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My new '17 has DC I & II but no ACC with its "high speed braking."
So today, I had it in plain old generic cruise with the forward collision alert activated. A car in front of me slowed to take an exit. I was in no danger of actually hitting it, but FCA nevertheless activated and immediately the car "felt" like it was braking.
Since I never had an FCA in cruise before, I thought "Huh, do I have high speed braking?!?"
I quickly realized that the FCA shut off the cruise and, since I was in LOW, it resulted in rapid deceleration.
Not bad for no ACC w/ high speed braking!
Someone with quick fingers could probably just keep getting FCAs and then resetting it to keep up with the flow. Not that I recommend it, or would find a "manual" ACC to be worth the trouble.
But having at least a modified version of the high speed braking with LOW and cruise is a nice benefit.
So today, I had it in plain old generic cruise with the forward collision alert activated. A car in front of me slowed to take an exit. I was in no danger of actually hitting it, but FCA nevertheless activated and immediately the car "felt" like it was braking.
Since I never had an FCA in cruise before, I thought "Huh, do I have high speed braking?!?"
I quickly realized that the FCA shut off the cruise and, since I was in LOW, it resulted in rapid deceleration.
Not bad for no ACC w/ high speed braking!
Someone with quick fingers could probably just keep getting FCAs and then resetting it to keep up with the flow. Not that I recommend it, or would find a "manual" ACC to be worth the trouble.
But having at least a modified version of the high speed braking with LOW and cruise is a nice benefit.