Sorry if this has been asked before, but if it has, I couldn't find it!
I'm waiting (a few more weeks) for my 4hs, but I'm impatient to find out the limitations of Adaptive Cruise Control. Mostly so I can get even more excited about my christmas present.
So I was wondering:
1. What are the distances (in metres) of the 3 settings of ACC distance. Does the 'shortest' distance work for nose-to-tail town centre traffic, or does it leave a gap large enough that any old TD&H will slot in front of me? What is the slowest speed ACC will work for that motorway crawling when a lorry has shed a load of concrete on the M4 just past Newbury?
2. What happens if you're in a line of traffic on the motorway traveling at (let's just say) 70mph, and some crazy pulls out in front of you. Does the car brake harshly to regain the pre-programmed distance it was keeping from the car in front? I'm wondering what impact this would have on the car behind.
3. Does ACC radar sensing work on a motorbike if it's in front of you?
4. Can you vary the acceleration when a car pulls back in and you're free to speed up to your previously set mph? If not, is it leisurely (thus mimicking a light-footed economy-fiend?)
and one final, unrelated question (which I again haven't been able to find a specific answer to). All those beeps. Can they each be turned off, or is it all or nothing, or just... all? I see a workaround for the electric boot being to unplug the speaker.
and one final final question. will the pre-heating work if there is a little charge left in the battery but it's not plugged in?
Ta.
I'm waiting (a few more weeks) for my 4hs, but I'm impatient to find out the limitations of Adaptive Cruise Control. Mostly so I can get even more excited about my christmas present.
So I was wondering:
1. What are the distances (in metres) of the 3 settings of ACC distance. Does the 'shortest' distance work for nose-to-tail town centre traffic, or does it leave a gap large enough that any old TD&H will slot in front of me? What is the slowest speed ACC will work for that motorway crawling when a lorry has shed a load of concrete on the M4 just past Newbury?
2. What happens if you're in a line of traffic on the motorway traveling at (let's just say) 70mph, and some crazy pulls out in front of you. Does the car brake harshly to regain the pre-programmed distance it was keeping from the car in front? I'm wondering what impact this would have on the car behind.
3. Does ACC radar sensing work on a motorbike if it's in front of you?
4. Can you vary the acceleration when a car pulls back in and you're free to speed up to your previously set mph? If not, is it leisurely (thus mimicking a light-footed economy-fiend?)
and one final, unrelated question (which I again haven't been able to find a specific answer to). All those beeps. Can they each be turned off, or is it all or nothing, or just... all? I see a workaround for the electric boot being to unplug the speaker.
and one final final question. will the pre-heating work if there is a little charge left in the battery but it's not plugged in?
Ta.