

[scottf200]

Just like a creeping automatic, a steep enough hill will cause it to stop - and I believe in that situation it'll drift backwards on a steeper hill. If you've been on the brakes, the car does do hill holding, and won't start to roll back.

I recall a post or two on this "hill holding" and someone was pointing out how well it worked on the Volt (by comparisons). I'm in IL so I wouldn't know <grin>.

Hill-holder [manual discussion vs automatic tho] : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill-holder

[saghost]

I recall a post or two on this "hill holding" and someone was pointing out how well it worked on the Volt (by comparisons). I'm in IL so I wouldn't know <grin>.

Hill-holder [manual discussion vs automatic tho] : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill-holder

The Volt handles hill holding just like everything else the Volt does - smoothly silent and seamless... After I noticed it, on one occasion I decided to test it out - it was still holding still four seconds after I let off the brake pedal, with no sign of going anywhere. When I hit the accelerator, it moved away smoothly. Exactly what you'd expect from this car.

[anothervolt]

I had just assumed that everyone pretty much knew that - but maybe I'm wrong.

yeah, you explained that already. you were wrong

[dax777]

Sorry if I sounded abrupt. I had just assumed that everyone pretty much knew that - but maybe I'm wrong.

Just like a creeping automatic, a steep enough hill will cause it to stop - and I believe in that situation it'll drift backwards on a steeper hill. If you've been on the brakes, the car does do hill holding, and won't start to roll back.

saghost, we seasoned Volt owners have to keep in mind there are new buyers every day and have not been exposed to the vast amount of information learned on this site...we might see the same article or thread posted more than once, but what's old news to us, on brand new info for a new owner, just saying...

[ClarksonCote]

saghost, we seasoned Volt owners have to keep in mind there are new buyers every day and have not been exposed to the vast amount of information learned on this site...we might see the same article or thread posted more than once, but what's old news to us, on brand new info for a new owner, just saying...

Well said, although one thing that I wish people new to the forum would do before posting a question (not necessarily this thread, we don't discuss the creep/3mph feature much): Search the topic/question using Google.com, for example...

Google Driving in Low site:gm-volt.com
or
Google LED Lighting site:gm-volt.com

That simple search attempt would reduce the amount of posts that come up repeatedly on the site, and save everyone time and effort. Sometimes people post "I can't find the post about XYZ" and then I use that search technique to provide them a link in about 5 seconds.