I definitely appreciate AEBS, cars are heavier than they used to be and braking suddenly in these behemoths having something kick in to do it is great. I've only had it activate once where the pedal fell to the floor out from under my foot in a Chevy Bolt which surprised me, but other than the various red alert noises which I've not yet managed to trigger on the Defender. I will say of the 6 cars I've owned with it over the last decade, the Tesla Model X was the worst. It'd go off with no one in front of you, it'd slam on the brakes at a shadow of an overpass, and if it was a hilly highway it'd go off at the top of every hill. After I had to drive a route like that 7 times in one weekend and AEBS alert triggered 8 times each way that's when I started looking for a new car and ended up with the Defender.

 

That’s wild.

my concern is trusting the computer to take care of my safety. I don’t want to get into the habit of letting my guard down or changing my safe driving habits because the computer system should help me out.

I just bought this 2021 V8/SC Range Rover from a 2012 RRS/SC so I’ve got
learning to do.

anyone know why the Park Assist icon is not on my vehicle dash?

 

No Park Assist icon

 

On that pre-pivi InControl system, if you don't see the "hard key" icon, you don't have the option... so that's why.

 

gotcha. Thank you.