newbie experiencing new tech (lol)

[TN Gal]

We got our first driving experience yesterday with all this new tech...lane assist, cruise control, back-up camera and all those warnings and got the UVO activated. Went into town (25 miles away) and got to test some of this stuff. Lane assist was first to shock us on these curvy hilly roads. Sometimes, lane assist is NOT a good thing. Next on the flat highway close to town, we tested cruise control and blind spot warnings and and drove in awe. Next was the back up camera with all the pedestrian and car warnings. If you really want to test those out, go to a Wal-mart parking lot! I drove back on the way home after we had a slight argument over who got to drive the Telly next. The hubbie played with all those buttons and settings. We are in awe! Keep in mind, we haven't bought a car since 2000 so this was quite the experience for us.

 

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We got our first driving experience yesterday with all this new tech...lane assist, cruise control, back-up camera and all those warnings and got the UVO activated. Went into town (25 miles away) and got to test some of this stuff. Lane assist was first to shock us on these curvy hilly roads. Sometimes, lane assist is NOT a good thing. Next on the flat highway close to town, we tested cruise control and blind spot warnings and and drove in awe. Next was the back up camera with all the pedestrian and car warnings. If you really want to test those out, go to a Wal-mart parking lot! I drove back on the way home after we had a slight argument over who got to drive the Telly next. The hubbie played with all those buttons and settings. We are in awe! Keep in mind, we haven't bought a car since 2000 so this was quite the experience for us.

I had quite a learning curve with my Telluride too! My last car was a top of the line 2004 Hyundai Sonata. It had leather seats and a single CD player! The Telluride has been an eye opening experience. I laugh at all the posts I see on various forums of complaints about the car lacking certain technology. I don't miss any of those details because I never had them in the first place!

 

[KML]

We got our first driving experience yesterday with all this new tech...lane assist, cruise control, back-up camera and all those warnings and got the UVO activated. Went into town (25 miles away) and got to test some of this stuff. Lane assist was first to shock us on these curvy hilly roads. Sometimes, lane assist is NOT a good thing. Next on the flat highway close to town, we tested cruise control and blind spot warnings and and drove in awe. Next was the back up camera with all the pedestrian and car warnings. If you really want to test those out, go to a Wal-mart parking lot! I drove back on the way home after we had a slight argument over who got to drive the Telly next. The hubbie played with all those buttons and settings. We are in awe! Keep in mind, we haven't bought a car since 2000 so this was quite the experience for us.

LOL..... you're not alone. There is a lot of features and settings but you will get use to them the more you drive.

My wife just wants to drive a vehicle that doesn't have all the bells and whistles that new vehicles have these days. She's going to keep her 2010 Camaro for another 20 years ....

 

[DarkMossJustin]

We got our first driving experience yesterday with all this new tech...lane assist, cruise control, back-up camera and all those warnings and got the UVO activated. Went into town (25 miles away) and got to test some of this stuff. Lane assist was first to shock us on these curvy hilly roads. Sometimes, lane assist is NOT a good thing. Next on the flat highway close to town, we tested cruise control and blind spot warnings and and drove in awe. Next was the back up camera with all the pedestrian and car warnings. If you really want to test those out, go to a Wal-mart parking lot! I drove back on the way home after we had a slight argument over who got to drive the Telly next. The hubbie played with all those buttons and settings. We are in awe! Keep in mind, we haven't bought a car since 2000 so this was quite the experience for us.

@TN Gal:

Fun, right?

So much to test out.

I turned off all the Nanny State features because I actually like driving the Telly and making my own decisions.

However some features are great:

#1: Rear cross traffic beeps: amazing. I have to back out of a carport in Reverse and people around here drive way too fast so this has saved me a lot of grief.

#2: Frontal collision avoidance engaged once when a Subaru Outback swerved into my lane and I braked giving him room to take the lane but then he slammed on his brakes for some reason (no one was in front) and luckily the Kia helped me avoid slamming into a f*****g Outback with a bunch of dumb stickers on the back window. Need a dash cam ASAP.

