Standard cruise control no cruise speed indicated

Thomas Mitchell

Thomas Mitchell

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When using ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control), the cruise speed is indicated on the display. When I use the “standard”, (non-ACC) cruise control, there is no indication of the cruise speed. The space where cruise speed would show is blank. What is your experience with this?


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The Owners Manual page 413 seems to erroneously indicate the opposite: That the selected speed appears only after ACC with LSF is switched to Cruise Mode.

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Same here when I tested standard cruise mode. I always use ACC though, and I wish it would let go of the lock of the vehicle ahead sooner when changing lanes to pass... :) It is also frustrating when it smoothly slows you when a car in front of you slows and you realize for the last 10 minutes you been going 10+ under the speed limit... doh...
 
ACC is OK in certain circumstances but it is a bit overly aggressive at times, and it does not function when the front sensor is covered with ice. I prefer not to use it and It would be nice to not have to guess the set cruise speed.


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I love the ACC. If you can get behind a vehicle doing the speed you want, it's practically as good as auto pilot. Every once in a while, I do wake up to find I am cruising at 50 behind a delivery truck on the interstate.
 
MPower said:
I love the ACC. If you can get behind a vehicle doing the speed you want, it's practically as good as auto pilot. Every once in a while, I do wake up to find I am cruising at 50 behind a delivery truck on the interstate.
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Following a delivery truck might be dangerous to an expensive windshield, but cruising at 50 behind a truck on the interstate is perhaps the best way to maximize fuel efficiency while still getting you where you need to go. It took a cracked windshield on my 1st Insight to learn my lesson about following trucks too closely, but seeing 100 mpg readings on my Insight's Fuel Consumption Display was so exhilarating!
 
insightman said:
Following a delivery truck might be dangerous to an expensive windshield, but cruising at 50 behind a truck on the interstate is perhaps the best way to maximize fuel efficiency while still getting you where you need to go. It took a cracked windshield on my 1st Insight to learn my lesson about following trucks too closely, but seeing 100 mpg readings on my Insight's Fuel Consumption Display was so exhilarating!
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My preference is to find a tractor trailer that likes to go a little bit over it's 65 mph limit and has plenty of power on the hills. Then I set the ACC for the longest distance, tuck in behind and listen to audio books and podcasts. 1500 miles of "How's my driving?" Thanks for the slipstream, good buddy.
 
MPower said:
I love the ACC. If you can get behind a vehicle doing the speed you want, it's practically as good as auto pilot. Every once in a while, I do wake up to find I am cruising at 50 behind a delivery truck on the interstate.
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Also you can set your ACC to "passing speed" so if you do want to pass someone you can just merge (when safe of course :)) and the car will auto speed up and then slow down behind the next car when you merge back over.

I really like how you can set the follow distance as well.

The acceleration and deceleration depend on the car mode as well. Econ is very slow / consistent while sport mode is much more lead foot
 
dnb said:
Also you can set your ACC to "passing speed" so if you do want to pass someone you can just merge (when safe of course :)) and the car will auto speed up and then slow down behind the next car when you merge back over.
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So your scheme is to set the ACC to, say, 90 mph, so your Clarity will speed up when you pull out from behind the car you are following and then use the ACC to slow down again when you pull back behind another (now slower) car?

Alternatively, you can simply use the accelerator pedal to pass the car in front of you and then lay off the accelerator pedal to allow the ACC to resume it's set speed after you've passed the slower car. This scheme would work better when traffic is light.
 
insightman said:
So your scheme is to set the ACC to, say, 90 mph, so your Clarity will speed up when you pull out from behind the car you are following and then use the ACC to slow down again when you pull back behind another (now slower) car?

Alternatively, you can simply use the accelerator pedal to pass the car in front of you and then lay off the accelerator pedal to allow the ACC to resume it's set speed after you've passed the slower car. This scheme would work better when traffic is light.
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Not that fast, but usually like 5 mph above yeah. And yep I really like how you can accelerate when needed and it will go back to the normal speed after and not disengage. Also turning off CC with the paddles is nice for slowing and starting regen when leaving the freeway / turning.
 
Gee when I tried to use the -paddle to slow down for an off-ramp while the ACC was engaged, the car squawked at me and I had to turn off the ACC with the break first.
 
MPower said:
Gee when I tried to use the -paddle to slow down for an off-ramp while the ACC was engaged, the car squawked at me and I had to turn off the ACC with the break first.
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It will beep to let you know its disengaged, you can even use the right paddle (so no extra regen) and it will disable it. I use it all the time
 
The ACC on openpilot (aftermarket ADAS), is a bit better when someone cuts into your lane. It also has way better LKA. See demo video

Join slack channel #clarity on https://comma.slack.com if you are interested in joining that community.
 
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