Driving home in september 14 Vrs tonight another new feature pops up. "Caution. Roads maybe icy."

I've had that temperature based warning on several cars so far. On some it's just a small snowflake on the dash, on others it's a huge warning on the display you have to dismiss each time.

 

I hope it's not too distracting or you can turn it off, because it can be really annoying for someone living here in the north.

 

"Slippery you say? It's February, it's been under 0°C for the last 3 months and snowing almost daily...who would have guessed?? Thanks!"

Edited 7 November, 201411 yr by kallekilponen

@D@z, I think you will find the auto light sensitivity settings relate only to the auto lighting up of dipped beam, it does not affect the high beam assist.

Edited 7 November, 201411 yr by Matt Pez

@D@z, I think you will find the auto light sensitivity settings relate only to the auto lighting up of dipped beam, it does not affect the high beam assist.

Not in my experience Matt, I found that when I set it to 'High' it was much quicker to dip?

Driving home in september 14 Vrs tonight another new feature pops up.

 

After putting the car on it's roof due to the road conditions and it pops up

 

 " Caution. Roads may be Icy "   

I find the 1 second the brakes stop you rolling back on a slope pretty good. It's not hill hold as such as I believe that holds you indefinitely until you try & pull away.

It's not hill hold as such as I believe that holds you indefinitely until you try & pull away.

 

It is hill hold - every car I've ever driven with it has only held the brakes for a couple of seconds.  It might be something different on a Land Rover or other proper 4x4, but on a car it's definitely something that is a couple of seconds only to help you while you move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator.

I find the 1 second the brakes stop you rolling back on a slope pretty good. It's not hill hold as such as I believe that holds you indefinitely until you try & pull away.

 

 

It is hill hold - every car I've ever driven with it has only held the brakes for a couple of seconds.  It might be something different on a Land Rover or other proper 4x4, but on a car it's definitely something that is a couple of seconds only to help you while you move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator.

 

Yep it is Hil Hold, it  holds for a max of 2 seconds or until you start to apply throttle.

Yours has it, press the high beam stalk forward once and you'll get a little symbol on the dash but no high beam, press it forward again and the symbol goes out but, the manual high beam on.

Thanks, now got to wait until dark to try it out.

Yep it is Hil Hold, it  holds for a max of 2 seconds or until you start to apply throttle.

Fair enough, I thought that it was just a wee extra which came in under the radar on options as it's not listed. Cheers for clearing that up!

Fair enough, I thought that it was just a wee extra which came in under the radar on options as it's not listed. Cheers for clearing that up!

It's listed as standard fit.

any torque-heavy engine will let you do that, right? If you feather the clutch you can do that up to and including 6th gear, I can even navigate around the entirety of my home town without ever needing the accelerator. 

Hmm never noticed it on my Mondeo 2.2 TDCI.

Not great at spotting stuff coming around bends, also older cars with dimmer lights can be a bit dim witted to pick up. Also it does not detect pedestrians...i used mine the other evening and blinded the hell out of a guy and two young children walking towards me before i was able to deactivate it.....i know ultimately youre probably not obliged to dip your lights for pedestrians but I normally would do out of courtesy....also I think it would have trouble picking up push-bikes or scooters unless they had particularly good lights on them.

Simply if it hadnt come as standard id never have paid for it.

 

I didn't have any issues when I was using it, admittedly I have only used it once, between Saltburn and Whitby in pretty wet and windy conditions the other night, and it was very very black out there so any light was easily distinquishable (is that a word). The dip didn't take place until the oncoming car was almost in view coming around a tight bend but it was certainly soon enough to not blind the driver. Equally when catching vehicles but losing their sight through the twists the lights were very responsive.

I suppose like any feature it has it's pros and cons, like using cruise control and is probsbly not suitable for all conditions. The dip feature came in very handy for the above situation where I wanted both hands on the wheel and to concentrate on driving. You do have the option to manually overide should you need to.

