Adaptive Cruise Control

[Eshrules]

The ACC is good but not as good as a human because it doesn't see the car two or three ahead slowing down and so it doesn't anticipate. It only reacts to the car in front, which makes it jerky and a little worrying. I wonder what would happen on a slippery road?

You'd reduce the maximum speed and drive to the conditions accordingly?

the shortest gap is way too large and you find people move into the gap slowing you down. I DO NOT want to tailgate other drivers but I want to ensure I maintain a decent flow.

If you're moving slowly enough with a gap large enough for another vehicle to safely move into it and overtake another vehicle, you're probably in the wrong lane?

Even setting it to very close does not allow it to deal effectively with potential hemming in by slow overtakers.

If you're approaching a slower moving vehicle and want to overtake it safely, how are you managing to get hemmed in by 'slow overtakers'? By that very logic, the vehicle overtaking you is moving faster than you?

[MattB247]

Believe it or not I have never found a need to interface a phone with a car. I do not make or accept calls while actually driving under any circumstances.

Doesn't google maps just provide a moving atlas which means it does not provide turn by turn navigation?

No, it has full navigation capabilities and is "live" too so it responds to traffic events.

[gamichea]

No, it has full navigation capabilities and is "live" too so it responds to traffic events.

Thanks for that. If the inbuilt screen happened to be higher up I might give it a try, but its too far out of line of sight for my liking. I guess I've just become so used over the last decade to having my navigation screen high up (but not impeding the view out) and portrait oriented that anything else does not seem to offer me an equally usable approach.

[Frank Bullitt]

Picked up my new (to me) Passat on Friday and was surprised to discover it didn’t have the option of ‘normal’ cruise along with ACC, I drove a Q2 courtesy car a couple of months back that definitely had both fitted along with the limiter.

In the main it won’t be an issue, the only time I suspect it will be is when towing our caravan on hills whilst maintaining momentum; people have a habit of cutting back in front of you at quite close proximity - however, it also maintains the set speed when changing gear which will be a definite bonus. I will have to get used to getting on the throttle as people pass me.

Got to say though, our new Passat is simply a wonderful piece of kit - very nice indeed.

[NATOuk]

Just a FYI that the adaptive cruise control has an 'undertaking restriction' which means if it detects a slower car in the lane to the right of you it will slow down and prevent you from undertaking it. You can override this by pressing the accelerator or pressing 'RES' on your steering wheel.

However, if this annoys you it can be turned off using VCDS.

[Frank Bullitt]

I noticed it does this which is a pain in flowing traffic but didn’t realise it could be overcome through hitting resume, thanks for that

It also notices that cars cutting in front of you are going quicker and doesn’t immediately increase the gap through braking, which is also a bonus when towing.