dtbaker61
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- Dan
- Joined
- May 11, 2020
- Threads
- 104
- Messages
- 3,973
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- Location
- santa fe,nm
- Website
- www.envirokarma.org
- Vehicles
- MME (delivered 2/26/21), DIY eMiata BEV
- Occupation
- Solar Sales/install
I love so many features of this car but the cross-traffic alert and collision avoidance has saved damage.
I consider myself very aware as also a motorcyclist however, most major save was when I had returned to my car and was reversing from a parking slot using the 360 camera but had forgotten I'd parked next to a concrete support pillar. Suddenly the car slammed on the brakes. When I looked up the front wing was right next to the pillar!! I would have done serious damage if the car hadn't braked. Yes I should have seen it in the 360 camera but was paying more attention to what was behind.
It also stopped when a friends pet ran behind when I was reversing. Plus several times the cross-traffic alert has been great when reversing out of my blind drive.
I hate the alerts, especially the cross traffic Alert flashing and beeping that you can't turn off. It invariably sees something AFTER I do and scares me.
reverse braking assist I turned off and LEAVE off because it freaks when it seeks my bike in rack and one time I was backing down a steep driveway, it saw the road as a 'wall', and wouldn't LET me beack out into the street until I turned off the brake assist.
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