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Stupid question time. Why couldn't the driver put the car into neutral and coast to a safe halt to restart the system? (Obviously though it's an issue that nee

• efishkin 15y ago
  Strangely enough, it's impossible to go from either of the drive modes (D & S(Jaguar's "Sport" mode)) to neutral, and vice versa, without almost fully engaging the brakes. Just tapping the brakes is insufficient. A friend and I attempted to do a "neutral bomb" in my XF but as it's impossible to transition without hitting the brakes, the attempt was a total failure.
• roel_v 15y ago
  Much of the shifting is done in software also; for example on my car I can't go from 'drive' to 'reverse' if I'm driving too fast, and I'm not sure if moving the shift stick into neutral has any mechanical effects or if that too is just a signal to the controller who then (electronically) drives the gear box. Which makes sense I guess from the point of preventing damage, but it does cause the software to become a single point of failure.
• sp332 15y ago
  The brakes should be strong enough to stop the car even if you can't get the car out of gear. It takes longer to stop of course, and you might need to replace your brakes afterwards but it should stop.