The handbrake location of the new bimmers?

[doctortt]

I have been checking out the new X1 and 3 series sedan lately, and I feel that the location of the handbrake makes the interior of the cars looks old school. Is it just me or what? Most of the cars these days place the handbrake next to the button where you open the hood.

[e34Croak]

I hate the interior of the new 3 series and X1. The hand brakes are located to the left of the I-drive controller. Seems pretty normal to me..

[EdirtySicks]

Anyone remember footbrakes? :eyebrows


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOZ6KbufGjE&sns=em

[SilverBeam]

I don't know if I'd call it "old school" or just BMW. The 3 series has always had a legitimate hand brake vs a foot brake.

[EdirtySicks]

I hated footbrakes. If you watch the video till the end...is that what op is talking about? I haven't seen an x1.

[timsev]

I have been checking out the new X1 and 3 series sedan lately, and I feel that the location of the handbrake makes the interior of the cars looks old school. Is it just me or what? Most of the cars these days place the handbrake next to the button where you open the hood.

It's so you can do mad drifts yoooooo

[doctortt]

Lol, got it. No wonder a Bimmer is called an Ultimate Driving Machine

[lhrmeonom]

Does that mean you can't drift in the new bimmers with the new handbrake?

[doctortt]

Does that mean you can't drift in the new bimmers with the new handbrake?

You can since the handbrake is located just right below the transmission stick. I posted this message because I thought all cars these days use footbrake rather than handbrake. For example, Lexus, Audi, Mercedes, etc. don't have handbrake anymore, (at least for models that came out in the past few years.) I just got used to seeing the footbrake and those fancy electrical instruments located around the transmission stick, and I thought a handbrake looks old-school because it takes up all the space for those instruments.

[e39hamann]

I like the look of an actual handbrake in my moms x1, any other kind is weird to me.

[moriad02]

I like the look of an actual handbrake in my moms x1, any other kind is weird to me.

Agreed, well the part of other hand brakes being wierd, my mom does not have an X1, nore do I know your mom's.

[Matt Cramer]

You can since the handbrake is located just right below the transmission stick. I posted this message because I thought all cars these days use footbrake rather than handbrake. For example, Lexus, Audi, Mercedes, etc. don't have handbrake anymore, (at least for models that came out in the past few years.) I just got used to seeing the footbrake and those fancy electrical instruments located around the transmission stick, and I thought a handbrake looks old-school because it takes up all the space for those instruments.

If you want to talk old school, my '72 Chevy pickup has a foot brake, and my '66 Dodge Dart has a dash mounted handbrake to the left of the steering wheel and below the instrument cluster. If anything, floor mounted handbrakes are a bit newer. :)

[pizzaman09]

You can since the handbrake is located just right below the transmission stick. I posted this message because I thought all cars these days use footbrake rather than handbrake. For example, Lexus, Audi, Mercedes, etc. don't have handbrake anymore, (at least for models that came out in the past few years.) I just got used to seeing the footbrake and those fancy electrical instruments located around the transmission stick, and I thought a handbrake looks old-school because it takes up all the space for those instruments.

It's much more common to have a foot brake on cars that have a column shifter rather then a console/floor shifter.

My 99 Oldsmobile has a foot brake. They were common when a lot of cars had bench front seats since it would be odd to have a random handle in the middle of the floor.

[kevinocarro]

The hand brakes are located to the left of the I-drive controller. Seems pretty normal to me..http://www.dvxs.info/11a.jpg

[lhrmeonom]

How do I drift with the new electronic handbrake on the F10? Mind you it's fwd and automatic...

[e39hamann]

How do I drift with the new electronic handbrake on the F10? Mind you it's fwd and automatic...

You don't and it can't be fwd, either rwd or awd.

[lhrmeonom]

You don't and it can't be fwd, either rwd or awd.

Yeah I meant awd