bkushner

Is this package worth it? Looking for some feedback from those that have it...thanks.

Ron.s

It’s nice to have for longer trips on the Freeway…probably handy in heavy traffic if you drive much in a large Metro area. There is more safety involved with cross traffic & mine also seems to use the Distronic function in city traffic with DAP turned off. My car starts to gently brake if I approach the car in front of me too close unless I’m using the gas pedal.
If getting DAP meant cutting out other items for total vehicle price, I could easily get by with standard Cruise Control.

Lucky 777

I don't have it. Dealer gave me a loner car that did, so I had a chance to lay with it a little. I'm not disappointed that I didn't get it.

TwinCam

I like it, I’ll take all of the safety features available. I like the cross traffic feature and the feature that applies the brakes if the car in front of you slows or stops suddenly.

Aggie57

Sadly most of those features should really be standard these days. I don’t have it as I bought off the lot but if ordering I would include it.

shotgun_banjo

I would get this vs the fancy heads-up display and aug reality toy. Pay for this option and it is 100% worth it.

decker0702

Highly recommend. Additional safety features are nice but the “smart” cruise control makes driving so much more enjoyable. I just set a speed and have the car follow the car in front. It steers for you - although the car warns you to keep your hands on the wheel every 30 seconds or so.

jaxslk

^^ same comment here. I like the smart cruise control on long trips. The other safety features the pkg brings is a bonus, and most can be turned off if you like.

bkushner

Thanks everyone!

Harsh683

I would get it for sure. I have it on my GLE 350 4Matic. I just got back from long road trip. I used it for 90% of the time on my 10 hour journey. It also helps with driving fatigue since you aren’t actively driving the car. I didn’t hit much traffic as most of the driving was done at night time but it slowed down when other cars were in front of me. I also used the automatic lane switch feature and it worked great.

Lanzz

Add me to the chorus of people recommending you get it. The cruise truly reduces your workload on long trips - I can drive 14 hours from NC to NY with the confidence of a "second set of eyes" to maintain a high level of safety and mitigate fatigue.

TexAg91

As others have said, if you take long highway trips it is a must have. If you never drive long distances, and your only freeway experience is during rush hour, you don't need it. In heavy traffic, I find distronic leaves too large a gap between you and vehicle in front of you, and the result is you constantly get cut off by aggressive drivers which causes the system to brake abruptly....angering the driver behind you and resulting an another gap whereby you get cut off again...until traffic clears.

Aggie57

My experience too, driving around SoCal on busy freeways. I had Raj add Distronic to our GLE which apparently isn’t quite the same as the factory setup in this package so I’ve wondered if that made the system less sensitive. From what you say though it sounds the same.

mikapen

I had that problem initially, and you're right it does make the following driver upset.
Adjusting the following distance to the closest setting only partially eases the problem, because in comfort mode, the car is a little lazy in closing that Gap.
Changing the setting to Sport Plus, wakes up the engine/tranny and aggressively keeps that Gap much tighter.
I haven't been cut off or angered a following driver since I started using Sport Plus in heavy traffic.

However, since it's always on the gas and on the brake to maintain that distance, fuel economy suffers.

Zeusmotorworks

As you see, some like it some don't. We wouldn't have gotten the car without it. 2022 GLE 450, and I use the active cruise almost anytime I'm driving. Period. It's the Wife's car and she has to drive 76 miles round trip in rush hour. The majority of the time she uses the active cruise. Being an executive, she makes use of the almost autonomous driving at those speeds (always on phone/hands free). I have all the nannies active and we've learned how to drive around the quirks. Such as misreading an inactive school zone speed limit sign etc. We also live in an area that is frequently foggy with ridiculous amounts of deer used to "hand outs" (literally stand in middle of roads). The collision avoidance alone has been worth it. To each their own but all the bells and whistles are what attracted her to the car.

nsoltz

Love it. Had it on my '18 GLC300 and the '21 GLE350. When lease is up on the GLE, will order it on next car, presuming I stay with MB

bkushner

Thanks again for the pros and cons. I went with it on my 2023 build...for $2K seems reasonable...thanks.

haibieb

I have had it in all my MB's. Down here in South Florida I find the feature very helpful.