Love the cruise control on our car. It is very exact in its settings, works well in 40 & 50kmhr zones & also downhill-in contrast our 2005 Ford cruise control lacks these refinements
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I learned how to drive a manual ~35 years ago. Had a Datsun 200B for 4 years. Can still drive manual now but not that great especially hills.my kids are learning in an automatic. I dont see the point of learning in a manual especially when all our cars are autos.
Not sure about cruise control. It's a nice gimmick if driving long distances where speed is constant but I'd like to be in control.
You beat me by a couple of days, my excuse was I had that dreadful flu going around !
my kids are learning in an automatic. I dont see the point of learning in a manual especially when all our cars are autos.
In my situation I do 30000 km per year. 15000 km is freeway. I estimate 10000 to be on CC.Judicious use of cruise control will save a bit on petrol/fuel consumption and occasionally the avoidance of photos taken by radar cameras. :shock:
Since retirement, trips to Perth have confirmed that travel at 100 (compared to the limit of 110) will reduce the consumption by about a liter per 100 km. And add 15 or 20 minutes to the trip. When doing the trip 3 or 4 times a month, the time savings seemed more important.
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Fred
Since retirement, trips to Perth have confirmed that travel at 100 (compared to the limit of 110) will reduce the consumption by about a liter per 100 km. And add 15 or 20 minutes to the trip. When doing the trip 3 or 4 times a month, the time savings seemed more important.
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On the highway I set the CC at 116km/hr in 110 km zone. i dont know what would happen consumption wise if I used 110 km CC setting.
Hope your cruise control is not to loose.I love having CC and utilising it.
I don't consider CC a gimmick, I don't loose control by engaging CC.
In Melbourne, I have had a lot of employees pinged for speeding fines for being only 4klms over the limit.
Melbourne is tough - very little margin for error.
one of our friends has a Tesla (and another on order). He took me for a drive last year when he got it - I couldn't say no as he was so excited about it, but I don't drive so it all means nothing. Its ability to self drive seemed quite impressive and it did have a huge screen for displaying maps and stuff. That was about as much as I noticed!My husband was very excited to see a Tesla at Castle Towers shopping centre last weekend. It was charging up at the electric car section.
Theres a car reporter that lives in my local area, hes always got a new car and Ive seen a group of guys on more than one occassion checking out the car, asking him questions, at my local Coles.
In VIC I seem to get away with 3km/h over setting on CC. I suspect the actual speed is at least 3km/h less than what the speedo says.
I should actually go and get a speedo test on my car
one of our friends has a Tesla (and another on order). He took me for a drive last year when he got it - I couldn't say no as he was so excited about it, but I don't drive so it all means nothing. Its ability to self drive seemed quite impressive and it did have a huge screen for displaying maps and stuff. That was about as much as I noticed!
I've driven a few vehicles lately where the speedo read about 7km/h over. ie. 117km/h indicated was actually only 110.
My personal vehicle reads under, so 93 is really 100
eek! Glad he didn'tYou would have noticed if he had put it into "ludicrous" mode:
Tesla reveals new 'ludicrous mode' that can go from 0-60mph in just 2.5 seconds | Daily Mail Online
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