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From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Aug 2010 17:25
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 12:24:24 -0700, N8N wrote:

>> Also, the cruise-controlled car tends to stay within a narrow range of
>> speeds, which limits the urge that police have to pull you over.
>
> That is most often why I use the cruise. My natural tendency is to at
> least keep up with other traffic if not to cruise slightly faster than
> the median speed, which is not good if one is trying to maintain a
> clean driving record.

Shoot. The natural tendancy is to drive the car at the most comfortable,
efficient level, which, in this car, is right around 80 MPH...



From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 13 Aug 2010 17:26
On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 09:53:25 -0500, Pete C. wrote:

>
> hls wrote:
>>
>> "Hachiroku ハチロク" <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> wrote in message news:xt49o.59094
>> >
>> > BTW, on this car, it WILL remember what speed you have set until you
>> > either turn the cruise off, or shut the car off. So, if you were doing 75
>> > on the highway, and come into town, and accidently hit the stalk and
>> > select "Resume"...
>> >
>> > I did this accidently once, and the car responded by taking off at
>> > lightning speed; but pressing the brake (far enough) stopped this.
>> >
>>
>> I have noticed something a little similar with the Avalon. If you have the
>> cruise set at some relatively high speed and then kick the cruise off
>> by using the brakes or the cruise lever, and then you want to resume
>> speed, the car accelerates vigorously enough to unnerve some people.
>>
>> In my case, the brakes always stop it, or it will stop accelerating as
>> soon as it reaches the target speed, but it goes like a dragster until
>> it reaches that target speed.
>>
>> Probably Toyota would have avoided some of the frightened complaints
>> had they programmed this feature to accelerate a little less vigorously.
>
> The Ford Super Duty diesel trucks had that issue at one point and it was
> resolved with a software update. I expect the software was outsourced to
> some programmers in a third world country who had never actually driven
> a motor vehicle and didn't have any idea why you might not want to
> resume cruise control at full throttle in a 350 HP vehicle.


What? Why not? Sounds good to me! ;)


From: chuckcar on 13 Aug 2010 18:37
dr_jeff <utz(a)msu.edu> wrote in
news:eY2dncFqsYlO4_jRnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d(a)giganews.com:

> Pete C. wrote:
>> MG wrote:
>>> "Bill Vanek" <bilvanek(a)invalid.com> wrote in message
>>> news:grka66dgmfiduj8dht1vk7cu7to82scjhm(a)4ax.com...
>>>> On Fri, 13 Aug 2010 01:10:53 -0400, Hachiroku ???? <Trueno(a)e86.GTS>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> It seems I had depressed the pedal enough to make the pads grab,
>>>>> but not enough to trip the brake light! So, the cruise control
>>>>> added some more juice!
>>>> This is something Toyota would be interested in hearing, but they
>>>> are probably already aware of this as a potential problem. Offhand,
>>>> I can't think of anything else that would tell the car to stop
>>>> depressing the accelerator once the brake-applied signal is lost.
>>>> But I could be forgetting something.
>>> Or you could drive the car yourself, and skip all the inherent
>>> problems of cruise control. Never-turned-on cruise control never
>>> malfunctions.
>>
>> Yes, however the never removed from the accelerator pedal foot tends
>> to cramp well within the cruising range of most vehicles.
>
> Also, the cruise-controlled car tends to stay within a narrow range of
> speeds, which limits the urge that police have to pull you over.
>
Oh, they'll find a reason, Esp. if your licence plate isn't the same
colours as theirs.

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From: hls on 13 Aug 2010 19:29

"MG" <rebore78052(a)mypacks.net> wrote in message news:eSd9o.49201$F
>
> Or you could drive the car yourself, and skip all the inherent problems of
> cruise control. Never-turned-on cruise control never malfunctions.

I didnt pay nearly $40k to have to avoid cruise. That is bullshit

From: Scott Dorsey on 13 Aug 2010 20:07
hls <hls(a)nospam.nix> wrote:
>"MG" <rebore78052(a)mypacks.net> wrote in message news:eSd9o.49201$F
>>
>> Or you could drive the car yourself, and skip all the inherent problems of
>> cruise control. Never-turned-on cruise control never malfunctions.
>
>I didnt pay nearly $40k to have to avoid cruise. That is bullshit

I have never seen a cruise control that didn't do this to some extent..
the one in my Chrysler Laser would accelerate briefly when you put the
clutch out.....
--scott

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