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i recently rented a late model rav4 and described the experience of radar cruise (on an admittedly challenging road) to be "like having a drunk lead-footed teen
by a-dub 4y ago
i recently rented a late model rav4 and described the experience of radar cruise (on an admittedly challenging road) to be "like having a drunk lead-footed teenager at the wheel."
lots of overaggressive acceleration and deceleration, with all too frequent state changes.
personally i'd rather just have regular cruise and something that will drive the car competently at low speeds in heavy congestion.
- smt88 4y agoI currently drive a 2021 Rav4 Prime and it's not like that at all. The adaptive cruise control is smooth and never makes mistakes. Lane assistance is helpful but not as close to flawless, mostly due to poorly marked lanes.
- a-dub 4y agowas it on flat roads or more challenging terrain? it was apparent that it was a very simple system that did not attempt to do any estimation beyond what was immediately visible to the sensors. so if there was a change in the pitch of the road, it would immediately react as the sensors became occluded and then regained their field of view. maybe in situations that challenging, it should complain and force manual control. rav4 primes look like awesome vehicles by the way... if i were going to get a late model green vehicle, it would definitely be on my shortlist.
- smt88 4y ago> so if there was a change in the pitch of the road, it would immediately react as the sensors became occluded and then regained their field of view I've used it on miles of interstate in the mountains, but that's never a problem because interstates don't change pitch that rapidly (by design). You must be using it on a very different roads than I do. I only use it on large, US interstates.
- alphabettsy 4y agoHaven’t checked, but it’s possible that the RAV4 and RAV4 Prime use different hardware and software.