Aftermarket Cruise Control Systems

So then why bother with cruise :) Won't you be throttling up all the time, unless the motorway is very quiet (which they never are) ?

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Nom
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Yes. And usually, I'll cruise along at 90mph ish in the outside lane, overtaking the traffic in the middle two lanes. I *regularly* have to move to the middle lane to let someone past me. It's very rare that the traffic is light enough to let me move to the middle or left lane, and still continue at

90mph. To put that another way - I always move left whenever I can, which usually means I spend 90% of the journey in the outside lane. I continually catch up other drivers in the outside lane, and have to slow until they let me past. etc. Unless the motorway is empty (ie, only at illegal-o-clock when I'm in bed), I can't see how Cruise is gonna work...

Um ? How would cruise help me with my variable-speed-driving ? :)

Wa ?

I thought you were PRO-cruise ?

! I'd never actually thought about it like that !

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Nom
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Try it and find out :)

You'll be pleasantly surprised how rarely it's necessary if you choose the right cruise speed...

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Alistair J Murray

No, and mostly I stick to lane 1 on the motorway. OTOH I do make use of both forward vision and my mirrors while driving.

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Steve Firth
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I think those are "buy one get one free" rather than "today only!" ;)

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Alistair J Murray

You're right, see later! :p

Spot on.

Yes, but only if you're gonna cruise anyway! Varying from 70 to 90 to 70 isn't going to work...

Hehehe! Cruise control will only work if you set it to a speed that's compatible with the road concerned.

It ain't gonna work if you slap 90 on and it's a busy motorway. But it works _much_ better if you slap 70 on...

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DervMan

No. I must admit I didn't see a point until I got CC.

The automatic throttle control you develop on the motorway to maintain your cruising speed works just fine, but does also mean you hold your right foot in a particular position, with the muscles tensed for hours at a time.

Where CC comes in handy, you can do the same thing with a lot more consistency without having to keep your foot in use and you have the option to regulate your speed in any gear to any speed, as well, while the trained foot works reliably, generally, only in top at one speed.

The "downside", that you can't react to conditions and must overtake too slowly, isn't really an issue in practice. To speed up and overtake, you just push your foot down on the throttle. Then you take it off again to let the CC take over again. To slow down, you brake or merely "pause" the CC and let the engine do it. Then when you are done with that, you "resume" and it goes back up to the speed you had dialled in.

There is *one* direct safety issue. If you have a stroke or whatever, and stop controlling the car, without CC you would find the car slowed naturally down and, when it started bouncing off crash barriers, it would probably be at a slower speed.

Yeah, do that. It's a handy tool IME, although not vital.

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Questions

What is VMax of the Endura E Ka? An indicated 90 two up on the level seems surprisingly easy..

Tim.. ( '52 Collection)

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Tim.. (Remove Safetycatch)

You've summarised it up very well. I've no _need_ for cruise control, but the last time I did over two thousand miles in a week, I had a bit of an ache in my right leg for three or four days afterwards. We want to do some hiking in Italy... A sore foot would curtail my pace a little.

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DervMan

" Tim.. (Remove Safetycatch)" wrote in message news:d0chjr$oad$ snipped-for-privacy@hercules.btinternet.com...

According to Ford, for the Endura-E engine it's 96 mph and for the 1.3 Duratec 8v it's 104 mph.

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DervMan

Is one a factory extra? If so a scrappie might be the best bet.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Both mine allow you to increase the speed to overtake - by just pressing on the pedal - and will resume the pre-set speed when you release it. Only braking causes it to cut out until you press the resume button.

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Dave Plowman (News)

Sadly not...

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DervMan

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