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do you use the cruise control?

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Dancing Fire

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i don't use the cruise control b/c i'm afraid that the vehicle may not stop when i step on the brake... :wacko:
 
Df, the car WILL actually stop when you brake. I used to use CC when I was on the highway (many miles of mostly straight, flat roads), but I will NOT use it when it's raining--too much risk of hydroplaning and losing control of my vehicle.
 
I travel 150 miles of interstate everyday and never use cruise. I find it annoying, constantly having to brake, resume, reset speed because people are driving too slow or I can't pass, brake, resume, COP!!!!, resume....ARGH!!! It makes me crazy so I never use it. I also feel like I'm more alert when I don't use it. On long stretches I've become sleepy and it creeps me out to come to and wonder how the hell I've gotten to where I am. :eek:
 
I used it ALL the time when I grew up in the Midwest, open highway everywhere. In a city of 2 million now? My car doesn't even have it, nor do the majority of cars on the road. You'd only have the ability to use it about once a month, on an unusually long drive.
 
If you're on flat, straight and quiet roads, the cruise control is fantastic!
You know you're not speeding, and the fuel economy is great, too.

Just a touch on the accelerator or brake will over ride the cruise control.
 
I don't even know how to set it on my car, I'm embarrassed to say. Afraid my attention would wander away from the road if I used it. I'm such a klutz, I know I'd screw up somehow!

--- Laurie
 
Cruise control was designed for the west/southwest, really, not the densely-packed coasts. Driving on interstates like say, from OKC Santa Fe, or to Denver. Misery having to monitor your speed for hours and hours though western Kansas. And I'm sure anyone who has driven I-70 west through Kansas will attest that it is one of THE most monotonous and flat and featureless stretches of road in the US. Cruise is a boon on roads like that. But then so are audio books. Cruise, and Heart of Darkness on CD, made about 5 hours go by without any pain. ;))
 
I drive a manual... we live in an area that's got some hills so I generally avoid it - I'd hate to find out just how much gas it'd waste. On the highway for a 6hr trek to visit family though? Sanity-saver!
 
I couldn't survive driving the Ohio Turnpike without it! :loopy:
 
Everyday!
 
ksinger|1359117109|3363347 said:
Cruise control was designed for the west/southwest, really, not the densely-packed coasts. Driving on interstates like say, from OKC Santa Fe, or to Denver. Misery having to monitor your speed for hours and hours though western Kansas. And I'm sure anyone who has driven I-70 west through Kansas will attest that it is one of THE most monotonous and flat and featureless stretches of road in the US. Cruise is a boon on roads like that. But then so are audio books. Cruise, and Heart of Darkness on CD, made about 5 hours go by without any pain. ;))
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Having driven E/W through KS a few times in my life, I wholeheartedly agree. One's foot would be liable to fall off without cruise on that stretch of road! :lol:
 
Never.
 
ksinger|1359117109|3363347 said:
Cruise control was designed for the west/southwest, really, not the densely-packed coasts. Driving on interstates like say, from OKC Santa Fe, or to Denver. Misery having to monitor your speed for hours and hours though western Kansas. And I'm sure anyone who has driven I-70 west through Kansas will attest that it is one of THE most monotonous and flat and featureless stretches of road in the US. Cruise is a boon on roads like that. But then so are audio books. Cruise, and Heart of Darkness on CD, made about 5 hours go by without any pain. ;))
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Given my new baby (and the addition of a good radar detector) I'm actually enjoying that stretch of 1-70 right now! :cheeky:


As for cruise control, I've never used it in my 911 (hmmmm... I *must* have it, right?), but I will use it in my SUV if I'm on a long dry haul and don't want to worry about monitoring my speed.
 
Oh, absolutely - I make several long trips on the NJ turnpike during the week, and it really helps. I can slow down and accelerate using CC. And the second you apply the breaks the CC is deactivated. I don't use it in heavy traffic though. I have no proof to back this up, but I feel I make better time using CC. I didn't really like it at first because I felt I didn't have control of the car, but in hindsight that was just because I wasn't used to it.
 
LaraOnline|1359113482|3363337 said:
If you're on flat, straight and quiet roads, the cruise control is fantastic!
You know you're not speeding, and the fuel economy is great, too.

Just a touch on the accelerator or brake will over ride the cruise control.
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This. I use it on my longer drives and set it for 4 miles over the speed limit (where I live, there are only tickets/fines for going 5 miles or more over the limit). If I ever have to brake, it instantly turns off the cruise control.
 
I use cruise 90% of the time I am in the car. 30MPH or higher.
 
Never. I tried it out once or twice but I hated the feeling of not being in control. I much rather make the decisions while I'm driving the car rather than the car make them for me which is also why I much prefer a manual transmission.
 
All the time, whenever I drive to the Minneapolis area, and on county roads when I'm visiting our smaller more rural library branches. I don't know how I could have commuted to the Minneapolis area for school 2 times a week without it!
 
I use it often.
I'm a hypermiler (driving to get there on minimum gas instead of minimum time) and drive slowly in the right-most of 4 to 8 lane freeways.
I almost never have to brake since there is usually plenty of room in front of me.

A good hypermiler lets the car slow down slightly when going uphill, then takes advantage of gravity to save gas by letting the car gain speed when going downhill.
CC prevents both of these so I turn it off on hills.
 
Not often. I actually enjoy driving at its fullest. My car has a pretty cool CC system though. It breaks for you...tried it a couple times and it freaks me out a little bit so I don't really use it.
 
Never. I also don't use the other "cool" options that I have. And I don't like reading the manuals.
 
Nope, never. I only drive around town where there are tons of stop signs/traffic lights and traffic, so I don't have the opportunity to use it.
 
I use it on long highway drives, but not when I'm in the city on my regular commute or in my day when I'm driving around the city.
 
My car doesn't even have cruise control. I have the base model and it wasn't something I thought I needed when I got my car 8 years ago. My next car will probably have it but I'm not sure I'll use it. It's not really practical for my commute to and from work with the roads I take.
 
Kismet|1359130431|3363423 said:
Never. I tried it out once or twice but I hated the feeling of not being in control. I much rather make the decisions while I'm driving the car rather than the car make them for me which is also why I much prefer a manual transmission.
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that's how i feel too... :wacko:
 
Everyday. My commute is an easy 30 minutes on a traffic-free toll road, and I have the tendency to speed. There are cops hidden everywhere, so I just set my cruise at just a tad above speed limit, and cruise to work everyday.
 
I use it all the time in our town. There are quite a few roads where the local police love to give tickets, in fact I have got a ticket twice on the two most travelled. I have a bit of a lead foot, so it save me from another ticket. The last time I got a ticket I absolutely refused to go to traffic school and my DH still mentions the extra money that our insurance is costing. Anything to keep me from having to do another round to traffic school. I have been way to many times!
 
I always use it on the highway,except in the rain; it's saved my butt from numerous speeding tickets (and even gotten me off one once too, a la "I was going the limit, officer, I swear! Look, my cruise control is set!") Typically I drive around town, and it would be too much work to use in my daily commute.
 
I do on the interstate.
 
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