Zzzoom3
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I've seen some old posts talking about ACC with Stop & Go but nothing recent. Since I just got my car and was able to use it for the 1st time, I had to start a new thread to let people know how incredibly awesome this feature is. Good lord my CA probably was thinking I was a nut case because when we did our delivery drive checkout, I was totally floored at the function of the dang thing. I couldn't stop hooting about it the whole drive!
The i3 flawlessly followed a car going down a long twisty hill at 45 mph. When he slowed in front, the i3 slowed. When he accelerated, the i3 accelerated. At the bottom of the hill, there was a stop sign. The driver in front maintained his speed until just prior to the stop. The i3 followed and then went into regen initially but quickly reacted applying the friction brakes firmly and stopped (I had my foot hovering over the brake just in case!). Then when he turned, there was a slight delay and then the i3 accelerated to follow. Just spot on awesome really. Words can't describe how cool this was. On the freeway with speed set to 70 mph, the car maintained perfect position following the vehicle in front which was traveling at 65 mph.
I discovered 1 limitation, however. If you are traveling directly into a low sun, the vehicle camera is "blinded" and it will not allow you to engage the Stop & Go feature which is a very good thing! In this case, you have to use the traditional "cruise control" function based on speed alone. I know .. how sad right :lol:
There are also 2 buttons you can use to increase and decrease the following distance. I had thought previously the following distance was fixed based on the speed but you are able to adjust this. Bottom line, tremendously useful feature which is probably worth paying for the "Technology Package" on its own.
The i3 flawlessly followed a car going down a long twisty hill at 45 mph. When he slowed in front, the i3 slowed. When he accelerated, the i3 accelerated. At the bottom of the hill, there was a stop sign. The driver in front maintained his speed until just prior to the stop. The i3 followed and then went into regen initially but quickly reacted applying the friction brakes firmly and stopped (I had my foot hovering over the brake just in case!). Then when he turned, there was a slight delay and then the i3 accelerated to follow. Just spot on awesome really. Words can't describe how cool this was. On the freeway with speed set to 70 mph, the car maintained perfect position following the vehicle in front which was traveling at 65 mph.
I discovered 1 limitation, however. If you are traveling directly into a low sun, the vehicle camera is "blinded" and it will not allow you to engage the Stop & Go feature which is a very good thing! In this case, you have to use the traditional "cruise control" function based on speed alone. I know .. how sad right :lol:
There are also 2 buttons you can use to increase and decrease the following distance. I had thought previously the following distance was fixed based on the speed but you are able to adjust this. Bottom line, tremendously useful feature which is probably worth paying for the "Technology Package" on its own.