AnonymouseDriva
Established Member
I ask as I do, but it seems to me that it's a pretty poor implementation. Not sure how it compares to the ZS though.
1) You have to turn it back on in the infotainment unit EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE, regardless of manual or intelligent, it sets back to 'off' when you start the car. I wouldn't mind - but it's not active until you press the blue button on the stalk anyway. I don't understand why a safety feature sets itself to OFF every time. All the others (lane assist, MG Pilot, collision assist) either remember their settings or turn back on.
2) Intelligent doesn't actually know the limit half the time. If speed signs are on a junction, it resets the limiter after you turn at the junction - a feature that clears far more valid speed limits from the system than it does incorrect ones.
It also doesn't (and can't really) know that it's 30 in a built up area, and it occasionally picks up signs that are not applicable to the road that you are on. I get that there are limits to the technology, and that's fine but being in intelligent mode completely disables your ability to set a manual speed limit in these areas.
Surely this would make more sense for it to still function as a manual speed limiter, but then just change the limit when it sees a sign. That would then be an intelligent ASSIST instead of taking over altogether and getting it wrong.
3) ISA errors and turns speed assist off whenever it sees a 20MPH limit. (at least, it does on mine, and on the one they use for test drives at Chorley MG. I currently only have a sample size of 2 for this though...)
I find I only use the manual speed assist now (with the annoyance of having to switch it back on every time in infotainment) but the intelligent mode isn't really that well thought through or fit for purpose.
Any thoughts / comments?
1) You have to turn it back on in the infotainment unit EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE, regardless of manual or intelligent, it sets back to 'off' when you start the car. I wouldn't mind - but it's not active until you press the blue button on the stalk anyway. I don't understand why a safety feature sets itself to OFF every time. All the others (lane assist, MG Pilot, collision assist) either remember their settings or turn back on.
2) Intelligent doesn't actually know the limit half the time. If speed signs are on a junction, it resets the limiter after you turn at the junction - a feature that clears far more valid speed limits from the system than it does incorrect ones.
It also doesn't (and can't really) know that it's 30 in a built up area, and it occasionally picks up signs that are not applicable to the road that you are on. I get that there are limits to the technology, and that's fine but being in intelligent mode completely disables your ability to set a manual speed limit in these areas.
Surely this would make more sense for it to still function as a manual speed limiter, but then just change the limit when it sees a sign. That would then be an intelligent ASSIST instead of taking over altogether and getting it wrong.
3) ISA errors and turns speed assist off whenever it sees a 20MPH limit. (at least, it does on mine, and on the one they use for test drives at Chorley MG. I currently only have a sample size of 2 for this though...)
I find I only use the manual speed assist now (with the annoyance of having to switch it back on every time in infotainment) but the intelligent mode isn't really that well thought through or fit for purpose.
Any thoughts / comments?