Adaptive cruise control is just too cool for cats

XC60Owner · Apr 26th, 2009, 18:20

Just done a long motorway session using adaptive cruise control and it is just brilliant!

musicman · Apr 27th, 2009, 10:25

What's the difference between the "adaptive" cruise control and the conventional one?

XC60Owner · Apr 27th, 2009, 11:11

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Originally Posted by musicman

What's the difference between the "adaptive" cruise control and the conventional one?

It speeds you up and down using radar. Available on XC60s. I was able to travel for ages on the motorway, speeding up and down, moving between lanes, overtaking and at no point did I touch the accelerator pedal

JackRussel · Apr 27th, 2009, 12:42

I had an XC60 for the weekend as a test drive. It had all the driver support options including adaptive cruise control. I didn't like it and didn't order the driver support pack subsequently. It just felt weird only steering and doing nothing else. Guess you would get used to it just like regular cruise.

XC60Owner · Apr 27th, 2009, 13:27

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Originally Posted by JackRussel

I had an XC60 for the weekend as a test drive. It had all the driver support options including adaptive cruise control. I didn't like it and didn't order the driver support pack subsequently. It just felt weird only steering and doing nothing else. Guess you would get used to it just like regular cruise.

We only got the pack for auto brake as we wanted all the safety features for us and the kids, it was an easy decision as the pack had over £1K off as an early order offer. The lane departure warning seems pretty pointless to me but the rest of the pack is actually proving quite useful.

GMcL · Apr 28th, 2009, 09:43

Sounds great, only concern I have about such a system is how it reacts to the motorway central reservation supermarket carrier bag or plastic sheeting that gets blown into your path by the car in front ?

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