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Adaptive Cruise Control, The Savior of Sanity - 2015 Volvo S60 Long-Term Road Test
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Adaptive Cruise Control, The Savior of Sanity - 2015 Volvo S60 Long-Term Road Test
Edmunds.com extols the sanity-saving virtues of adaptive cruise control in its long-term 2015 Volvo S60.
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First, if you use it in commute rush hour traffic, it will slow down to a complete stop but, shortly, turn off and need a reset with the button to resume. The "best" systems automate that as well.
Second, if on a highway trip and find a long downhill ( like the "Grapevine" on I 5 north of Los Angeles ), it doesn't intervene to hold the downhill speed until your are 3 - 4 MPH over your setting, allowing IMHO excess speed above the setting. I end up resetting the speed 3 or 4 MPH down on the long downhill to avoid over speed, potential tickets, etc. If in a long mountain downhill stretch ( like I 80 returning to San Francisco from Reno ), that could be even more annoying, up and down, have to reset or just accept a lower average speed.....
I view both of the above as "programming" issues, easily resolved by Volvo if they so choose.