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#351
Active Driving Assistant is worthwhile (my opinion)
Greetings - I have a 2017 JCW hardtop and ordered all of the bells and whistles including ADA, and am glad that I got it. I live in Southern California, and the place where this feature is worth its weight is on the freeway where slowing traffic and any momentary lack of or diversion of attention can be rescued by the ADA stepping in. I set the cruise control for 75 (or whatever the top speed limit is), and let the car decide the space between myself and the car in front of me and it adjusts the speed accordingly. I find that I usually set the spacing distance to the minimum (there are 4 choices and the default is the furthest away), however it leaves SO much space, that other drivers will choose to merge in front of you because it looks like a big enough gap for the taking. The minimum setting is still quite a bit behind the car ahead.
Anyway, after initially getting used to something other than myself stepping on my brakes, I began to appreciate it as a guardian backup to my driving. I'm normally at full attention, but traffic can change in a moment and I am glad to have the feature.
I have a 2018 JCW Countryman on order (original order shows to be a Week 33 build), so hoping that it doesn't face too much delay as I would rather wait to get the ADA than let my build proceed without it. My status is still "On Order" and we are in week 32, but has been in their system for about 2 months now.
Anyway, after initially getting used to something other than myself stepping on my brakes, I began to appreciate it as a guardian backup to my driving. I'm normally at full attention, but traffic can change in a moment and I am glad to have the feature.
I have a 2018 JCW Countryman on order (original order shows to be a Week 33 build), so hoping that it doesn't face too much delay as I would rather wait to get the ADA than let my build proceed without it. My status is still "On Order" and we are in week 32, but has been in their system for about 2 months now.
#352
I was just checking the owners lounge and viewed "Review Order Details" and Factory Ordered Options." The options look right, convenience, fully loaded, etc., until I get to "PHEV Premium Package." Does anybody know what this means? To me, that means "plug in hybrid electric vehicle." Why would I have this option if I didn't order the hybrid? Pretty curious. Thanks for any info...
#353
I was just checking the owners lounge and viewed "Review Order Details" and Factory Ordered Options." The options look right, convenience, fully loaded, etc., until I get to "PHEV Premium Package." Does anybody know what this means? To me, that means "plug in hybrid electric vehicle." Why would I have this option if I didn't order the hybrid? Pretty curious. Thanks for any info...
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I'mMelting (08-07-2017)
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I have a 2018 JCW Countryman on order (original order shows to be a Week 33 build), so hoping that it doesn't face too much delay as I would rather wait to get the ADA than let my build proceed without it. My status is still "On Order" and we are in week 32, but has been in their system for about 2 months now.
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Great looking
Manual shift?
Last edited by pyuhlu; 08-12-2017 at 12:54 PM.
#360
[QUOTE=iceknyght;4321893]Ours came in yesterday! Won't get to bring it home till Monday, but went down to see it in person (to make sure the order came in right)! I already have my phone paired for the Carplay (so far, with the minimal time I got to play with it, it is pretty awesome)! :D
Congratulations.
This will be a long weekend.
Congratulations.
This will be a long weekend.
#361
[QUOTE=iceknyght;4321893]Ours came in yesterday! Won't get to bring it home till Monday, but went down to see it in person (to make sure the order came in right)! I already have my phone paired for the Carplay (so far, with the minimal time I got to play with it, it is pretty awesome)! :D
Congratulations! I'm so jealous!!! Hope I can manage the long wait. Ordered same color and top as you:-) Enjoy and hope the weekend flies by quickly for you.
Congratulations! I'm so jealous!!! Hope I can manage the long wait. Ordered same color and top as you:-) Enjoy and hope the weekend flies by quickly for you.
#362
Thanks! And yep, it's a manual! Is there any other way?
Thanks! Yeah, luckily, I have been working on getting my trade it ready...
Thanks! I hope so as well! And I love this color combo in person!
Thanks! Yeah, luckily, I have been working on getting my trade it ready...
Thanks! I hope so as well! And I love this color combo in person!
#363
Congrats IceKnight! Looks amazing!
Could someone who already has their F60 do me a big favor and measure the distance between the crossbars? Specifically the outside to outside dimensions. I scaled an overhead photo in photoshop and I'm getting 45".
I am working on selecting the perfect rack set-up while I whittle away my wait. So far I have selected the Rhino Rack Pioneer Platform measuring 47" x 58". I just need to find the best base rack system and I'm currently looking at Inno and Rhino Rack.
Could someone who already has their F60 do me a big favor and measure the distance between the crossbars? Specifically the outside to outside dimensions. I scaled an overhead photo in photoshop and I'm getting 45".
I am working on selecting the perfect rack set-up while I whittle away my wait. So far I have selected the Rhino Rack Pioneer Platform measuring 47" x 58". I just need to find the best base rack system and I'm currently looking at Inno and Rhino Rack.
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Originally Posted by iceknyght
Ours came in yesterday! Won't get to bring it home till Monday, but went down to see it in person (to make sure the order came in right)! I already have my phone paired for the Carplay (so far, with the minimal time I got to play with it, it is pretty awesome)! :D
#365
Thanks!! :D
Anymore, the only way to get MT's is to order them (they don't carry many on the lots!)... Quick things of note on the 18 models, they moved the Sport/Green selector to a button (no longer around the shifter) and the HUD display is no longer a button on the center stack, it's a selection in the settings...
