High beam assist

[Pete.S]

Any of you guys have & use this?

Great in principle but boy does it annoy the cr*p out of me - unless it's absolutely (and I mean absolutely) pitch black, the system always takes a few precious seconds to revert to high beam once cars have passed the other way, meaning if you're going full pelt down country roads and need full illumination quickly you have to manually overide & wack the stalk back, on such roads thus often mid-manoeuvre. Had a Merc 350 as a loaner for a few days & its system was far more responsive

[Scotty]

Nope.

I looked at it in the options list and new it would annoy me as only I know the exact moment I want the lights to lift or drop.

I've not actually tried it but it seems from your post that I may have made the right call ... for me at least.

[Pete.S]

Yeah I'd say you have. The problem is you can't bypass it if the option is fitted: one push back on the stalk = high beam assist whether you like it or not. Shame cos it's the only thing (well apart from the squeaky brakes) that I don't like about this otherwise awesome car.

[Scotty]

I didn't realise you couldn't use it manually! Oooh I'm much relieved!

and no squeaking brakes on my 2.0T

[Necroscope]

I didn't realise you couldn't use it manually! Oooh I'm much relieved!

and no squeaking brakes on my 2.0T

Thats because you dont have the same brakes as an S4

[Scotty]

Yup

[bye bye]

Yeah I'd say you have. The problem is you can't bypass it if the option is fitted: one push back on the stalk = high beam assist whether you like it or not. Shame cos it's the only thing (well apart from the squeaky brakes) that I don't like about this otherwise awesome car.

My brakes only sqeak in the winter.....

[Necroscope]

Same here, and they were not that bad this winter.

[Madelvic]

High beam assist only works when the lights are on auto, disabled when the headlights are on