Which just published a survey on the switching off of a lot of the systems on modern cars. Owners found the warning beeps and car responses annoying. About 40% said they did this for lane assist, speed , collision avoidance and other such systems. I just changed the Kia to a new version of the previous model. There are more such systems in this car. I turned down the volume of a couple of audio beeps. Yesterday the collision avoidance warning flashed up, due to camera being obscured, put wipers on and it cleared. I'll be using cruise control later so will see how that goes. It has an intelligent (?) speed adjustment so that's one to learn about. The car is an MHEV with small 48V battery. It drives like a petrol ICE. It appears the battery enhances performance rather than the car switching methods. At the dealer's he said it was the norm to manage EV quotas as laid out by Gov policy. As there was a good deal available I compared cost of buying the previous car ( balloon value) versus new PCP. Hardly any difference so went for a new car. Free RAC cover for year 1 and £15 refund from insurer, service plan included.