Anymore, the only way to get MT's is to order them (they don't carry many on the lots!)... Quick things of note on the 18 models, they moved the Sport/Green selector to a button (no longer around the shifter) and the HUD display is no longer a button on the center stack, it's a selection in the settings...
#366
Originally Posted by iceknyght
Thanks!! :DAnymore, the only way to get MT's is to order them (they don't carry many on the lots!)... Quick things of note on the 18 models, they moved the Sport/Green selector to a button (no longer around the shifter) and the HUD display is no longer a button on the center stack, it's a selection in the settings...
#367
I love that blue, but my 2005 MC was very nearly that same config: Hyperblue Metallic w/black roof. Didn't want the same (of course, HARDLY the same car!). 2014 F56 is Moonwalk Grey w/black roof and wheels. Still love the look, 3+ years later. Very nearly ordered Countryman just like that, too, but trying a new vibe:
Melting Silver, matching roof & mirror caps, and silver wheels. Still very undecided on Melting Silver. Slightly regretting it, but too late now. Color was THE hardest decision of all the options. LOL
I guess Melting Silver is hard to hate, but not sure I like how golden it appears under sunlight. Seems a misnomer. I guess it's supposed to be a titanium sort of silver, or "gunmetal."
Melting Silver, matching roof & mirror caps, and silver wheels. Still very undecided on Melting Silver. Slightly regretting it, but too late now. Color was THE hardest decision of all the options. LOL
I guess Melting Silver is hard to hate, but not sure I like how golden it appears under sunlight. Seems a misnomer. I guess it's supposed to be a titanium sort of silver, or "gunmetal."
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Thanks for the pic! I live a few miles from Port Hueneme so I'll try to get a pic in person next Sat when he arrives
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Hey Donreith. Our boat is going through the first lock in the panama canal right now. You will need to use a desktop browser since it requires flash to view it.
If you can check out out here:
Panama WebCam
If you missed it here's a photo of it going through.
If you can check out out here:
Panama WebCam
If you missed it here's a photo of it going through.
#369
Originally Posted by iceknyght
Thanks!! :DAnymore, the only way to get MT's is to order them (they don't carry many on the lots!)... Quick things of note on the 18 models, they moved the Sport/Green selector to a button (no longer around the shifter) and the HUD display is no longer a button on the center stack, it's a selection in the settings...
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I love that blue, but my 2005 MC was very nearly that same config: Hyperblue Metallic w/black roof. Didn't want the same (of course, HARDLY the same car!). 2014 F56 is Moonwalk Grey w/black roof and wheels. Still love the look, 3+ years later. Very nearly ordered Countryman just like that, too, but trying a new vibe:
Melting Silver, matching roof & mirror caps, and silver wheels. Still very undecided on Melting Silver. Slightly regretting it, but too late now. Color was THE hardest decision of all the options. LOL
I guess Melting Silver is hard to hate, but not sure I like how golden it appears under sunlight. Seems a misnomer. I guess it's supposed to be a titanium sort of silver, or "gunmetal."
Melting Silver, matching roof & mirror caps, and silver wheels. Still very undecided on Melting Silver. Slightly regretting it, but too late now. Color was THE hardest decision of all the options. LOL
I guess Melting Silver is hard to hate, but not sure I like how golden it appears under sunlight. Seems a misnomer. I guess it's supposed to be a titanium sort of silver, or "gunmetal."
#371
I only liked it there because now it's on the passenger side of the center stack... And since I press it *every time I drive*, it's going to get annoying! LOL!
#372
Nothing is as chameleon as Moonwalk Grey! It looks different every day, and never photographs the way it looks. It's a really fascinating color, and very high-tech IMHO. As silly as it sounds, the fact that it's the "free" color, which it wasn't with the F56, turned me off, because I thought I would see too many of them around. Silly, I know.
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Nothing is as chameleon as Moonwalk Grey! It looks different every day, and never photographs the way it looks. It's a really fascinating color, and very high-tech IMHO. As silly as it sounds, the fact that it's the "free" color, which it wasn't with the F56, turned me off, because I thought I would see too many of them around. Silly, I know.
True. Still don't like it...
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I love that blue, but my 2005 MC was very nearly that same config: Hyperblue Metallic w/black roof. Didn't want the same (of course, HARDLY the same car!). 2014 F56 is Moonwalk Grey w/black roof and wheels. Still love the look, 3+ years later. Very nearly ordered Countryman just like that, too, but trying a new vibe:
Melting Silver, matching roof & mirror caps, and silver wheels. Still very undecided on Melting Silver. Slightly regretting it, but too late now. Color was THE hardest decision of all the options. LOL
I guess Melting Silver is hard to hate, but not sure I like how golden it appears under sunlight. Seems a misnomer. I guess it's supposed to be a titanium sort of silver, or "gunmetal."
Melting Silver, matching roof & mirror caps, and silver wheels. Still very undecided on Melting Silver. Slightly regretting it, but too late now. Color was THE hardest decision of all the options. LOL
I guess Melting Silver is hard to hate, but not sure I like how golden it appears under sunlight. Seems a misnomer. I guess it's supposed to be a titanium sort of silver, or "gunmetal."
My Melting is scheduled to be completed tomorrow. Then the wait for the slow boat from Brussels!