#3: The parking sensors are way too sensitive but I've slowly learned to translate Kia DriveWise Sensitive Snowflake to reality and am happy to go all Red and Beeping whereas I used to stop at Yellow, leaving way too much space in front of the Telly's front-end.

#4: Blind spot alerts are good: I like the light first, then escalating to sound alerts. Seems to work well when it's raining/snowing/dripping and the blind spot/rear cameras are pretty much useless in the wet stuff.

#5: "Consider taking a break" with a Coffee Cup Icon. This is hilarious. Sometimes I just finished my morning coffee and am just knee steering down an empty country road while wiping my sunglasses with a soft lens cloth for a few seconds and it'll drop my "Attention Level" to low and keep bugging me about getting coffee when I just had two cups at home a few minutes earlier. I don't know how to turn this thing off but I should just leave it on so that I can laugh hysterically at the suggestion of a third cup of coffee at dawn.

#6: Can I admit to not ever testing Cruise Control? I've never used it in the past but maybe if there's a hour-long stretch of flat freeway/highway in my future, I can try it out?

#7: I'm actually liking UVO and may subscribe after the trial is over. I need to figure out how to select it as primary navigation because if my iPhone SE is plugged in, hitting the voice op button triggers that evil intrusive Apple spy "Siri" and I'd rather just use Kia's voice recognition navigation features.

I occasionally need to swerve out of the way of trees branches extending into the lane and don't want the steering wheel fighting me so I turned off those Lane features.

Turning off traction control can also be fun if you have a wide open space like an empty unplowed parking lot, and want to try Sport Mode in the snow and ice, but normally I keep it on when I'm driving around fellow human beings

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[CaptChrisP]

@TN Gal:

Fun, right?

So much to test out.

I turned off all the Nanny State features because I actually like driving the Telly and making my own decisions.

However some features are great:

#1: Rear cross traffic beeps: amazing. I have to back out of a carport in Reverse and people around here drive way too fast so this has saved me a lot of grief.

#2: Frontal collision avoidance engaged once when a Subaru Outback swerved into my lane and I braked giving him room to take the lane but then he slammed on his brakes for some reason (no one was in front) and luckily the Kia helped me avoid slamming into a f*****g Outback with a bunch of dumb stickers on the back window. Need a dash cam ASAP.

#3: The parking sensors are way too sensitive but I've slowly learned to translate Kia DriveWise Sensitive Snowflake to reality and am happy to go all Red and Beeping whereas I used to stop at Yellow, leaving way too much space in front of the Telly's front-end.

#4: Blind spot alerts are good: I like the light first, then escalating to sound alerts. Seems to work well when it's raining/snowing/dripping and the blind spot/rear cameras are pretty much useless in the wet stuff.

#5: "Consider taking a break" with a Coffee Cup Icon. This is hilarious. Sometimes I just finished my morning coffee and am just knee steering down an empty country road while wiping my sunglasses with a soft lens cloth for a few seconds and it'll drop my "Attention Level" to low and keep bugging me about getting coffee when I just had two cups at home a few minutes earlier. I don't know how to turn this thing off but I should just leave it on so that I can laugh hysterically at the suggestion of a third cup of coffee at dawn.

#6: Can I admit to not ever testing Cruise Control? I've never used it in the past but maybe if there's a hour-long stretch of flat freeway/highway in my future, I can try it out?

#7: I'm actually liking UVO and may subscribe after the trial is over. I need to figure out how to select it as primary navigation because if my iPhone SE is plugged in, hitting the voice op button triggers that evil intrusive Apple spy "Siri" and I'd rather just use Kia's voice recognition navigation features.

I occasionally need to swerve out of the way of trees branches extending into the lane and don't want the steering wheel fighting me so I turned off those Lane features.

Turning off traction control can also be fun if you have a wide open space like an empty unplowed parking lot, and want to try Sport Mode in the snow and ice, but normally I keep it on when I'm driving around fellow human beings

#6 OMG! You have to try the adaptive cruise control with lane keep. You can let the Telly take over for your #5 knee steering. I have found that you can accomplish some amazing tasks while the vehicle drives for you.

