So day 2 yesterday, and took the wife out for a bit of a blast and a bit of shopping. Going along the ring road and discussing the shortsightedness of council planners who were widening the road to put a new cycle path in but not using the extra space they could also have had for an extra road lane in a stretch where it really needs it.
Suddenly a squeak from the wife, a warning tone from the GTI, a quick jolt of the brake from the GTI and then into Automatic Braking mode from the GTI. Never mind the council's shortsightedness, maybe I should have been watching the sea of brake lights coming on in front of me whilst doing 30-40 mph !
Anyhow, the car alerted me with sound and jolt and then braked for me since I didn't do it quickly enough after that. I take back all those thoughts about how that little cut out in the front valance looks awful. It almost certainly saved quite a serious shunt into the back of an Audi A6 estate.
Phew. Now I know why its cheaper to insure and safer to drive. I wouldn't recommend you try it out (remember that video a few years ago where they did it and forgot to turn the system on?), but be assured, it is there and does work. No liability accepted of course ! NB The system IS turned on by default - you don't have to go hunting for it.
