Do the manual transmission cars have the hill start assist?? I know the '09-up DSG TDIs do. It's kind of annoying in the DSG cars, but I would think it'd be a welcome feature in the 6MT cars. My BMW has it and it's a nice feature to have.
Mine's a manual. This is the first manual I've had the feature in, and I didn't realize it had it until I was on a slight incline about to turn from a stop a couple days after I bought the car. I noticed the car didn't roll back and thought it was weird - I knew the slope was enough for me to roll. Happened again later, and I remembered reading about some 'hill assist' feature. One more time, and I was convinced that was it...read up on it to be sure. Getting used to a new car with new transmission, this is very helpful. I really like it - very handy when you've got some jacka$$ tailgater 3" behind you and climbing up your tailpipe on a hill.
(not so) funny story...I've driven manuals for 22 yrs - my Sentra is 14 yrs old, 243K miles, original clutch lasted 191K miles - I'm super-goody with a clutch. A firestone tech burned up that clutch driving it like it was stolen on the drive around the block after an oil chg - it hobbled along just far enough to roll to a stop in their uphill driveway. They had to push it into the bays to figure it out. Firestone paid for another clutch that came out 30K later cuz it was the cheapest they could get. Same tech fixed it too...forgot the flywheel when he closed up the tranny - said the clutch felt weird & couldn't figure out why it wouldn't start...he looked back at the directions and saw the flywheel shining in his half-closed tool drawer. Needless to say, when I got the next clutch, I avoided that FS like the plague and went to a shop I'd been referred to...great work at a fantastic price (E&T Auto in RR), and great people!