Cruise Control

[nilagin]

Also, I have found modern diesels are terribly fuel hungry simply from bad gearing where as an example a 2.0 Audi Diesel the 6th gear sits at 70 below the turbos main boost region (way below in fact!) so the engine is technically always choking when you come to any climb.

My car (2.2TDCi) sits at around 1800rpm at 70mph in 6th, turbo would just be starting to spin up at 1700. It will happily pull in 6th from 50mph or approx. 1500 rpm. even more so now with a bigger intercooler and remap.

 

[Flash In The Pan]

The Explorers were still built in America though.

I didn't say otherwise...

 

[Tinkie]

The Audi has it, first car in 25+ years of driving I've owned with it fitted and I use it on quiet motorways and in average speed zones if the traffic is flowing freely. If there's a lot of traffic I don't.

With it engaged I do feel somewhat detached from the whole driving process.

I completely agree, I feel as though I am not concentrating as well as when it is not on. Like others, I use it as a speed limiter in roadworks and average speed camera areas.

 

[boliston]

I'd quite like cruise control but my Peugeot 107 does not have it so I resort to a "poor mans" cruise control - find a car that's going the speed you want and drive behind it (following the "2 second rule" obviously rather than tailgating it!).

It's quite rare to find another car going at a steady speed on motorways as most people keep changing their speed, mostly as they are not good at judging when to overtake, but it does not take long to find someone who does know how to drive at a steady speed.

 

[Jjm]

I used to be terrified to use mine until I hurt my leg and had to use it.My current car hasn't got it and I do miss it

 

[Ian D J]

For some reason, I have this cartoon image in my head of a button with Tom Cruise's face on it positioned somewhere on the dashboard.

 

[Ian D J]

For some reason, I have this cartoon image in my head of a button with Tom Cruise's face on it positioned somewhere on the dashboard.

And low and behold - I had to carry it off.