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Originally Posted by stormchaser
Agree with LVBMW above 100%. I do lots of highway driving and DAP has made me less tired, especially adaptive cruise which works great. It's a feature that brought me to BMW as their system works better than most other brands. To the comment above "Do you use cruise control" explains it well. If you never use cruise control on the highway I would skip buying it. The lane keep assist on DAP works great too and in my opinion, makes me a safer driver on the motorway as well. Disclosure: I am 63 so driver safety features are a bit more important to me also.
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ACC Stop & Go + Active Driving Assistant
In addition to Active Driving Assistant contents the Distance Control permanently maintains your desired speed and the distance from the vehicle in front, brakes your BMW if needed and drives off again just as automatically. As a useful addition, the Steering Assistant keeps your BMW in the middle of the lane through active steering interventions. Enjoy more relaxed travel especially on longer journeys.
According to the statement above, that is straight off the Premium Package, and Executive Package listed features. I will already have "Adaptive Cruise Control", as well as "Lane Keeping" since I have the Premium Package. So I shouldn't need DAPP for those 2 functions. And yes, I do use Cruise Control all the time. But to maintain Speed and Distance, not steer my car or change lanes. At 80-85 MPH, I would feel LESS safe taking both of my hands off the wheel, just because I can. I would probably be more paranoid of every time the car turned the wheel without me doing it because I would be worried it will either under or over steer, then slam on the brakes. So my hands would be hovering under the wheel ready to snag control back. I also don't think it works in the EU where I currently live. I will be here at least another 2 years, if not more before I go back to the states.
Ok, so I'm not trying to shut you down or deny you YOUR valid reasons for having it. And I'm sorry if it sounds like it. I personally just need to justify to myself if I have a legitimate need for it or not. $2000 is not gonna break the bank to ANYONE buying a $69-79K+ car. I don't want to buy something just because I can. I am absolutely Never likely to use it. It would be like buying a Snowmobile and extreme cold weather gear while living in Miami, because I might decide go to Maine in the winter someday. It makes me afraid if I never use it, I will someday want to just to make sure it works, and it will fail due to it never being used, and some component failing. I have seen it in my career. Don't want to see it in my car.