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Originally Posted by foxpaws View Post
I had an Avanti for a short time - but the real deal - a Studebaker. Decent car - supercharged - had this weird thing with the transmission - it was an automatic - but it never 'creeped' at stop lights - you could take your foot off the brake and it would just sit there - up hill, down hill, whatever, it never moved until you hit the gas.
Called "Hill-holder" or similar. Not that unusual.

Subaru even had it even in the 90's, with manual trans, even. Kept pressure on the brake MC until you released the clutch. (Think the Forester still has it.)

Some Dodge Challengers have it also.
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