Daily driver - adaptive cruise addition

So, my beloved G37 was taken off the road last night after 187,000 of the most trouble free miles I have ever done.  Sandwiched in a pile up, no one hurt, but airbag deployment, 2 broken HIDs, bumpers, hood, trunk,  radiator, ect.  It will be a right off.  

The only thing I wish that car had was adaptive cruise.  I spend about a lot of time in rush hour 30 to 45 to 15 to 30 to stopped to 45mph traffic.  My dream commuter would have a speed knob I would set to max speed and it would slow/ accelerate to deal with traffic in front of me for me.  Adaptive cruise is close enough.

What has been the hives experience with it?  I am trying to not go over 30k and less is better.  Who makes the best jam in the adaptive cruise game?

You got me wondering about it, too. This is a pretty interesting list:

https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/cheapest-cars-with-adaptive-cruise-control

Of all the press fleet cars we get, my favorite implementation of adaptive cruise is Hyundai, Nissan and BMW. I wouldn't be surprised if they were using the same controls or algorithms, actually. Those just feel the most seamless and intuitive and least intrusive.

All I can say is that the adaptive cruise control in my i3 acts like a horse.

It’s an optical/camera based system that’s spooked by trucks, overpasses, shadows and other things it probably imagines.  While can’t really kick about in not working wh3 the visibility is poor, it also doesn't  like operating at low sun angles. 

The adaptive cruise in my wife’s Ford Flex drives me bonkers.  I disable it every time I drive it.  Then again traffic moves fairly well in the freeways near my home. Maybe it would be beneficial in a more stopngo scenario?  As is, I can’t stand that I can’t flow from lane to lane with traffic to slip into faster lanes without it drastically over braking and causing further traffic hinderance behind me.   

I loved the Distronic in the Mercedes I had. It's probably the thing I miss the most. A good friend with a Fusion hybrid said good things when we were talking. He said that system had some adjustability and tuning it's sensitivity made a big difference. 

I was just going to say I test drove a S550 the other day that had it and I really liked it. 

Personally I think that if there's enough traffic where adaptive cruise does anything then there's enough traffic that I don't want the cruise on.

Our 2018 Tacoma SR we bought new in May, has it. It’s fantastic and I love using it. We paid $22,500 for the truck . Msrp was 25k

My dad’s f150 has it and I love it. I really wish my DD had it. 

We have it on the GTI.  I like it, but on a divided highway it takes some time to learn as it sometimes begins braking before I’ve moved into the left lane to pass traffic.   I like it, but it isn’t a must have for me.  

Just further inhibits traffic IMO.  Even more people riding the left lane now with everyone having to follow the lead idiot riding the interstate rollercoaster.

I also hate people using it to follow me.  If I was going faster, let me pass and get out of your life and I do the same.  Problem is you have to HOLD your speed for this to work.  Very few do, and ACC just makes it worse.

The adaptive cruise on my wife's new sienna is awesome.

The old stutter step when you are coming up behind someone in the right lane and someone is slooooly passing in the left and you have to decide between kicking off the cruise an cutting off the passer is completely gone. Now I can just wait at my choice of 3 distances until I get passed, hit the turn signal so the lane departure nanny doesn't bother me, and move over; the van automatically speeds back up to the speed I had set. It's so much more civilized. 

Now the automatic high beam on the other hand is the most annoying new car feature ever.

I will also agree that Mercedes distronic is really nice.