Crosswind Assist

Algor

Algor

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Stoke on Trent
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T6.1 Coast 150
Crosswind Assist kicked in a few times today in my 6.1 Coast. It was faultless, slight inputs a fraction of a second before I would do so myself. Very impressed and a great driver assist. Clocked the 1st 600 miles in the van today and also noticed that the stop/start feature will stop and then start when the vehicle in front moves a couple of metres forward. I have had some great cars over the last 10 years or so but non of them have grabbed me like this and they definitely didn't have a kitchen! It's a totally unique vehicle.
 
It is quite cool that the engine starts when the vehicle in front
moves. I like it.
 
westfalia said:
It is quite cool that the engine starts when the vehicle in front
moves. I like it.
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I think this uses the front collision/ACC sensor. Pretty simple stuff, our Tiguan used to do it. It is neat but quite annoying when the guy in front moves about 2 feet and your engine starts.

Lane assist is good to the extent that the Tiggy used to remind me to hold the wheel because it was virtually steering itself.

Don't have either of those on our Beach now but surviving so far!
 
briwy said:
My God, no wonder they are so expensive now. Completely unnecesary tech just waiting to go wrong.
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I believe that this sort of techy add on is of limited use to the driver of the current generation of Cali's. If they are honest, when was the last time any car driver thought " crickey I could really do with having some form of Crosswind Assistance?".

The current generation of vehicles are clearly being used as test beds to pave the way for future fully autonomous vehicles. Hence electronic steering, lane change assist, crosswind assist etc etc. Whilst cross wind assist may well be required to keep a fully autonomous vehicle from being blown off track, just how useful is it on a current Cali?

As you have said it is just another added complication with limited current benefit.
 
Borris said:
I believe that this sort of techy add on is of limited use to the driver of the current generation of Cali's. If they are honest, when was the last time any car driver thought " crickey I could really do with having some form of Crosswind Assistance?".
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I went to Iceland a few years back. Picked up a brand new rental Toyota Land Cruiser - only had delivery mileage on the clock. I started driving from Keflavik towards Reykjavik, starting what was to become the circle tour. Soon realized that I had the steering wheel at about 30 degrees from dead centre. I said to my wife (who is Icelandic) that I thought the tracking was badly out. Oh don’t worry, she said, - it’s just the wind! I thought to myself, “Crickey I could really do with having some form of Crosswind Assistance”.

How right she was - I soon got used to it, especially when crossing the Black Sands, for anybody who’s been there. Cross wind assist would have been a good addition!

I have it on my Cali, so we’ll see how it behaves when I take it there - which is definitely on the cards as soon as things open up.
 
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Borris said:
I believe that this sort of techy add on is of limited use to the driver of the current generation of Cali's. If they are honest, when was the last time any car driver thought " crickey I could really do with having some form of Crosswind Assistance?".

The current generation of vehicles are clearly being used as test beds to pave the way for future fully autonomous vehicles. Hence electronic steering, lane change assist, crosswind assist etc etc. Whilst cross wind assist may well be required to keep a fully autonomous vehicle from being blown off track, just how useful is it on a current Cali?

As you have said it is just another added complication with limited current benefit.
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Having never owned a van of any kind before this one then I don't know if it is beneficial or not to be honest as I have no comparison. I never thought I could do with crosswind assist in my cars because they were, well cars and not vans. I don't really need an automatic gearbox or automatic headlights & windscreen wipers either but they all add to a more comfortable drive. If everyone was of the opinion that anything new is just a complication and more to go wrong then we would never progress in anything, ever.
 
With Tech like Crosswind assist I wonder about the safety aspect in that when I drive in strong crosswind conditions I'm more aware of danger areas such as gateways, gaps in trees etc and adjust my speed to suit the conditions/risk. Having all the gadgets leaves the potential for the belief that these will be able to respond automatically to any conditions regardless of road speed..

Salutary lesson learned just after starting working life when a colleague came back to work after a 3 month hospital session following a motorcycle accident where he come over a bridge and was hit by a crosswind, as he came out of the stone bridge wall area, which sent off the road down an embankment.
 
Yep certainly are. My daughter is on her second Abarth. Lovely little motor. First one sold after 100k without a single problem. This one now on 67k and still np problems. Gets through tyres though
 
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