Traffic Jam Assist

[cvee]

I'm all about the tech.. Dont know why we can't order from a global vw site and pick and choose options to our hearts desires.
If I order a Tig now I've been told it's up to a 9mth wait.

I figure I'll order in 3-6mths time where I hope the demand and arrival time will be smaller.
This gives me option to check out the Skoda Kodiak to see what features it has. Ie. will they include TJA?

By then we should have more info re Model 3.


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[Ozsko]

The Skoda is a bigger vehicle and I would not take money on it not having TJA. The way cars are now they should do what Tesla does, if you want it then pay to have it enabled and VW should update the software (where possible) and try and sell the added features to you through the life of the car. I suppose that could impact sales if the car is updated but Tesla and I think BMW are going that route. Other car makers have done it in the past with features like cruise control, fit a switch and turn it on via the dealer diagnostic system which was a few minutes work and the owner got charged appropriately.

I find it astonishing no other owners have contributed their findings to this thread, maybe I over rate the usefulness of TJA and others are not interested.

[latearrival]

If I order a Tig now I've been told it's up to a 9mth wait.

The other option is to ring around and try and find an order that someone has cancelled. I know I was lucky, but I got a broker to ring around for me and he found a cancelled order that met my requirements. I took over the order on 8 Feb and I'm taking delivery on 10 Mar.

[Ozsko]

I recall Polos were out to nearly 12 months at one stage. Porsche started this philosophy many years ago, build one less car than what has been ordered, stock costs money to keep on the ground and basically VW do not have any. It also saves them form having to guess what options to put in the stock vehicles because VW and the other European manufacturers play the options game whereas the Japanese put everything in the car or near enough so don't have that problem. We really do get a customised car in a sense though most choose the same options. I don't understand why VWA don't just open up the options book to everything available and let the customer build the car on a basis that you ordered it so you own it scenario. I for instance did not order an R line because VW insisted it have 20" wheels and that was the reason VW lost money on the deal.

[cvee]

The Skoda is a bigger vehicle and I would not take money on it not having TJA. The way cars are now they should do what Tesla does, if you want it then pay to have it enabled and VW should update the software (where possible) and try and sell the added features to you through the life of the car. I suppose that could impact sales if the car is updated but Tesla and I think BMW are going that route. Other car makers have done it in the past with features like cruise control, fit a switch and turn it on via the dealer diagnostic system which was a few minutes work and the owner got charged appropriately.

I find it astonishing no other owners have contributed their findings to this thread, maybe I over rate the usefulness of TJA and others are not interested.

I think the same. Give me everything or a choice to have everything.


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[martinnw]

Ozsko, I have a 132 Comfortline with DAP and yes, it has "active lane assist" but not TJA. Dissapointed but there you go

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[Ozsko]

If it has active lane assist it will have TJA from what I know. If it actually says active lane assist on the menu selection item and not simply lane assist I would think the spec of the vehicle is a mistake on someones part. I only say that as no one else seems to have it on any spec of vehicle in Oz. Does it have ACC, if it doesn't that would be a show stopper.

[latearrival]

yes, it has "active lane assist"

Does your Tig keep itself in the middle of the lane without any steering input from you? Or does it only take control of the steering when it notices you about to cross a lane without indicating?

[martinnw]

Just steers back into the lane if you touch the line. Still a very useful feature IMHO

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[martinnw]

If it has active lane assist it will have TJA from what I know. If it actually says active lane assist on the menu selection item and not simply lane assist I would think the spec of the vehicle is a mistake on someones part. I only say that as no one else seems to have it on any spec of vehicle in Oz. Does it have ACC, if it doesn't that would be a show stopper.

Well it's active in that it steers back in the lane...but you are correct in VW speak it's only ACC.

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[latearrival]

Just steers back into the lane if you touch the line

I've found the terminology for the safety tech across models really confusing. To have TJA, the car has to have Adaptive Lane Guidance, which the UK and NZ models have but not the Aussie. ALG keeps you in the centre of your lane in the freeway. As you said, Active Lane Assist just 'bounces' you off the lane markings.

[latearrival]

Well it's active in that it steers back in the lane...but you are correct in VW speak it's only ACC.

As I understand it (but I'm wrong more often than I'm right!) ACC just speeds up or slows down the car to maintain the distance between you and the car in front. It does not do any steering.

[Ozsko]

As I understand it (but I'm wrong more often than I'm right!) ACC just speeds up or slows down the car to maintain the distance between you and the car in front. It does not do any steering.

ACC needs to be functioning in conjunction with active lane assist (guidance) for TJA to work. ACC starts/stops/controls the distance to the car in front and ALA or guidance steers the car and positions it in the lane and between the two they totally control the car under 37KPH with no input from the driver. Without any additional first hand user information from an owner who has actually used it that is my understanding. For some curious reason I don't understand there has been very little comment or user experience on this forum and there must be quite a few cars out there with it fitted. The only reason I can think of for no comment is people simply do not use it or are possibly aware it is there and how it functions.

[latearrival]

ACC needs to be functioning in conjunction with active lane assist (guidance) for TJA to work.

I don't think what you've said is right. There's a whole thread on this somewhere. I'll find it in a minute. For TJA to work ACC needs to be functioning in conjunction with Adaptive Lane Guidance

EDIT - Some discussion of this in this thread, from Post 35 onwards.

[Ozsko]

Let me clear up something, I haven't seen a car with these features so my terminology might be incorrect, note the brackets in my previous post. I might be wrong but in the handbook it calls it "active lane assist", I will check later. The emphasis in either case is the "Active".