I learned to drive stick on the hills in LA, and owned a manual in SF... not rolling backward is part of being a good driver. I'm just saying I'd like the option to turn it off w/o disabling antilock brakes. For me, the feature creates unpredictable stalls or dangerous situations, because you never know if it's engaging. It engages on a 4% grade or something; it's hard to know if you're at 3% or not before you take your foot off the brake and find your car not moving as you let out the clutch. If you assume the brake is on and it isn't, you let the clutch out further to override it (also not marked how much throttle that takes) and you shoot forward into the car in front of you. If you assume it's off and it's actually on, you stall. People who live in parts of the world where there's only manual transmissions know how to drive a manual car. I think it was made for people who've only driven automatic but chose a manual this time. The Fiat 124 up until last year was the only car sold in America where the automatic model was still more expensive - an add-on. AFAIK.

I don't care what features they add, and I've heard other people not be bothered by it. Just give me a way to turn them off!