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Jeff Strickland
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject:
Re: Cruise Control |
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"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Why would you NOT want to use cruise?
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Beats me. I find that it helps me greatly in controlling my speed in parking
lots.
I'll bet if you try it, you will like
| Quote: | the way it works You run at certain speed most of the time anyway. I run
with mine as soon as a reach 35 MPH. I set my speed at ten mph over the
posted limit and drive with my fingertip. With cruise you can pick up or
slow down as needed just like you can with the throttle. Cruise is
standard equipment on the type of cars I buy, if it were not standard I
would buy it. I use cruise so often I notice its absence as soon as a
drive one of my four old collector cars. ;)
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I'm not sure that is a good way to use your Cruise, Mike. Speed changes,
particularly speed increases cause Full Throttle accelleration, and this
caused excessive fuel consumption. When your car gets to a hill, thenthe gas
is applied slowly to keep the speed constant, but when you use the buttons
to increase the speed, the system doesn't know how much increase is
required, so it goes to Full Throttle until you stop feeding the input
through the buttons. I think you can save considerable amounts of fuel by
using the gas pedal.
To be sure, you CAN set the speed you want, make adjustments with the gas
pedal, then set the new speed. Or, set the speed and use the button to coast
down to a new speed and set it again. These methods would provide pretty
close to the same consumption rates as using the gas pedal all of the time.
Personally, I only use my Cruise on the freeway, and then I don't use it all
that much.
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Mike Hunter
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject:
Re: Cruise Control |
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OIC California resident ah? LOL
mike
"Jeff Strickland" <crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
news:fJSdnbxHYJfmqejeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
Why would you NOT want to use cruise?
Beats me. I find that it helps me greatly in controlling my speed in
parking lots.
I'll bet if you try it, you will like
the way it works You run at certain speed most of the time anyway. I
run with mine as soon as a reach 35 MPH. I set my speed at ten mph over
the posted limit and drive with my fingertip. With cruise you can pick
up or slow down as needed just like you can with the throttle. Cruise is
standard equipment on the type of cars I buy, if it were not standard I
would buy it. I use cruise so often I notice its absence as soon as a
drive one of my four old collector cars. ;)
I'm not sure that is a good way to use your Cruise, Mike. Speed changes,
particularly speed increases cause Full Throttle accelleration, and this
caused excessive fuel consumption. When your car gets to a hill, thenthe
gas is applied slowly to keep the speed constant, but when you use the
buttons to increase the speed, the system doesn't know how much increase
is required, so it goes to Full Throttle until you stop feeding the input
through the buttons. I think you can save considerable amounts of fuel by
using the gas pedal.
To be sure, you CAN set the speed you want, make adjustments with the gas
pedal, then set the new speed. Or, set the speed and use the button to
coast down to a new speed and set it again. These methods would provide
pretty close to the same consumption rates as using the gas pedal all of
the time.
Personally, I only use my Cruise on the freeway, and then I don't use it
all that much.
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Father Guido
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Mon Nov 14, 2005 2:17 am Post subject:
Re: Cruise Control |
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On Sun, 13 Nov 2005 08:41:05 -0800, "Jeff Strickland"
<crwlr@yahoo.com> wrote:
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~"Mike Hunter" <mikehunt2@mailcity.com> wrote in message
~news:fJSdnbxHYJfmqejeUSdV9g@ptd.net...
~> Why would you NOT want to use cruise?
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~Beats me. I find that it helps me greatly in controlling my speed in
parking
~lots.
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~I'll bet if you try it, you will like
~> the way it works You run at certain speed most of the time anyway.
I run
~> with mine as soon as a reach 35 MPH. I set my speed at ten mph
over the
~> posted limit and drive with my fingertip. With cruise you can pick
up or
~> slow down as needed just like you can with the throttle. Cruise is
~> standard equipment on the type of cars I buy, if it were not
standard I
~> would buy it. I use cruise so often I notice its absence as soon as
a
~> drive one of my four old collector cars. ;)
~>
~
~I'm not sure that is a good way to use your Cruise, Mike. Speed
changes,
~particularly speed increases cause Full Throttle accelleration, and
this
~caused excessive fuel consumption. When your car gets to a hill,
thenthe gas
~is applied slowly to keep the speed constant, but when you use the
buttons
~to increase the speed, the system doesn't know how much increase is
~required, so it goes to Full Throttle until you stop feeding the
input
~through the buttons. I think you can save considerable amounts of
fuel by
~using the gas pedal.
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|Huh? I use my cruise in the city sometimes, and I don't see much |
|of a change in the tachometer at all, certainly it doesn't downshift|
|(unless on a hill), so I doubt it uses much more fuel at all. |
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~To be sure, you CAN set the speed you want, make adjustments with the
gas
~pedal, then set the new speed. Or, set the speed and use the button
to coast
~down to a new speed and set it again. These methods would provide
pretty
~close to the same consumption rates as using the gas pedal all of the
time.
~
~Personally, I only use my Cruise on the freeway, and then I don't use
it all
~that much.
~
~
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