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What I don't like about adaptive cruise is that it constantly leaves a gap in front of you and it causes people to pass you on the right and fill that gap, which keeps putting you more and more behind. It also doesn't pressure drivers to move right and let you go by, so you'll all of a sudden find yourself going 65 when you're set to 80.
So I usually set the following distance at the 3 or 4 setting, which does leave plenty of space for someone to scoot in front of me. But in traffic, without this feature, I wouldn't be using the CC at all. On a long drive, I definitely notice less fatigue using adaptive CC
So I usually set the following distance at the 3 or 4 setting, which does leave plenty of space for someone to scoot in front of me. But in traffic, without this feature, I wouldn't be using the CC at all. On a long drive, I definitely notice less fatigue using adaptive CC
I set it to as close as possible and its still an issue. I like it in concert with the lane centering, without that I never really cared for it.
That's one nifty thing I wish I had, but one that would work perfectly. I've heard about complaints about the gaps it leaves, etc etc not just on here.
What I don't like about adaptive cruise is that it constantly leaves a gap in front of you and it causes people to pass you on the right and fill that gap, which keeps putting you more and more behind. It also doesn't pressure drivers to move right and let you go by, so you'll all of a sudden find yourself going 65 when you're set to 80.
Adaptive or not, cruise-control is just about hopeless in the D.C. area. I rarely use the one in my Encore GX (which does have the adjustable adaptive feature), except occasionally on Sunday morning when traffic is lighter. There is simply too much traffic, too little available road-space for the traffic, and, if it DOES happen to leave a space, some joker will surely pull into it within the next ten seconds LOL.
Adaptive or not, cruise-control is just about hopeless in the D.C. area. I rarely use the one in my Encore GX (which does have the adjustable adaptive feature), except occasionally on Sunday morning when traffic is lighter. There is simply too much traffic, too little available road-space for the traffic, and, if it DOES happen to leave a space, some joker will surely pull into it within the next ten seconds LOL.
So traffic is where I really like it. In my car if I'm in bumper to bumper traffic I literally can read email, it drives itself.
One thing I found interesting with Mercedes is that my AMG vehicles are much more aggressive about keeping the gap in front of me small than the regular Mercedes I have driven. This ends up being a less smooth experience for passengers and quite frankly I’ve been startled about how quickly they will accelerate if someone changes out of my lane in front of me. I don’t drive them in comfort mode though which may contributing to this.
One thing I found interesting with Mercedes is that my AMG vehicles are much more aggressive about keeping the gap in front of me small than the regular Mercedes I have driven. This ends up being a less smooth experience for passengers and quite frankly I’ve been startled about how quickly they will accelerate if someone changes out of my lane in front of me. I don’t drive them in comfort mode though which may contributing to this.
There is also a difference with a regular Mercedes in Sport mode. I much prefer how the distronic acts in sport mode. Try driving them in comfort mode.
I would rather have that work flawlessly in that situation than interstate driving. That's really cool.
You have systems like Supercruise that will drive the car without input from the driver on a highway too. Distronic will largely drive the car but since it doesn't use GPS mapping like something like SuperCruise does you still have to hold onto the wheel.
In my car if I'm in bumper to bumper traffic I literally can read email, it drives itself.
.....Until some joker pulls right into the gap in front of you, and then finds some reason to jam on his or her brakes, and your car, right behind, can't stop in time, even with ABS. In most instances, police hold a driver who rear-ends someone in front of them at fault, even in circumstances like that. That's why the guy who rear-ended your previous Lexus LS got charged instead of you.
You have systems like Supercruise that will drive the car without input from the driver on a highway too. Distronic will largely drive the car but since it doesn't use GPS mapping like something like SuperCruise does you still have to hold onto the wheel.
Yep. I don’t think SC makes you hold onto the wheel but it tracks your eyes even with sunglasses on. All of that is cool, definitely new tech that is awesome.
Speaking of that, the Lexrolla rental I have has auto headlights, auto high beams, auto hold (electric parking brake), automatic climate control, plus all the LKA and other new stuff. For a cheap car it’s loaded with new tech.
.....Until some joker pulls right into the gap in front of you, and then finds some reason to jam on his or her brakes, and your car, right behind, can't stop in time, even with ABS. In most instances, police hold a driver who rear-ends someone in front of them at fault, even in circumstances like that. That's why the guy who rear-ended your previous Lexus LS got charged instead of you.
I obviously am already aware of all of that because I’m an intelligent adult.
Of course you still pay attention. At low speeds like that it doesn’t keep a large gap, it maintains the same gap I would. The car will react quicker and slam on the brakes than I would.
I’m at the car wash getting the Pacifica mini-detailed (what a disaster it always is) and there’s a new QX60 in front of me, it’s really sharp. I will have to give one of those a serious look
