Ford driver assistance

madhouse4
madhouse4 Forum Participant Posts: 129
edited May 2017 in Towcars & Towing #1

Has anyone any experience of Fords driver assistance pack, wondering if it's worth the extra money, or just complication for the sake of it?, 

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  • Wildwood
    Wildwood Club Member Posts: 3,581 ✭✭✭✭
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    edited May 2017 #2

    My feeling is that if it is an option on a car you are buying get it demonstrated at the dealers to see if it is for you.

  • madhouse4
    madhouse4 Forum Participant Posts: 129
    edited May 2017 #3

    They offered to lend me a car with it on for 24 hours, but you never get the true feel of things quickly and just wondered if anyone else had it fitted to there cars? 

  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited May 2017 #4

    I've never driven a car with any of the above gizmos, but £750 seems very little compared with the overall cost of a car to leave it off the options list undecided

    http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/New-Ford-Focus-Parks-Itself-And-Prevents-Crashes/2

  • Milothedog
    Milothedog Forum Participant Posts: 1,433
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    edited May 2017 #5

    Our Tiguan bought new in 2012 had similar. Not an option but standard fit. bit of a gimmick really, I used it now and again my wife never used it.

     

    Bit like the Lexus we had some time back, It had the paddle gear change fitted. Never used it cool

     

  • madhouse4
    madhouse4 Forum Participant Posts: 129
    edited May 2017 #6

    To be fair i'm fairly certain i'm going to tick the box! the lane departure i'm a little bit unsure about, but'i'm fairly certain you can turn it off, I do like the idea of it reading the road signs, theses days it's far to easy to miss a speed limit change

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