 

[Tellthemride]

hitting the voice op button triggers that evil intrusive Apple spy "Siri" and I'd rather just use Kia's voice recognition navigation features.

Have you tried a quick press instead of pressing and holding the voice assistant button on the steering wheel?

 

[DarkMossJustin]

Have you tried a quick press instead of pressing and holding the voice assistant button on the steering wheel?

I'll try it next time.

Is that what makes the difference between voice assistant and CarPlay "Siri"?

 

[Tellthemride]

I'll try it next time.

Is that what makes the difference between voice assistant and CarPlay "Siri"?

Should be according to the infotainment system guide.

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[TN Gal]

#6 OMG! You have to try the adaptive cruise control with lane keep. You can let the Telly take over for your #5 knee steering. I have found that you can accomplish some amazing tasks while the vehicle drives for you.

Seriously spooky when the Telly started turning into a curve in the road while under the cruise control spell. @DarkMossJustin you may have to try this at least once. LOL

 

[TN Gal]

LOL..... you're not alone. There is a lot of features and settings but you will get use to them the more you drive.

My wife just wants to drive a vehicle that doesn't have all the bells and whistles that new vehicles have these days. She's going to keep her 2010 Camaro for another 20 years ....

Your wife has a very good chance to keep that Camry for another 20 years. Good car! Our 2000 Explorer is now our second car and we plan to keep it.

 

[TN Gal]

@TN Gal:

Fun, right?

So much to test out.

I turned off all the Nanny State features because I actually like driving the Telly and making my own decisions.

However some features are great:

#1: Rear cross traffic beeps: amazing. I have to back out of a carport in Reverse and people around here drive way too fast so this has saved me a lot of grief.

#2: Frontal collision avoidance engaged once when a Subaru Outback swerved into my lane and I braked giving him room to take the lane but then he slammed on his brakes for some reason (no one was in front) and luckily the Kia helped me avoid slamming into a f*****g Outback with a bunch of dumb stickers on the back window. Need a dash cam ASAP.

#3: The parking sensors are way too sensitive but I've slowly learned to translate Kia DriveWise Sensitive Snowflake to reality and am happy to go all Red and Beeping whereas I used to stop at Yellow, leaving way too much space in front of the Telly's front-end.

#4: Blind spot alerts are good: I like the light first, then escalating to sound alerts. Seems to work well when it's raining/snowing/dripping and the blind spot/rear cameras are pretty much useless in the wet stuff.

#5: "Consider taking a break" with a Coffee Cup Icon. This is hilarious. Sometimes I just finished my morning coffee and am just knee steering down an empty country road while wiping my sunglasses with a soft lens cloth for a few seconds and it'll drop my "Attention Level" to low and keep bugging me about getting coffee when I just had two cups at home a few minutes earlier. I don't know how to turn this thing off but I should just leave it on so that I can laugh hysterically at the suggestion of a third cup of coffee at dawn.

#6: Can I admit to not ever testing Cruise Control? I've never used it in the past but maybe if there's a hour-long stretch of flat freeway/highway in my future, I can try it out?

#7: I'm actually liking UVO and may subscribe after the trial is over. I need to figure out how to select it as primary navigation because if my iPhone SE is plugged in, hitting the voice op button triggers that evil intrusive Apple spy "Siri" and I'd rather just use Kia's voice recognition navigation features.

I occasionally need to swerve out of the way of trees branches extending into the lane and don't want the steering wheel fighting me so I turned off those Lane features.

Turning off traction control can also be fun if you have a wide open space like an empty unplowed parking lot, and want to try Sport Mode in the snow and ice, but normally I keep it on when I'm driving around fellow human beings

We haven't run into #5 yet. Maybe the Telly senses that we usually have a travel cup full of coffee with us already. I WOULD like a feature that locates nearest public restroom though after the coffee.
And yeah, I'm not too fond of any "Overwatch" tech such as Siri.