Electronic Brake - Does it impact resale value?

happyc84

Hi just hired a Nissan Quas-qai, for 1 week, car comes with an Electronic handbrake. Takes some getting used to. Would an electronic handbrake put you off if you were buying 2nd hand?

harveybobbles

Depends if the car is under warranty or not, I guess.

VW and Renault ones are pretty rubbish.

DUTR

harveybobbles wrote: »

Depends if the car is under warranty or not, I guess.

VW and Renault ones are pretty rubbish.

I'm on my 1st car with EPB, wouldn't be without it now.

ariba10

We have an Espace with it

The only problem that I find is that if I drive a car with a handbrake leaver is remembering to set the brake.

Strider590

happyc84 wrote: »

Would an electronic handbrake put you off if you were buying 2nd hand?

For me, yes......

For the average idiot, I seriously doubt they'd even know what one was, let alone the issues they can have.

jimjames

harveybobbles wrote: »

Depends if the car is under warranty or not, I guess.

VW and Renault ones are pretty rubbish.

Got a Passat. It's a pain and I'd prefer a normal handbrake. Some useful times when you can do hill starts more easily but the hassles outweigh it.

Problem is so many cars now have them that trying to avoid one will really restrict choice.

gilbert_and_sullivan

I keep my cars long term, wouldn't entertain a car with EPB, another pointless toy destined to go expensively wrong.

happyc84

thanks for the posts, most seem to be in favour of the old cable hand-brake system.

Will try and avoid Electronic Brakes in future, although I guess when you are hiring a car its pot luck!!!

Southend1

happyc84 wrote: »

Hi just hired a Nissan Quas-qai, for 1 week, car comes with an Electronic handbrake. Takes some getting used to. Would an electronic handbrake put you off if you were buying 2nd hand?

I'd be more worried about how to pronounce the name of the car! Is it kwoshkway, kwaskai, cashkay, or something completely different??

martinthebandit

Southend1 wrote: »

I'd be more worried about how to pronounce the name of the car! Is it kwoshkway, kwaskai, cashkay, or something completely different??

It is usually pronounced cash cow

gilbert_and_sullivan

If a cashcow has the same EPB as a C4 Picasso, it should have something that resembles an IUD in the tool kit, so when the parking brake fails to release, it will, you can insert said IUD into the correct hole and turn the thing till the cable snaps...parking brake released but now broken, brilliant design.

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