CT4 BW to Dark Horse?

[Exia]

- you could start the car with just the clutch depressed

I'm pretty sure this is a regulation now. All modern manuals have to require the brake pedal. The Bullit and earlier Mustangs might have got around this but I don't think this is a thing anymore, its a safety regulation.

If anyone has driven a new S650 you can chime in, but I'm under the impression brake and clutch is a requirement now for manual vehicles sold new today.

 

[FI Fiend]

I'm pretty sure this is a regulation now. All modern manuals have to require the brake pedal. The Bullit and earlier Mustangs might have got around this but I don't think this is a thing anymore, its a safety regulation.

If anyone has driven a new S650 you can chime in, but I'm under the impression brake and clutch is a requirement now for manual vehicles sold new today.

I can confirm you can start with just pressing the clutch

 

[1Evil55]

With all the electronic nannies in place, it boggles my mind why we can't start ours without both pedals. Lord knows the computer knows the Ebrake is engaged, in N, etc. Take me back to the time the owners manual gave instructions on valve adjustment.

 

[Exia]

Interesting Ford still does it this way and every other modern manual I've ever driven requires the brake to be depressed.

 

[CaddyTrack]

Civic type R requires only clutch to start. It's terribly annoying in the BW to have to push brake as well.

 

[piranha971]

I agree. That is the first annoying thing I discovered in this car. My ATS-V did not require the brake.

 

[Deneed4spd]

Just the whole ebrake thing is annoying. Wish I had a handle to pull. How many times I have gone back to the car just to make sure I turned the ebrake on.

 

[T.O.Blackwing]

Just the whole ebrake thing is annoying. Wish I had a handle to pull. How many times I have gone back to the car just to make sure I turned the ebrake on.

… which is another thing I forgot to mention when I compared the S550 Mustang I traded in for my Blackwing.
Oh, and here’s yet another (kind of): adaptive cruise control was available for manual S550 Mustangs, and I believe you can get it on the new S650s, as well.
I say kind of because for some strange reason it was not made available for the Bullitt, so I didn’t have it.
Still, if Ford could offer such a feature on its manual Mustangs, GM should have been able to put it into a luxury sports sedan that costs twice as much.
Also: I could configure my old Mustang’s instrument panel to provide an a la carte combination of metric and imperial data.
For example, I could see my tire pressures in psi, speed in km/h, and mileage in MPG.
(More an issue for Canadians than Americans as we use metric for most measurements but not everything.)
Hmmm… beginning to miss my old Bullitt more and more.
Maybe time to take Redwing for a drive?

 

[savethemanual]

Man y’all a bunch of cry babies. It took me 2 days after which pressing the break became second nature.

 

[CaddyTrack]

We just don't like it. It could be better. Crying is ok.

 

[FI Fiend]

The electronic e-brake in the mustang is defintely a better rendition of a button

 

[Melon]

It doesn't bother me. Until I go to start me E30 and it cranks without any pedal interference.
Almost ran it through the garage wall one time.

Whoops.