Gemmill 63185 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 1 minute ago, Renton said: I'm driving long distances less and less and hating it more and more when I do. I've got cruise control on my car but when the fuck can you use it? Its constant 100% attention and you rarely can go at a constant speed on any major road. Perhaps I'll meet up with CT on my next Lochs and Glens holidays. We bought a little Toyota Aygo recently for the wife. The cruise control on it is mental - it looks for cars up ahead of you and adjusts your speed to keep you a safe distance away from it. If they pull away or pull over, it'll increase your speed up to the speed you've set on the cruise control. So I can put 70 on the cruise control, but if the person on front of me is doing 60, we'll just do 60 until they get out of the way. If they slow down, so will we. It's a pretty basic model as well. My first glimpse of self driving car technology basically. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 27780 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 1 minute ago, Gemmill said: We bought a little Toyota Aygo recently for the wife. The cruise control on it is mental - it looks for cars up ahead of you and adjusts your speed to keep you a safe distance away from it. If they pull away or pull over, it'll increase your speed up to the speed you've set on the cruise control. So I can put 70 on the cruise control, but if the person on front of me is doing 60, we'll just do 60 until they get out of the way. If they slow down, so will we. It's a pretty basic model as well. My first glimpse of self driving car technology basically. Am sure my Audi A3 BLACK EDITION probably does similar, never felt the need to find out. Maybe I'll give it a go. Thing is, I doubt I'd trust it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63185 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 2 minutes ago, Renton said: Am sure my Audi A3 BLACK EDITION probably does similar, never felt the need to find out. Maybe I'll give it a go. Thing is, I doubt I'd trust it. I rented an electric Golf in Kos that did the same as well. Going up a long windy hill though, where the car in front of me wasn't really in front of me cos of the severity of the bend, the mad cunt started speeding up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43929 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I've had auto parking or whatever it's called as well as cruise control, I've never tried them, wouldn't want to risk it and wouldn't know what to do anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63185 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Auto parking is fucking class. Honestly, you should be using that. You're in control of the car moving with the pedals, it just does the steering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 27780 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 4 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Auto parking is fucking class. Honestly, you should be using that. You're in control of the car moving with the pedals, it just does the steering. Honestly, that does sound great. I've forgotten how to parallel park. My car doesn't have this though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 39222 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Autoparking is a waste of time, takes too long. With reversing cameras you should be faster doing it yourself. Adaptive cruise control is amazing though, I had it in my iX and as long as I had my hands on the wheel it pretty much drove itself. The version of it on my last Audi was crap though. Don't have it on my current car but nowadays you don't even need your hand on the wheel, the car can sense whether you're looking straight ahead i.e. paying attention to the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 63185 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 In an ordinary size space, I agree. But if it's really tight, I let Jesus take the wheel. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 43929 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 1 hour ago, Gemmill said: Auto parking is fucking class. Honestly, you should be using that. You're in control of the car moving with the pedals, it just does the steering. I'd be a bag of nerves, fuck that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12377 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 2 hours ago, Gemmill said: We bought a little Toyota Aygo recently for the wife. The cruise control on it is mental - it looks for cars up ahead of you and adjusts your speed to keep you a safe distance away from it. If they pull away or pull over, it'll increase your speed up to the speed you've set on the cruise control. So I can put 70 on the cruise control, but if the person on front of me is doing 60, we'll just do 60 until they get out of the way. If they slow down, so will we. It's a pretty basic model as well. My first glimpse of self driving car technology basically. Adaptive cruise control is fine until the weather turns shit and the sensors have visibility impairment as my mate found out on the M3 at the turn of the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50730 Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 I use cruise control for about 95% of my time in the Murder Mobile. I fucking wish it had auto park too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15589 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 17 hours ago, Gemmill said: We bought a little Toyota Aygo recently for the wife. The cruise control on it is mental - it looks for cars up ahead of you and adjusts your speed to keep you a safe distance away from it. If they pull away or pull over, it'll increase your speed up to the speed you've set on the cruise control. So I can put 70 on the cruise control, but if the person on front of me is doing 60, we'll just do 60 until they get out of the way. If they slow down, so will we. It's a pretty basic model as well. My first glimpse of self driving car technology basically. Sounds like you had it set in stalker mode. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 587 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Wor lasses car has adaptive cruise control. I fucking hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50730 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 27 years wedding anniversary today. Mostly in cruise control, occasional emergency braking, regular services and oil change are key. 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 8361 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Congrats and well done..! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 14502 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 11 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: 27 years wedding anniversary today. Mostly in cruise control, occasional emergency braking, regular services and oil change are key. Congratulations to you. Commiserations to Mrs MF. You don't get that for murder these days. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 16173 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Drove my car into a bollard pulling out of a parking space today. Damage looked cosmetic, I took it to the body repair place up the road who told me it is. But because there is so much minor damage it's a major problem only solved by a new door, which will cost over a grand, plus a further grand to sort the electrics, central locking and fit it. His advice was to put it through my insurance. So, my no claims are going to vanish and my insurance premium is going to match a newly qualified 17 year old at the next renewal. So, that's nice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12377 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 12 minutes ago, Dazzler said: Drove my car into a bollard pulling out of a parking space today. Damage looked cosmetic, I took it to the body repair place up the road who told me it is. But because there is so much minor damage it's a major problem only solved by a new door, which will cost over a grand, plus a further grand to sort the electrics, central locking and fit it. His advice was to put it through my insurance. So, my no claims are going to vanish and my insurance premium is going to match a newly qualified 17 year old at the next renewal. So, that's nice. Auto parking? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzler 16173 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 11 minutes ago, Craig said: Auto parking? I wish I had an excuse like the computer did it, but no - it was me. All me, and now I'm in the kind of deep pit of despair I only fall in when I do something inexcusably stupid. The last one was using the wrong drill bit, which quickly buckled and swept away an obscene amount of plasterboard. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 12573 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 3 hours ago, Dazzler said: Drove my car into a bollard pulling out of a parking space today. Damage looked cosmetic, I took it to the body repair place up the road who told me it is. But because there is so much minor damage it's a major problem only solved by a new door, which will cost over a grand, plus a further grand to sort the electrics, central locking and fit it. His advice was to put it through my insurance. So, my no claims are going to vanish and my insurance premium is going to match a newly qualified 17 year old at the next renewal. So, that's nice. I did similar. Premiums didn't change that much to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50730 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 By the way, looked it up last week and the gifts for 27th anniversaries are suggested as “jet and sculpture”. I reckon she’s going to be buzzing when she sees this, mind. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15589 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Is she a model wife ?? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 50730 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 21 minutes ago, Toonpack said: Is she a model wife ?? In parts, aye. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack 15589 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 Just now, Monkeys Fist said: In parts, aye. I bet you Revell in it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 12377 Posted September 3 Share Posted September 3 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: By the way, looked it up last week and the gifts for 27th anniversaries are suggested as “jet and sculpture”. I reckon she’s going to be buzzing when she sees this, mind. The lengths you'll take to keep your glue habit going. Edited September 3 by Craig 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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