RE: Hill Assist
This may be covered elsewhere but if anyone happens upon this post...
Hill Start Assist - or HSA - is easily turned off using the steering wheel buttons and Personal Preferences (like picking when you want the doors to auto lock/unlock or headlights auto-on with wipers).
If swithced on, the HSA only is activated when at a full stop with the brake and clutch pedals depressed and the grade is 7% or greater. And yes, if you already know how to drive a stick, it is a little anoying.