GR86 GR86 - The “Auto Zone”

Had a fantastic drive today I added 180miles to the odo.
Mostly testing automated features today. Adaptive cruise (ACC) is quite gentle with engine revs and I find perfect for running in the engine without right foot getting frustrated. The car goes like a goat even when in cruise mode unlike its predecessor.
Really shocked how good the whole car is. I am so happy I got it in auto and in electric blue. It was nerve racking to trust the acc in the beginning but we became friends quite quickly. Lane departure also is spot on. Not so annoying and all eye sight systems I found are quite well calibrated.
43 mpg over 88 miles from cold mostly on motorway but some town as well
 
Sure I saw a setting somewhere for cruise acceleration speed, still dont think my auto high beam has kicked in
 
Swizzle said:
Sure I saw a setting somewhere for cruise acceleration speed, still dont think my auto high beam has kicked in
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I think it has to be above certain speed. 40 mph perhaps. There are two modes. One brute force full beam and the other one is the auto high beam where the eye sight system decides if it is safe to activate. It did activate nicely on my 88 mile dark countryside twisty route. It was like magic! Brutally spot on. The whole eye sight is brutally accurate. Once emergency breaking activated because I activated the cruise control when approaching a junction and the eye sight takes a little while to kick in. Then it realised collision was imminent and breaker brutality! On the dash the spectacular graphical warning was displayed!
 
I wonder if the cameras use infra red spectrum. How can it work I the dark while it is pouring at the same time when I doubt my own abilities!
 
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Found out if you push the left stork forward it toggles auto high beam on or off 👍🏻
 
The front is a lot longer than you’d think, suspect you’ll be able to get some sort of number plate mount with them in rather than drilling your bumper
 
Has anyone got over the 1000 mile mark yet and been able to have a proper play yet 🤔
 
Still shy of 600 miles. Right foot getting frustrated! Find really difficult to resist so using the adaptive cruise a lot. We are very pleased with the car so far. Tackled London traffic amazingly yesterday. By mistake I hit 5-6k rpm while overtaking and the car has power. Because the engine noises are more subdued compared to gt86 it does not feel like it has power but it quickly reaches speed aimed at on the motorway.
 
Looking forward to the reports and if the box blips on down shifts with more revs on the engine.
 
Question for you gentlemen with driving aids.

How do the rear parking sensors integrate with the head unit? Are you able to switch them on and off with a button? Is there any visual representation of the sensors/distance on the rear camera view?

Considering getting the free installation on my manual/poor man's car but if the auto integration is completely different, I probably won't bother as they do spoil the looks a tad.
 
I have to check the menus and see if the audio warning can be cancelled. It was on when I got the car and never even thinking of cancelling
I have a feeling the audio sensor thing is completely separate to the camera lines and the rectangle that appears when an obstacle is detected when reversing.
To manual owners: Do you have little rectangle appearing when you get close to a detected obstacle?
Other than that there is no visual indication but the rear camera is already more than adequate anyway in that sense, you know what is coming!
I feel they compliment each other and I’d never turn any of these aids off.

On that note, to auto owners: Rear safety braking is also activated in my case but I think it is not working somehow. I mean I reverse right next to the garage door and the car does not brake at all.

If I had the manual, I’d still get the audio sensors. I had two reversing incedents before
 
So despite telling TUK Online I didn’t want my car until 01.03.2023 and being assured that was fine it’s now in Hull 🤷‍♂️ Where it will be staying until 01.03.2023 , at least I should have a definite date to collect it 🤔
 
Mine waited at the dealer for couple of weeks over holiday period
They were ok with it. Best to call the online team I think
 
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