Small car that's good for the highway

[Soopy]

This is the reason cruise is a "need" nowadays.

Unfortunately, this.

[Captain_Slow]

The people that say they don't need cruise control are the ones on the freeway who are constantly changing their speed +/- 10kmh so that those with cruise control and traveling at a constant speed have to overtake 15 times. You may think you don't need cruise but you fucking do.

Ugh, this. See it all the time on my Canberra-Sydney drives. You're sitting on a comfortable speed with cruise control on and someone without it overtakes you, then slows down in front of you, so you almost immediately have to pull out and pass them again, then they get offended by this and pass you again and on it goes....meanwhile you haven't changed your speed one bit.

[tremolo]

The people that say they don't need cruise control are the ones on the freeway who are constantly changing their speed +/- 10kmh so that those with cruise control and traveling at a constant speed have to overtake 15 times. You may think you don't need cruise but you fucking do.

Nope, my speed probably fluctuated between 2-3km/h yesterday when I wasn't being held up by traffic. Very easy to nudge it up to 117-118km/h (GPS, 110km/h zone) and just sit it there without staring at the speedo the whole time. I'm not saying cruise isn't helpful, you just don't need it.

Like I said, cruise has given you all underdeveloped ankle muscles Every other car I've had has cruise, and when I bought the XR5 I was like "OMG HOW AM I GOING TO MANAGE WITHOUT IT!?!?!?!" (as per here) but you just don't.

(or my car is just particularly easy to do this in, or I am fucking awesome.)

[fro]

Ugh, this. See it all the time on my Canberra-Sydney drives. You're sitting on a comfortable speed with cruise control on and someone without it overtakes you, then slows down in front of you, so you almost immediately have to pull out and pass them again, then they get offended by this and pass you again and on it goes....meanwhile you haven't changed your speed one bit.

Even worse when they get "offended" because you overtake them towing a car trailer... my record is overtaking the same car 14 times CBR-SYD, whilst sticking at 115km/h on cruise.

[MexicanBatman]

Cruise is the 2nd thing I turn on in my car every time in drive it

The 1st is a cool doodad that when you stop keeps the brakes applied so you don't have to press the brake pedal

Fucking awesome, hopefully next car will be able to auto resume cruise from a standstill and steer on its own too

I've even managed to fuck up the bikes throttle so it's sticky, since doing so it's awesome now, auto speed hold.

[id]

The people that say they don't need cruise control are the ones on the freeway who are constantly changing their speed +/- 10kmh so that those with cruise control and traveling at a constant speed have to overtake 15 times. You may think you don't need cruise but you fucking do.

Yep.

I do a lot of freeway driving. I can hold my speed pretty well, but fuck, it's easier to turn on cruise.

If I wasn't doing 120kms 3-4 times a week on the freeway I wouldn't be so fussed about cruise. But damn it's good.

[Greg Rust]

Hey trem, interesting about the GPS speed vs indicated. Just for reference how much tread are on your tyres and are they 225 or 235?

[Imposter Forg]

The people that say they don't need cruise control are the ones on the freeway who are constantly changing their speed +/- 10kmh so that those with cruise control and traveling at a constant speed have to overtake 15 times. You may think you don't need cruise but you fucking do.

i sit on 140 so eat a dick and move out of my way. cruise control isn't that great at keeping a car at a constant speed unless it's dead flat anyway, so half the time the +/- 10km/h people ARE the cruise control people.

[tremolo]

No issue - I just meant I sit it on 117 on the GPS in a 110 zone. Indicated speed is early 120s on fresh 225s

[Imposter Forg]

it's funny seeing people try to use it in traffic, then they get all shitty when they have to reset it all the time.

[Matty]

Way cooler than cruise control is a speed limiter - my folks' new Benz has it. Set it to whatever with the same lever as the cruise control (toggles between cruise or limiter modes), and it just limits you to that speed. eg, set it to 60 around town, and once you get to that speed, you stop accelerating. Then bump it up to 80 or 100 when you hit the freeway. Can be set in 1 kmh increments, and changed in 1 or 10 kmh increments. (eg two bumps of the lever to change from 80 to 100.)

It feels a bit nanny state to start with, but it means (unlike cruise) that you can back off just by lifting whenever you want, rather than having to go for the brakes and deactivate it completely. It will actively slow you if you roll too fast down a steep hill. And if you want to override it, you just floor the accelerator pedal.

[Soopy]

The people that say they don't need cruise control are the ones on the freeway who are constantly changing their speed +/- 10kmh so that those with cruise control and traveling at a constant speed have to overtake 15 times. You may think you don't need cruise but you fucking do.

No, that's just gimps who can't drive.

[Captiva Fan]

No, that's just gimps who can't drive.

That's exactly what he said, "people who say they don't need cruise control".

[Soopy]

That's exactly what he said, "people who say they don't need cruise control".

lol, the only time I've found cruise to be useful is on epic stretches of 100km/h. Otherwise I just keep my distance from the bloke in front and adjust the speed to suit. Oh noes, I had to slow down 5km/h to stop from running up joe blogs arse.... It's not a fucking time trial cunts.

[Tripper]

Hey trem, interesting about the GPS speed vs indicated. Just for reference how much tread are on your tyres and are they 225 or 235?

new car speedos are allowed to display a higher speed upto 10% than the actual speed, eg 110kms on the dash when the speed is 100kms. but are not allowed to display a lower speed, yes changing tyres can put the speedo out.