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entwisi · 12-02-2005, 18:50

I have cruise control and use it quite regularly. What surprises me is the techicalities behind it. Most cars now use a speedo pickup off the gearbox so even if you were accelerating up to a set cruising speed the cruise control would only acce;erate untill the driven wheels were spinning at the set speed. It would then drop into cruise mode. You would need to be aqualplaning for a long way for it to give you serious trouble unless you were approaching a corner. I would also say that I only use teh cruise control when at my desired speed. i.e. I don't have it set at 70 and select it at 30 to accelerate up to that. I set it when doing 70(Cough!) and let it just maintain the speed.

What I would say is that I will never drive on tyres at the end of their life. I change mine as they approach 2mm. It always makes me wonder why people will pay £5-10K for a car then put the cheapest tyres they can find on it. It is only 4 small patches of rubber that keep you on the road.

Ian

12-02-2005, 18:50	#5
entwisi God Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Up Bash Posts: 7,827 Blog Entries: 3 Liked: 44 times Rep Power: 4390	Re: Do you have cruise control? I have cruise control and use it quite regularly. What surprises me is the techicalities behind it. Most cars now use a speedo pickup off the gearbox so even if you were accelerating up to a set cruising speed the cruise control would only acce;erate untill the driven wheels were spinning at the set speed. It would then drop into cruise mode. You would need to be aqualplaning for a long way for it to give you serious trouble unless you were approaching a corner. I would also say that I only use teh cruise control when at my desired speed. i.e. I don't have it set at 70 and select it at 30 to accelerate up to that. I set it when doing 70(Cough!) and let it just maintain the speed. What I would say is that I will never drive on tyres at the end of their life. I change mine as they approach 2mm. It always makes me wonder why people will pay £5-10K for a car then put the cheapest tyres they can find on it. It is only 4 small patches of rubber that keep you on the road. Ian