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03-30-2014, 04:47 PM | #45 |
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In the US, Speed Limit Info is part of the Driver Assistance Plus package together with Side and Top View Cameras, Active Blind Spot Detection, and Active Driving Assistant. I am getting the Side and Top View Cameras option as it is available separately and I like it for helping me park properly and not scraping the rims :-)
It seems to me that the Active Blind Spot Detection and Active Driving Assistant options are just too much of a nanny. I think I read that the blind spot detection interferes with radar detectors with POP support. If I read it correctly I think the lane departure warning feature also shakes the steering wheel if it detects you does something bad. I wonder if it would affect the steering feel during normal driving. Any feedback or recommendation for the Active Blind Spot Detection and Active Driving Assistant options? |
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I have blind spot detection on my Audi and I personally like it. It's more to detect if a vehicle is at your blind spot where you can't see without looking over your shoulder. It seems to be different from lane departure detection.
And though I have a 9500ix i don't even know if it has POP mode and if it is on... |
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When you drive, you should focus on driving (not texting, eating, drinking, talking on the phone, putting on make-up, reading the paper, doodling with i-drive, etc...). When you are focused on the road, you don't need lane departure warning . 12 years of owning M3s and I never scuffed a rim. If one cannot position a car travelling at 2mph, how can one be trusted driving it at 70mph Useless gadgets IMO |
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I can't imagine actually RELYING on it and not taking a quick look over your shoulder. What's that conversation like if you actually hit someone? "I'm sorry man - the light wasn't on so I just changed lanes." "Moron." |
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When I rented a 911 I set a 80 mph speed alarm (forgot the exact word) but it would basically play a soft beeping noise whenever I hit over 80. The noise was not annoying at all and I found it quite helpful to let me know when to let off the gas. I know the e92 had something similar so I'm sure the f8x has it too
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So I went to get my production number today, and test drove a 5 Series with the drive assistant plus package, which includes blind spot detection, lane departure warning, collision avoidance, speed limited info, and side and top view mirrors. The speed limit info is very cool, especially with HUD. It let's me know I am speeding all the time. For blind spot detection, a yellow triangle symbol on the side mirror lights up when there is a car in your blind spot. Lane departure vibrates the wheel slightly to tell you you are off. I felt it when it went of incorrectly, while I made a slight right turn. I didn't test the collision avoidance feature, for obvious reason :-). And M3 and M4 doesn't have collision avoidance. I have already ordered the side and top view camera separately. For an additional $1,150, I am contemplating getting the full package. I agree it is not worth the money. But the coolness of the technologies is calling my name... and my name is sucker. |
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I'm with you. I've ordered side and top view, if I could get the speed limit info standalone I would. I am tempted by the DAP package.
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I've just added the speed limit display to my order, the M5 had it and it was really good, handy and very techy, as for the cameras I've gone for all of them on my M4, the front/side view cameras weren't available for my X6 when ordered but the top and rear view were, they are superb, I wouldn't be without them, I'm sure the lack of bulk on the 4 will make them less important compared to the X6 but it's soo techy and cool
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I decided to get the 8TH speed limit info option. At $350 it is fairly cheap here in Canada.
They have recently changed the speed limit policy in the Montreal area, which now makes it very difficult and confusing to figure out what is the actual limit in the street you are driving. Before, the vast majority of city streets used to have a 50km/h limit with an occasional school zone at 30km/h. Now, main streets are 50km/h, smaller streets are 40km/h, park and school zones are 30km/h and some streets are also 30km/h . I am eager to find out if the speed limit info system will be smart enough to figure it all out. |
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Just guessing, but it may be dependent on which "units" (mph or km/h) you pick in the i-Drive setting. Whatever the number the system reads off road signs is indiacted as a mph or a km/h limit based on the i-drive setting .
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For instance, my units are usually set to km/h. When I cross the border to the US, the limit displayed is converted to km/h even if the signs are in mph. If I switch the units in iDrive to mph, the limit is displayed in mph, same as the signs. Very smart system .
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