New T6 Multivan

[Bryn23]

Hey Funbus,

Congrats on the new van, its a big upgrade over the Toyota..

The Multiline had the new 150kw/450nm Engine doesn't it..
Seen a few in the dealerships over the last few weeks, they look like great passenger van

[FUNBUS]

Hey Bryn23,
Yes the new van has the bigger motor. It's got heaps of grunt and makes overtaking a breeze.
I got to try out the adaptive cruise control today. It's brilliant. The cruise control sits pretty tightly on the speed limit but slows down when slower cars are in front. I had it set on maximum distance which was about 3 seconds behind the car in front. Slowing down and speeding up with the traffic was hardly noticeable. I have read that if you set the gap at a close distance, it becomes much more dramatic. When the traffic slowed from highway speeds down to crawling pace as we went through a roundabout, the adaptive cruise control just slowed down with the cars in front with no need to apply the brakes. I haven't tested it to a full stop yet. Needless to say, I'm super impressed.
The only idiosyncrasy that I found with it was that a couple of times when cars pulled off the highway into the turning lane, then braked to turn, the van braked hard with them even though they were in a totally different lane and I had to push on the accelerator to get past them before the cruise control went back to normal.

[T5as]

Hi Funbus,
what colour is your T6. I'll give you a wave.
cheers
T5as

[FUNBUS]

Cherry Red. You can't miss it.

[Bryn23]

Hey Bryn23,
Yes the new van has the bigger motor. It's got heaps of grunt and makes overtaking a breeze.
I got to try out the adaptive cruise control today. It's brilliant. The cruise control sits pretty tightly on the speed limit but slows down when slower cars are in front. I had it set on maximum distance which was about 3 seconds behind the car in front. Slowing down and speeding up with the traffic was hardly noticeable. I have read that if you set the gap at a close distance, it becomes much more dramatic. When the traffic slowed from highway speeds down to crawling pace as we went through a roundabout, the adaptive cruise control just slowed down with the cars in front with no need to apply the brakes. I haven't tested it to a full stop yet. Needless to say, I'm super impressed.
The only idiosyncrasy that I found with it was that a couple of times when cars pulled off the highway into the turning lane, then braked to turn, the van braked hard with them even though they were in a totally different lane and I had to push on the accelerator to get past them before the cruise control went back to normal.

Great to hear a review on the new engine, glad your enjoying it.

Im not sure about all this new car tech.. some of it is good, but some of it I'm not sure about. soon we won't even be driving