pumaxs wrote:

My Puma was bought from Matford in 2012 & I was given the usual half day LRE voucher when I picked it up.
I booked a visit to Eastnor & chose a 110 SW for direct comparison with my own.
I'm pretty sure it was a '12 plate vehicle, as I think it was the first year that they did away with carpets.
The instructor's favourite trick of the day was to demonstrate pulling away on hill starts with the brakes still applied.
i.e. Stop half way up a hill, and hold vehicle on the foot brake, while still in gear, with the engine running.
Keeping your foot hard on the brake pedal, whilst releasing the clutch pedal, enabled you to pull away with no risk of rolling backwards.
Apparently, modifications to the abs system, in combination with the anti-stall & traction control systems, had made that feature possible for the first time.
The explanation was that on the old system, the abs sensors on the front axle talked to one another, and sensors on rear axle did the same, but front & rear axles didn't talk to one another.
However, on the new system, the sensors talked to one another across both axles, if that makes sense?
He told me that this feature was installed from 2011 onwards, but I've no way of knowing for sure.
You will have to give it a try to find out for yourself.
The brakes groan like hell, but the vehicle will pull away, and will not roll back or stall.
Obviously, you should release the foot brake once you are safely on the move.
Apologies if this is already common knowledge and I've just wasted several minutes of your life!