Adaptive Cruise Control

[Swallowtail]

Yea agree with your view. Actually I tried to resist ticking too many options (unsuccessfully I must add) as you never recover the cost of these at resale time.

Hopefully my next car in 3-5 years time (likely to be another VW if I have a good ownership experience) will give me something else to look forward to.

Re Bluetooth, I noticed that the CC did not come as standard so ordered it. I hope that this will work well with the iphone.

If you ordered premium bluetooth then no it won't work at all with iPhone. See my sticky in the Car Audio section.

[plasmod3]

Actually i just ordered a cc & the lane assist is a option that can be ticked. had confirmation from my dealer & it is $1633 i believe. Top gear seems to have a review of the passat cc which said good things about the acc as well. Not sure re the reverse camera, isn't that only $600?

what iks me is that we are not gtting the 7spd dsg or the keyloss entry or the start button or the dab module like they have in the uk cars.

The lane assist replaces the heated windscreen option in the car. no biggie but it means it is truely a driverless car on the highway wcombined with acc

Delivery in jan 2010! can't wait!

[Leagle]

Actually i just ordered a cc & the lane assist is a option that can be ticked. had confirmation from my dealer & it is $1633 i believe. Top gear seems to have a review of the passat cc which said good things about the acc as well. Not sure re the reverse camera, isn't that only $600?

what iks me is that we are not gtting the 7spd dsg or the keyloss entry or the start button or the dab module like they have in the uk cars.

The lane assist replaces the heated windscreen option in the car. no biggie but it means it is truely a driverless car on the highway wcombined with acc

Delivery in jan 2010! can't wait!

It will be a great car for sure. Can't wait for mine either.

Lane Assist not an option when I put my order in. Having researched it a bit further, it apparently takes some time getting used to (more so than ACC).

There are a few cool youtube videos floating around showing its effectiveness on keeping the car on track though - well suited to autobahn/freeway conditions. Unfortunately, however, it only seems to control the car for a limited time - it is more a warning device rather than a control device.

I would have liked blind spot assist myself.

While you are at it, you should check out the youtube video of the self park assist. Couldn't resist ticking that option. How strange is that?!

All these gadgets are exciting - and scary - at the same time. Whilst none of them are strictly necessary (provided we keep our attention on the road at least), it seems to me that the driverless car is not so far away as we all thought!