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      09-05-2018, 02:25 PM   #1
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Active Cruise Control, used for the first time

Either I did not know or forgot my i3 had active cruise control. Was on a small journey, 140 miles RT, and I was trying to kinda manage range in case we decided to side track on the way home. Had the cruise set and was wondering what the symbols were in the dash, realized they were for active cruise. Its basically semi auto pilot without any steering.

Told my wife it had this feature and she was interested as it can help her on work commute. After it first slowed for a car, I said oh too bad you cant control the distance it activates at, then I realize theres 2 buttons for that, 4
distance bars. I would say you can set it to about 2-4 second distance.

Its not made for people like me and you kind of need to pay attention since it manages it so smoothly. For example with cruise set at 75, if not paying attention you could be doing 60 for a few minutes without realizing it behind a slow person. The real annoying part is when someone cuts into the large gap it leaves. I dont think it has much of an impact on battery range.

I am one who will never embrace auto pilot until I'm a decrepit old person, I enjoy driving, I maybe use cruise 1 in 10000 times to begin with. Most car tech just diminishes driver skill over time, PDC has been broken in my M5 for 2+ yrs and I could care less about fixing it.
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