Adaptive Cruise Control?

[WakeZilla]

I turned mine off when I got it and completely forgot that it had it until a little while back when I was talking with a buddy who recently bought a new to him '21 Platinum Superduty, I had to look in mine and sure enough had it. Not a fan of it.

While I had mine ordered I kept reading about people being afraid to tow with their Tremor because it walked around too much. When I got mine I felt it had very light steering and I kept getting sway without even towing anything. I turned off all of the lane assist features and the problem disappeared. I guess me and the computer don't agree on where the truck should be in the lane.

 

[VB!]

Just curious, don't want to be that guy with brake lights on every 5 seconds. That drives me up a wall when I follow someone like that..... Do you think they come on every time it slows down, or would it just cruise with no acceleration or braking when it encounters a slower car from behind?

Don't drive behind me in LA traffic then. The Adaptive Cruise is awesome but it slows down a lot if you just let it go. Start stop is awesome.

I've found that the shortest setting still leaves too much room. Using it without overriding it will get you constantly cut off. I found it works great for one foot driving in traffic. Keep the foot slightly on the gas to override and keep the gap small enough to not get cut off. Take the foot off the gas and it brakes instantly. Slowly let the foot off the gas and it slows (coasts?) until the gap is at its setting. I wonder if the lights come on in this last situation as then the brake lights would be on with the foot on the gas.

 

[Apparition]

Don't drive behind me in LA traffic then. The Adaptive Cruise is awesome but it slows down a lot if you just let it go. Start stop is awesome.

I've found that the shortest setting still leaves too much room. Using it without overriding it will get you constantly cut off. I found it works great for one foot driving in traffic. Keep the foot slightly on the gas to override and keep the gap small enough to not get cut off. Take the foot off the gas and it brakes instantly. Slowly let the foot off the gas and it slows (coasts?) until the gap is at its setting. I wonder if the lights come on in this last situation as then the brake lights would be on with the foot on the gas.

Yep, I put pressure on the gas when needed too. It works pretty well that way.

 

[WakeZilla]

Don't drive behind me in LA traffic then. The Adaptive Cruise is awesome but it slows down a lot if you just let it go. Start stop is awesome.

I've found that the shortest setting still leaves too much room. Using it without overriding it will get you constantly cut off. I found it works great for one foot driving in traffic. Keep the foot slightly on the gas to override and keep the gap small enough to not get cut off. Take the foot off the gas and it brakes instantly. Slowly let the foot off the gas and it slows (coasts?) until the gap is at its setting. I wonder if the lights come on in this last situation as then the brake lights would be on with the foot on the gas.

Does riding the gas disengage the braking? I always wondered if I'm dragging my brakes when I do that.

 

[Vermonster]

Yes. You can also set how much you want to go over or under the speed limit. You can set it to always go 5 over, or 5 under, etc. It even has a feature where it will slow down on corners then speed back up.

Crazy! Automation continues! I am not following the new tech in the trucks yet, but it's cool to hear about the development.

 

[VB!]

Does riding the gas disengage the braking? I always wondered if I'm dragging my brakes when I do that.

I have no idea. You would think it should.

Ford has a one pedal driving feature on the Bronco. The "override" (that what shows up on the dash when you step on the gas) seems to operate like that.

 

[Dthiss]

Does riding the gas disengage the braking? I always wondered if I'm dragging my brakes when I do that.

When you apply the throttle even a bit it overrides the cruise so it doesn't apply the brakes, but as soon as you let off the throttle the cruise will automatically re-engage.