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| Gareth Member Since: 12 Dec 2011 Location: Bramhall Posts: 1101  
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Really very good! I had to take a motorway trip this afternoon and tried it, and the Lane assist out.
The active cruise is very easy once you have worked it all out. I love the way it turns into queue assist when things slow down. Quite unnerving at first, it’s not easy to trust it’s not going to ram the car in front! You just need to be aware, if you’ve got it set to 70 for example, and the traffic has slowed down for a while, the car will slow down with the traffic. When it clears your off, at a fair rate of knots! 2021 Defender 110 X-Dynamic HSE D300 MHEV 1966 S2a 109 aka Betsy 1968 S2a 88 aka Bob 2014 Jaaaag F Type 3.0 Supercharged. |
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15th Jan 2021 5:03pm |
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| hezor Member Since: 01 Feb 2021 Location: Nurmijärvi Posts: 53 
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Let's say you have set your active cruise control to 60mph. You are driving on a motorway behind another car and going 50mph because the car in front of you is in no rush. You want to overtake the car. Does the Defender's active cruise start accelerating immediately when you begin to indicate, or does it wait until the car has in front of you has been cleared (meaning the acceleration begins after you are completely in the overtaking lane)? My current BMW does the former and I hope the Defender will too. 22MY Defender 110 P400e SE w/ Off-Road Pack, Driver Assist Pack, Cold Climate Pack, Comfort & Convenience Pack + ClearSight Rear-View Mirror & 11.4" Infotainment Screen
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20th Apr 2021 4:20am |
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| Simon Audi Member Since: 19 Nov 2020 Location: Newport Posts: 544 
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it waits to accelerate until the space in from that you set for distance is empty - typically that would be when you have moved into the next lane (or part way through that move)
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20th Apr 2021 5:02am |
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| deaston Member Since: 18 Dec 2020 Location: UK Posts: 150
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I have it on a VW and I hate it.
Not sure if the Defender does this, but my VW won't overtake on the inside so, due to the seemingly endless number of middle-lane drivers, my VW slows down to their speed. So the only way to really use the adaptive cruise for a relaxing drive is to stay in lane 3. And on A/B roads, the adaptive cruise does really odd things like slamming on the brakes when the car in front peels off. And every couple of weeks it'll slam on the brakes for no apparent reason at all (I got beeped by the car behind a few weeks ago - I assume they thought I was trying to cause an accident). |
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20th Apr 2021 7:20am |
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| Farmerben Member Since: 16 Jan 2017 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 605 
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Who the hell uses cruise control on B roads? https://instagram.com/bentheoandrews
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20th Apr 2021 7:26am |
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| Huttopia Member Since: 23 Feb 2016 Location: West Midlands Posts: 1972
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Ha. I've got it on my golf and love it. It makes motorway driving, and then queuing on the A40 a joy of sorts. It takes a bit of getting used to but I think it works really well. |
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20th Apr 2021 9:15am |
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| deaston Member Since: 18 Dec 2020 Location: UK Posts: 150
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I do. All the time. |
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20th Apr 2021 9:54am |
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| DSL Member Since: 20 Aug 2007 Location: Wandering the wasteland. Posts: 837
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And me, depends on the road.
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20th Apr 2021 10:26am |
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| Dixy Member Since: 30 Nov 2020 Location: Somerset Posts: 51 
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The problem I have with Adaptive is that 50% of licence holders do not use it correctly and it makes them even more fully paid up members of the lane 2 owners club.
I once cruised past an AMG who was sat in lane 2 doing about 50 with a car in front, he had made no effort to move in to lane 3 but when the car in front moved to lane 1 he then accelerated with great gusto up to about 90 and sped away until he caught the next member of his club. |
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20th Apr 2021 10:29am |
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| SN Member Since: 29 Jun 2007 Location: SK6 Posts: 729 |
I only use Cruise on Motorways and decent A Roads (or where stupid average speed cameras are set up) Steve N | 21MY Defender
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20th Apr 2021 10:29am |
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| Farmerben Member Since: 16 Jan 2017 Location: Herefordshire Posts: 605
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Roads way too twisty and busy around here for that with 6 limit changes on my 6 mile commute between farms.
But then I've never actually owned a car with cruise control.....  https://instagram.com/bentheoandrews |
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20th Apr 2021 10:49am |
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| swisslad Member Since: 06 Feb 2021 Location: Portsmouth Posts: 20
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I have seen conflicting information - does the XS come with Adaptive Cruise Control (is that what you mean with Active Cruise Control)?
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20th Apr 2021 7:04pm |
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| J77 Member Since: 04 Nov 2019 Location: Fife Posts: 3392 
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I’ve never used cruise control on a B road, too twisty for that. It’s only really motorways I use it. Also never had adaptive cruise control either. 24MY 90 D250 HSE, Tasman Blue
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20th Apr 2021 9:15pm |
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