After wishing I'd ordered the multi-function steering wheel to allow me to control the stereo without taking my eyes off the road (it's much harder to do on a fully touch-screen system!) I discovered recently that you can simply swipe the stereo screen to advance to the next track

Interesting. Will try that later.

After wishing I'd ordered the multi-function steering wheel to allow me to control the stereo without taking my eyes off the road (it's much harder to do on a fully touch-screen system!) I discovered recently that you can simply swipe the stereo screen to advance to the next track

You can go to the next and previous tracks with the trip computer rocker on the stalk as well when the maxidot is in Audio. It changes radio station too but there seems no way to limit it to just your preset stations.

When crossing country borders the infotainment will pop up a screen stating the speed limits for that country inside, outside built-up area's and highways. Awesome (not that I mind the highway limits but still).

Also, when shutting down the car it will remind me not to forget my mobile phone.

When navigating, it will even warn me of certain roads being closed off at certain times of day!

Also when it got to sunset and the lights came on when I was in holland the headlight positioning altered for driving on the other side of the road.

Also when it got to sunset and the lights came on when I was in holland the headlight positioning altered for driving on the other correct side of the road.

 

Fixed that for you 

 

But that feature has already been brought to my attention by other people here on the forum. Will come in handy when I go back to England next year (paintball festival above Birmingham).

Not great at spotting stuff coming around bends, also older cars with dimmer lights can be a bit dim witted to pick up. Also it does not detect pedestrians...i used mine the other evening and blinded the hell out of a guy and two young children walking towards me before i was able to deactivate it.....i know ultimately youre probably not obliged to dip your lights for pedestrians but I normally would do out of courtesy....also I think it would have trouble picking up push-bikes or scooters unless they had particularly good lights on them.

Simply if it hadnt come as standard id never have paid for it.

Fiddle with the sensitivity with VCDS and the system is much better

Park Assist - press a button and the car more or less parks itself - brilliant

 

Someone walking past in the local Asda car park was jaw agape (well more than the the usual round here when they spot some witchcraft like electricity or a car) that the steering wheel was moving by itself whilst I had my hands in the air as if I was at a rave!

Park Assist - press a button and the car more or less parks itself - brilliant

 

It's a bit fiddly - especially if you're trying to park on the driver's side.  Also, it never seems to get close enough to the curb for my liking... but then that's better than it trashing your wheels every time   .

Not in my experience Matt, I found that when I set it to 'High' it was much quicker to dip?

Just checked the manual and it does not make any mention of this affecting the high beam assist, so we'll probably have to agree to disagree on this one. Sensor adjustment relates only to the dipped beam "switch on time", when set to high, this increases sensitivity to reduced ambient light, hence switches dipped beam on earlier, page 47 of the owners manual read in conjunction with page 73 of the Infotainment manual appears to confirm this theory.

Oops, double post, sorry!

Edited 9 November, 201411 yr by Matt Pez

Just checked the manual and it does not make any mention of this affecting the high beam assist, so we'll probably have to agree to disagree on this one. Sensor adjustment relates only to the dipped beam "switch on time", when set to high, this increases sensitivity to reduced ambient light, hence switches dipped beam on earlier, page 47 of the owners manual read in conjunction with page 73 of the Infotainment manual appears to confirm this theory.

Interesting, well as I have only gotten the car, and then switched that setting after getting flashed a few times, Ill have a go turning it up and down, see if it does actually affect it.

Interesting, well as I have only gotten the car, and then switched that setting after getting flashed a few times, Ill have a go turning it up and down, see if it does actually affect it.

Nope, it has no effect.

Interesting, well as I have only gotten the car, and then switched that setting after getting flashed a few times, Ill have a go turning it up and down, see if it does actually affect it.

 

I thought the same as you originally, but having owned my car now for well over a year, when this issue was debated previously, I was disappointed to find the sensor not affecting both functions, the manual is not very clear, but I think this was the conclusion of a few fellow early bird Octy III'ers on here.  I reckon I've only been flashed a handful of times and usually only when the road has hidden dips, so tend to trust it to do it's thing.

Edited 10 November, 201411 yr by Matt Pez