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The newer systems are far better resolved and I wouldn’t buy a modern car I intended to use for long journeys without it fitted now.
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The newer systems are far better resolved and I wouldn’t buy a modern car I intended to use for long journeys without it fitted now.
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A question for those with the Porsche Adaptive Cruise Control ACC option. Is it possible to operate it in a simple cruise control mode without the adaptive distance bit (which is very annoying on my wife's VW)?
Dont think so. I found it a bit annoying at first too, but now I've got to grips with its quirks its actually nice to think that if my concentration lapses it'll break before I do.
That's said, I have had some situations where I'd swear it was NOT going to break and I took over (notably at 30mph approaching stationary queue)
It’s fixed as adaptive as far as I’m aware and cannot be switched to a standard fixed cruise control.
Re the comments about it being a bit dimwitted, I can certainly agree that some of the early systems around 2012 age cars would sometimes accelerate towards standstill traffic, or do odd throttle inputs in crawling motorway traffic. Meant constantly having your foot hovering over the brake, or just turning it off completely. The newer systems are far better resolved and I wouldn’t buy a modern car I intended to use for long journeys without it fitted now.
What I didn't get, on a 2024 Macan courtesy car, was when ACC slowed me behind another car on the motorway and then I pulled out, the car would shoot off resuming the higher speed I'd set. I felt a loss of control. I guess you get used to his but it unnerved me enough to put me off it for good.
Def get used to it, on my bmw if indicate it assumes about to overtake so starts to accelerate, works really well, I won’t have a car without it now as if on 50mph stretch with someone in front it just follows nicely,
We’ve got in on both our daily’s which we’ve had for quite some time….I use it all the time and have no problem with it. We all have different preferences though !
Tricky54 said:
A question for those with the Porsche Adaptive Cruise Control ACC option. Is it possible to operate it in a simple cruise control mode without the adaptive distance bit ...?
Not on my 2016 Boxster.
However, I have found adaptive cruise very good over several hundred miles of use.
Just once it has brought on the brakes unnecessarily on a left hand curve whilst in lane 3 of a motorway. There was a concrete barrier in the central reservation with multiple reflectors mounted on it that it must have seen as a obstacle. Having read the manual, curves are highlighted as a possible issue (not exactly for the reason I described), and I would be more cautious in those situations in future. The rest of the time it has behaved impeccably.
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