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Originally Posted by Space King
I have the adaptive cruise control on my Audi, it's nice but I can live without it. I also have the full stop-n-go (Audi calls it Traffic Assist)... and I never use it. Never. Audi claims it allows the driver to relax during heavy traffic. Ha! it has the opposite effect on me.
In the Audi's MMI you can adjust the distance that you follow the car in front of you during stop-n-go traffic. I think it's something like 1-6 car lengths. Anyway, the reality is you can either have it follow the car in front of you so closely that you'll be breaking sodomy laws in several states or leave a gap so huge that everybody keeps cutting you off, over and over again. I find it more aggravating than driving in rush hour on my own.
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The three distance selections in the Camry I drove were pretty reasonable. Closest was more than comfortable for my typical spacing and furthest was a bit too far for my liking but totally fine if you're not one to freak out about people getting in front of you.
I definitely wouldn't use stop-and-go as a way to "relax" in traffic. I'd use it as a way for me to not have to move my goddamned foot a thousand times in an hour. Then again, I'm not a terrible or distracted driver like lots of people.