04-26-2018, 12:21 PM | #21 | |
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I think these are key features and I know some of them such as the blind side assist has saved my butt more than once. I wouldn't want a car without this feature if it is available. OTOH the lane departure feature I find very annoying and turn it off on all of my cars especially in our Acura MDX which actually steers the car back into the lane. |
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04-26-2018, 01:47 PM | #22 |
No more BMWs
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The first thing I do when getting in a car that has that stuff is turn it all off. The auto braking thing is dangerous.
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04-26-2018, 01:54 PM | #23 |
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I’ve been driving for over 30y and never needed that stuff. Why do I need it now. I love the non intrusive safety features like great collision protection and airbags but when the car starts doing things for me or beeping all the time. No thanks.
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04-26-2018, 02:19 PM | #24 |
Old Fart
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because you are supposed to be snapchatting while you drive
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04-26-2018, 03:11 PM | #25 |
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04-26-2018, 03:15 PM | #26 | |
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The 2 series offers only the Driving Assistance Package. It is missing useful features like Blind Spot detection and HUD. Instead it offers only the things I really DON'T want, including the auto braking (a.k.a :Collision Mitigation): "Experience increased peace of mind behind the wheel with an attractive bundle of features that significantly enhance driver, passenger, and vehicle safety. Maximize safety with Lane Departure Warning, Pedestrian and Frontal Collision Warning with City Collision Mitigation. All provide varying degrees of automated braking assistance based on speed conditions. Finally, Speed Limit Info shows posted speed limits on the instrument cluster display." I'm glad to have park distance control and a rear view camera (would like a front camera, too, which might have convinced me to buy that steep driveway lake house.) Glad to have airbags, too, now that I've purged all the Takata cars from the fleet. Last edited by wdc330i; 04-26-2018 at 04:02 PM. |
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04-26-2018, 03:40 PM | #27 |
Crazy Old Man
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I would not consider PDC a safely feature but yeah I won’t have a car without it any more. I’m soooooo used to it. That’s one beep I can handle.
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04-26-2018, 04:46 PM | #28 |
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We specifically decided to go with the lower “Premium” model of CrossTrek because the “Limited” had way too many technical monitors (blind spot / cross traffic warning / lane departure warning / etc). It would have been nice to have leather interior but we are happy with the cloth.
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04-26-2018, 06:47 PM | #29 |
Doctor Mudgeon
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The argument is being made that everyone will be safer if we just let computers take over. Traffic will merge more efficiently, we'll never have accidents (in theory), and everyone will be able to Facebook and eat cereal instead of pay attention. I hate it but it's almost a certainty.
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04-27-2018, 07:46 AM | #30 |
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