Hi

 

I'm very much interested in the new Mk3 Superb L&K model and was interested in the Adaptive Cruise Control option.

 

Does anyone know much about it to be able to answer the following questions:

1. Does ACC bring the car to a complete stop or does it work only to a minimum speed? (I think BMW's version takes it to a complete stop if needed)
2. Does ACC work with manual transmission? If yes, what happens if it requires a down or up shift of gears? (Normally pressing the clutch would disengage the cruise so if you had to shift gears then this would disengage the cruise and thus you'd have to reactivate it again. Really confused how this would work with manual transmission).
3. Does it give user options as to how much gap it leaves between you and the next car? (again, comparing it to the BMW version which gives 3 or 4 options for how much gap it leaves).

Thanks very much

AFAIK...

 

1: Not sure - owner manual only says an automatic will decelerate to standstill, can't find any mention about manual gears. To resume with manual accelerate to reach 2nd gear and flick "Resume" (with DSG the car moves off automatically so long as hands are on steering wheel).

2: Yes. Change gear as normal. Pressing clutch pedal for an extended period (30 seconds) will disengage ACC.

3: Yes. Watch the video.

From the manual...

 

Vehicles with an automatic transmission can decelerate to a standstill and start moving again using the ACC.

 

Decelerate to a standstill

If a vehicle ahead decelerates to a standstill, the ACC will also decelerate your vehicle to a standstill.

The ACC allows you to set a speed of 30 - 160 or 210 km / h (depending on equipment) and the distance to the vehicle ahead in the range of a very short to a very long distance.

The ACC adjusts the set speed with respect to the detected vehicle ahead, thus maintaining the selected proximity.

The ACC can detect a vehicle that is up to approx. 150 m ahead using the radar sensor.

 

Starting to drive again after a holding period

As soon as the vehicle ahead starts moving again after a holding period, your vehicle will also move and the speed will continue to be regulated.

If the preceding vehicle starts moving again after a long break, then to continue the regulation press the accelerator pedal or lever to position RESUME. 

I have ACC on my Mkiii Octavia (automatic). So to answer your questions...............

1.   It does bring the car to a full stop and will again accelerate if the stationary time is very brief (perhaps less than a second) otherwise a warning will flag to brake manually. Having said that the Superb comes with "Traffic jam assist" which as I understand will stop and start whatever the stationary time as long  has you have your hands on the steering wheel, and incidentally in this mode "lane assist " is also active, so holding your in lane. 

 

3.   Yes you can set this gap in 4 increments.

Thanks for all the help. I've had a good gloss over the manual so I've picked up a lot of info. Thank you for the responses though :-)

Although not a Skoda, I have it on my Suzuki Vitara (crazy really, a car made of bacofoil and has adaptive cruise as standard )  but the more I use it the more I think I prefer normal cruise. I find if you close on a car in front doing similar speed and then the afore mentioned car slows to a reduced cruising speed itself, I sometimes might not be aware initially that I am travelling at perhaps 10mph less than I want. Also if you move back to lane one having overtaken some stuff, I find the car suddenly finds an open road in front of it and accelerates. As you can imaging the car I had been following will still be in the middle lane so I find myself accelerating up his inside!

 

It's a mixed bag I reckon

Yup that happened to me, a dacia duster decided to move into the middle lane, my octavia saw the gap and zoomed past on the inside.

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Yup that happened to me, a dacia duster decided to move into the middle lane, my octavia saw the gap and zoomed past on the inside.

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The Suzuki has an inbuilt safety feature. It isn't powerful to zoom anywhere

It is taking a little time to get used to the ACC as I find myself at this stage obviously looking at the stalk until it becomes more of a natural action in the ten miles I have driven so far but it is getting there.

Yup that happened to me, a dacia duster decided to move into the middle lane, my octavia saw the gap and zoomed past on the inside.

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Its not me, its the car

I used the ACC on the way home so can understand about a gap in the middle lane !

I thought I read in the manual that the acceleration used in ACC is dependent on the mode you select with DCC. From memory, Sport mode will be quite aggressive but Eco would be much more sedate. Normal is obviously somewhere in the middle.

 

Not sure if that's helpful though or whether the linking of the DCC setting to the acceleratione of the ACC is even a logical thing.

My ACC was driven nuts tonight on the M8 by a Hyundai driver that could not decide whether he wanted to pull into the inside to let me overtake or not, kept pulling in, ACC would accelerate, then the hyundai would pull out, then he'd pull out - happened 5 times before I turned it off and floored it next time he pulled in 

There is a way to disable the ACC so you just have cruise control but I am unable to remember what he said.