Expensive Safety Extras

I'll try give you my opinion about the safety extras as I have them all in my car.
I like almost all of them, except Road Sign Information.

ACC is brilliant, In fact I was looking for a car with ACC so for me it was must have option. I wish I had automatic gearbox as it would work even better, from 0kph.
BLIS - good thing on motorway, I feel much more comfortable with it when changing lines.
LKA - I feel how it 'help' me from time to time, often on some twisty roads when I cut bends Maybe it can save me on motorway, but didn't need (hopefully!) it, nor test it.

ACC option give you also automatic headlights included. AHB, unfortunately 1st gen, so just on/off. Sometimes is nice, sometimes not. I need to use it much more to give you honest opinion, for now its 50/50.

RSI - its 'cool feature', unfortunatetly just in ads. You cant really use it in real life mostly because of one, unimplemented feature - reset! When there is speed limit 30, and crosing few meters later, you can't remove the 30 from your screen. You will see it for next 5km until new limit occur. Another problem with build-up area sign, system can't recognize them. I don't feel like I can depend on RSI.

DAC is the 'time for coffee break'? Haven't seen it yet

My two pennies worth:

BLIS - indispensable. I don't think I'll ever buy a new car without it. It works flawlessly and chances of it saving your life are probably higher than with any other gimmick (except maybe ACC, but I don't have it so I can't compare).

LKA - useful and works well. Especially good for those moments when your mind starts drifting off on a long motorway journey. Mildly annoying on narrower roads when you're bound to cross the line almost constantly - but that's what the off button is for. Would choose it again.

Collision warning - it did warn me 2 or 3 times, but not in really dangerous situations and less frequently than I would think. I keep wondering whether it would do any good in a really dangerous situation - I hope I'll never know.

DAC - still haven't seen it in action after 7000 miles.

RSI - I've written another one already. Little more than a gimmick, could easily do without it. Occasionally I find it useful to check the most recent speed limit when I'm focused on other things, but that's it.

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Volvo V40 D2 Momentum, Ice White, Premium Sound, BLIS+LKA+RSI, TFT Display, Heated Windscreen, Rear Park Assist, Active High Beam, Power Child Lock

I get your point denn1s, but all these things do not spoil the enjoyment of driving one bit. Some of them are merely there IF you want to consult them (BLIS), others you can simply turn off if you find them too intrusive. I never felt any of these systems told me what I should and should not do. They are not governing your driving any more than the ABS is driving your braking or the seatbelt is affecting your sitting position. I do hope you don't find seatbelts part of the nanny car.

That said, I would rather have my wretched self and the car saved by a nanny car than have a couple of regrets.

But as you said - each to their own. I still enjoy driving my old Alfa without any of the modern gimmicks, but when it comes to going on a trip with my family - I would not want any other car over my Volvo with every safety feature there is.

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Volvo V40 D2 Momentum, Ice White, Premium Sound, BLIS+LKA+RSI, TFT Display, Heated Windscreen, Rear Park Assist, Active High Beam, Power Child Lock