vincent9993

I have an A4 3.0 6 spd manual. I drive with the center arm rest to it's lowest position, I find it best for my comfort. It seems I can't pull the E-Brake without hitting the arm rest and lifting it a notch. Was it so hard to mold this feature to allow the E-Brake to not hit it?

2tuŽbos1mission

I haven't had this prob.........although most of the time when I park I just leave it in gear.

Bob Loblaw

My guess is they were desigining it for maximum functionality for comfort while driving (you can adjust it to many different angles / heights for driving), while likely being under a constraint for the amount of space to accomodate both the armrest and the brake. Plus, you wouldn't be resting your arm driving while the e-brake is on and vice versa.

But I'm with you, I've got a 5 speed and drive with the armrest on the lowest setting and that thing irritates me to no end everytime I drive.

But design flaw? I don't think the Audi haptics gurus would let that one get by them.

vincent9993

I would have forgone storage room in the arm rest... Bolge it inwards to make room.

sj audi

yea, i used to have that prob, so i just leave it up now...

April

<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/3127/a3_hand_brake.jpg"></center><p>Just push it up and out of the way ;-) Love the A3 design :-)

Bob Loblaw

or even put the e-brake more on the side of the centre console.

vincent9993

I've had my car for a month and never noticed the E-Brake was like that! Wow.

Spazmo

Wore a groove in my ebrake in the first month I owned it...Center console up 100% of the time now

Skibum the Original

Its not, thats on an A3. ours go all the way back