My post was not a reply to you. I'm not sure how you got that idea. I was replying to a comment regarding using the parking brake. Nothing to do with your post.
There's a bit of misunderstanding here. I realize your original post was about using the different modes, but you also mentioned disengaging the automatic parking brake, which was something I commented on. (I was more comfortable disengaging by hand). Then someone replied to me explaining how the parking brake works. Something I'm acutely aware of. I thanked them, then reiterated my preference for using the lever to disengage the brake. They shot back that I was being defensive and accused me of having a problem with them. Nothing could be further from the truth. So, while your post was targeted to mode selection, it got side-tracked to the brake release. That's probably why you read my post about offending. I have absolutely no beef with you.