Surely that argument can then be applied to everything else such as DSG or ESP.

The point is that they are to compliment the driving experience and make it safer and/ or easier.

I mean, why have flappy paddles on an auto car. If you wanted to change the gears manually, get a manual gearbox.

 

Following this logic, we should blindly praise all the new gadgets, regardless their practicality. Is all new music good for you? Does every new camera outperform previous one? No.

There are some inventions/extras that do good - ABS, ESP, DSG, electric windows, etc...plus some things we do not even notice anymore (yeah there was time when it was all a novelty) like automatic choke valve, electric powered wipers, breaking and steering servos. Such inventions will always be welcome. On the other hand we are seeing more and more devices that directly "control" you car, taking the most critical/emergency decision making process from the driver rather than aiding him - such gimmicks I would never approve.

One could claim that ACC/CC is one of those things and yes, there are good and bad moments to use them - you never use CC in a city right? That is where the speed limiter is designed to act, at low speeds, in the city, where maneuvering is constant and things are happening all the time - why limit the driver control in such environment?

AC/ACC both work in a continuous way and have a low potential of disrupting emergency driver reaction - you break and accelerate immediately...unlike things things like speed limiter or auto-breaking systems that are likely to give driver a "bad surprise" by giving you unexpected emergency breaking or making your car hesitate whether to accelerate or not.

In short - unless the entire driving process is taken from me, I prefer to control speed and direction myself, maybe only with an ability to "lock" a sped setting on a highway where I maintain cruise for tens of minutes.

Edited 1 December, 20169 yr by wlange

Picking this up in 2025 wrt a 2018 mk3 Octavia SE which I've just bought.

• Cruise control is not "better" than a limiter: I like it when the car slows down when I take my foot off the accelerator. I want to drive exactly as normal but set a maximum speed.

• It's not dangerous if you want to accelerate suddenly: you just briefly floor the accelerator ("kick down" in an automatic) and it turns off the limiter.

• Giving me cruise control without the option of using it as a limiter is just plain daft. For the sake of one little "mode" button on the stalk to switch between the two, like other models have.

Retrofit Speed Limiter

You have virtual Cockpit?

14 hours ago, Cairus said:

Retrofit Speed Limiter

You have virtual Cockpit?

Can you add more detail please?

I have standard CC and a VC on my Octavia. If the speed limiter is just coding then I'd like to enable it

Control unit 01

Activate byte 06 bit 02

Control unit 17

Adaptation ---> Display longitudinal control coordinator ---> Activate speed limiter

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