TravisBickle007

Just coming back to this - no, I find myself longing for the driver aids to be LESS intrusive, not more so. I was merely pointing out some of the shortcomings of ACC that I have learned since ownership, not declaring my desire of more or better input from the car. I've never driven a Tesla or an autonomous car but I doubt even the most advanced AI systems could anticipate braking and coasting for passenger comfort as well as a human on their A-game. I just got back from Gatwick having played with the 'individual mode' settings as you suggested, I left everything on normal except ACC set to comfort (not on eco as you suggested, although I dare say they're probably similar???), and I have to say this has MUCH improved the comfort and unnecessary braking, on all distance settings! Probably to the point that I would now consider that the benefits of ACC outweigh the frustrations (just tapping it into cancel when I see brake lights ahead or another vehicle indicating to change into my lane, which I was doing before anyway, it was just the harsh braking and accelerating that was frustrating me, even when distance was set to 'far' it would still accelerate and brake harshly but then also invite everyone behind you to undertake you and cut you up (thereby inducing even more unnecessary braking) just to add insult to injury). So, thanks for the tip regarding customising the ACC setting in 'individual mode'! I'm left wondering what the difference is between comfort and eco, however, specifically in regard to the ACC setting in 'individual mode'. Google AI Overview has this to say about it: When choosing between "Comfort" and "Eco" settings on a Skoda's Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), "Comfort" will prioritize a smoother driving experience with less aggressive braking and acceleration, while "Eco" will focus on maximizing fuel efficiency by making more subtle adjustments to maintain distance; essentially, "Comfort" prioritizes rider comfort while "Eco" prioritizes fuel economy. Key points to remember: Comfort: Maintains a larger gap between your car and the vehicle ahead, resulting in smoother braking and acceleration. Eco: Maintains a smaller gap, leading to more gentle braking and acceleration to optimize fuel usage. Seems to contradict itself somewhat. Presumably, while individual mode is set, using the gear lever to tap in and out of sport won't override the ACC being set to comfort/eco? Last question - is there a way to make the car start in individual mode every time you get in it?

My sentiments exactly! Not intended as a dig, but if you're content to just waft along semi-aware of your surroundings and let the car do all the thinking, it's great. Personally, I'm now hardwired to look and think ahead and the lack of ACC's ability to replicate smooth throttle and brake control through anticipation of events 6 cars ahead, just does my head in!

Yep I find this with my ACC also. Last time I was following a car on a 30mph road, the car in front went round a sharp left-hand bend so went out of sight of my radar, and my car lunged forward at speed, right at the time when I should have been lifting off the throttle to slow down before the bend. Highly frustrating! Agreed. I'd prefer to carry momentum and intervene with the brake pedal gently if necessary. Again, if there was a wider range of allowed variance in speed it would help, but the car just brakes unnecessarily harshly in order to maintain that exact speed set. This is not as much of an annoyance for me, though, as the ACC refusing to undertake and not 'looking beyond the car in front'.

That's reassuring. A friend has VCDS so we'll have a dig through that and see what can be done.

To be fair, it is usually in sport mode or normal mode. I find the gear change and pickup quite laggy on normal mode which is why I started using sport, I've had it remapped which has improved the lag and gear change latency, but it's still not great. Sport seems to keep it at a higher rev for longer, so is more responsive and quicker to change gear when required. But yeah, I see your point that is definitely worth experimenting with! I don't expect it to do that! Merely stating the fact that it doesn't. It's obvious, really, that it'll only go on what's directly in front of it, doesn't make it any less frustrating when I spotted 10 seconds ago that we need to slow down and unnecessary braking is applied late. But it also seems that it MUST do its best to maintain the selected distance from the car in front at all times so seems to speed up and brake needlessly harshly in order to maintain that exact given distance. If it had some sort of acceptable variance in distance that it could operate between minimum and maximum, and accelerate and brake smoothly between that variance, it would be an improvement on the way it works currently, but yeah as you said above trying it in eco mode might help, I'll give that a try! Having done IAM recently it's become second nature to almost never need to use the brake because looking multiple vehicles ahead, anticipating traffic slowing down, and adjusting throttle use to reduce speed before brakes are even needed, has become second nature. Sometimes it's necessary to. There's only so long you can wait patiently at a safe distance behind someone hogging the outside lane, even after a couple of short polite flashes to remind the driver in front that there's someone behind them. I do a lot of very late and very early hours in my job, the number of people half asleep at the wheel is truly staggering and alarming! Eventually, you will have to perform an undertake to make any progress. I never used to flash as a rule, just wait behind patiently for a while and then go straight to the undertake. But my IAM observer pointed out it's perfectly acceptable and reasonable to flash someone up, if done in the right manner, as flashing is intended to alert someone of your presence, if they're hogging the outside lane (and have been for some time), it's reasonable to assume they don't know you're behind them. So if, after a couple of polite flashes from a safe distance, they persist in lane hogging, I'm going for the undertake as briskly as possible to minimise the amount of time spent in the 'danger zone'. Yep I get that, it's still a minor inconvenience and annoyance.

I'm wondering if it needs to be at the dealer or with VCDS?

Hi guys. New to the forum. Looking for some help with ACC. 2019 Kodiaq Edition is my most recent acquisition and the first car I've ever had with ACC (I had a motorbike with ACC and quickly got rid of it because it's useless, arguably dangerous on a motorbike, but that's another topic). I just can't get on with it on a car either! I thought I'd love it, but the fact it won't undertake, and more so the fact that it doesn't anticipate slowing traffic further ahead than just the car in front, I find (from a taxi driver's perspective) it doesn't give as smooth and comfortable passenger experience as I can give myself by anticipating the slowing in traffic and lifting off the throttle before everyone else in front of me has when I see 5 or 6 cars ahead that the traffic is building up, I find the ACC quite jerky in comparison to the ride I can deliver manually. But I do like to use cruise control a lot, both on motorway and on 30mph roads. I've tried playing with the distance setting but close, medium, far, doesn't matter, still just gets on my nerves and I'm longing to have old fashioned cruise control. Is there a way of disabling the adaptive part of the cruise control so I can just use the CC in the old fashioned way? There's nothing on the stalk and I've gone all though the menus and can't find a way of being able to use CC without the adaptive part. Thanks in advance. Travis