Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

On Oct 16, 12:43 pm, "Retiredff" <lbat...@bogfeet.net> wrote:
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
> > I do not understand how it is even remotely comfortable OR useful to
> > have Cruise Control at speeds one might be confined to while driving
> > in a parking lot. I get that you are not actually in a parking lot,
> > but your desired speed is one that might be found there. You want
> > Cruise to work in as low as 2nd gear, I don't get how this could
> > possibly be a desireable condition.
>
> In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the speed limit in residential areas is 25
> mph, unless other wise posted.
>
> I love to set it at 25 (both my '91 Chevy truck, and the wife's '05 Liberty
> will do it) and lead a convoy of mostly high-school kids out to the main
> road in the mornings. Makes things safer in my neighborhood.

Interesting thread. I would never have thought and will never use cc
on local roads/streets.

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

"Retiredff" <lbatter@bogfeet.net> wrote in message
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> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
>> I do not understand how it is even remotely comfortable OR useful to
>> have Cruise Control at speeds one might be confined to while driving
>> in a parking lot. I get that you are not actually in a parking lot,
>> but your desired speed is one that might be found there. You want
>> Cruise to work in as low as 2nd gear, I don't get how this could
>> possibly be a desireable condition.
>
> In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the speed limit in residential areas is
> 25 mph, unless other wise posted.
>
> I love to set it at 25 (both my '91 Chevy truck, and the wife's '05
> Liberty will do it) and lead a convoy of mostly high-school kids out to
> the main road in the mornings. Makes things safer in my neighborhood.
>

If a kid needs that kind of hand-holding, he should not be behind the wheel.
Having said that, Cruise Control is not a feature that is required to
accomplish this goal. I just don't get it, and I never will. But then, I
seldom use my Cruise Control. I do not like it, and I have several of them.

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

"Retiredff" <lbatter@bogfeet.net> wrote in message
news:13h9qglcmb369e0@corp.supernews.com...
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
>> I do not understand how it is even remotely comfortable OR useful to
>> have Cruise Control at speeds one might be confined to while driving
>> in a parking lot. I get that you are not actually in a parking lot,
>> but your desired speed is one that might be found there. You want
>> Cruise to work in as low as 2nd gear, I don't get how this could
>> possibly be a desireable condition.
>
> In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the speed limit in residential areas is
> 25 mph, unless other wise posted.
>
> I love to set it at 25 (both my '91 Chevy truck, and the wife's '05
> Liberty will do it) and lead a convoy of mostly high-school kids out to
> the main road in the mornings. Makes things safer in my neighborhood.
>

If a kid needs that kind of hand-holding, he should not be behind the wheel.
Having said that, Cruise Control is not a feature that is required to
accomplish this goal. I just don't get it, and I never will. But then, I
seldom use my Cruise Control. I do not like it, and I have several of them.

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

"Retiredff" <lbatter@bogfeet.net> wrote in message
news:13h9qglcmb369e0@corp.supernews.com...
> Jeff Strickland wrote:
>
>> I do not understand how it is even remotely comfortable OR useful to
>> have Cruise Control at speeds one might be confined to while driving
>> in a parking lot. I get that you are not actually in a parking lot,
>> but your desired speed is one that might be found there. You want
>> Cruise to work in as low as 2nd gear, I don't get how this could
>> possibly be a desireable condition.
>
> In the Commonwealth of Virginia, the speed limit in residential areas is
> 25 mph, unless other wise posted.
>
> I love to set it at 25 (both my '91 Chevy truck, and the wife's '05
> Liberty will do it) and lead a convoy of mostly high-school kids out to
> the main road in the mornings. Makes things safer in my neighborhood.
>

If a kid needs that kind of hand-holding, he should not be behind the wheel.
Having said that, Cruise Control is not a feature that is required to
accomplish this goal. I just don't get it, and I never will. But then, I
seldom use my Cruise Control. I do not like it, and I have several of them.

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
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>
> As far as changing the lower limit value, I suspect that that's going
> to involve reverse engineering the program for the computer that runs
> the cruise control unless the vehicle is old enough to still have an
> analog system.
>
>

I agree with that.

The Cruise's parameters are stored in code, and the code must be altered. In
order to have a real time speed that suits you, and have a speed that suits
the computer at the same time, you will have to change the computer's code.
There is no value in telling the computer you are going 35ish when you are
really poking along at 25ish, and it would be a huge problem to be doing
65ish while the computer thinks you are doing 75, or more.

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
news:ff2ser011pf@news2.newsguy.com...
>
> As far as changing the lower limit value, I suspect that that's going
> to involve reverse engineering the program for the computer that runs
> the cruise control unless the vehicle is old enough to still have an
> analog system.
>
>

I agree with that.

The Cruise's parameters are stored in code, and the code must be altered. In
order to have a real time speed that suits you, and have a speed that suits
the computer at the same time, you will have to change the computer's code.
There is no value in telling the computer you are going 35ish when you are
really poking along at 25ish, and it would be a huge problem to be doing
65ish while the computer thinks you are doing 75, or more.

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

"J. Clarke" <jclarke.usenet@cox.net> wrote in message
news:ff2ser011pf@news2.newsguy.com...
>
> As far as changing the lower limit value, I suspect that that's going
> to involve reverse engineering the program for the computer that runs
> the cruise control unless the vehicle is old enough to still have an
> analog system.
>
>

I agree with that.

The Cruise's parameters are stored in code, and the code must be altered. In
order to have a real time speed that suits you, and have a speed that suits
the computer at the same time, you will have to change the computer's code.
There is no value in telling the computer you are going 35ish when you are
really poking along at 25ish, and it would be a huge problem to be doing
65ish while the computer thinks you are doing 75, or more.

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

FWIW, my LandRover and my Rover SD1 didn't/don't kick in until 40 mph



XS11E wrote:
> "Earle Horton" <el_anglo_burgues@usa.com> wrote:
>
>> Manufacturers have determined that cruise control is unsafe under
>> 35 mph.
>
> Not so, I've had multiple cars that would set the cruise control at
> 25mph and who's owners manuals say it will work at 25mph. That
> includes Ford, GM, Chrysler and imported vehicles, my '93 Jeep GC is
> the ONLY car I've ever driven that required 35+ mph to use the cruise
> control with the exception of a 2002 Jeep GC and a 2007 Jeep GC.
>
> I don't know if it's a Jeep thing but it's sure true of GCs.
>
>
>

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

FWIW, my LandRover and my Rover SD1 didn't/don't kick in until 40 mph



XS11E wrote:
> "Earle Horton" <el_anglo_burgues@usa.com> wrote:
>
>> Manufacturers have determined that cruise control is unsafe under
>> 35 mph.
>
> Not so, I've had multiple cars that would set the cruise control at
> 25mph and who's owners manuals say it will work at 25mph. That
> includes Ford, GM, Chrysler and imported vehicles, my '93 Jeep GC is
> the ONLY car I've ever driven that required 35+ mph to use the cruise
> control with the exception of a 2002 Jeep GC and a 2007 Jeep GC.
>
> I don't know if it's a Jeep thing but it's sure true of GCs.
>
>
>

Re: Minimum speed for cruise control
 

FWIW, my LandRover and my Rover SD1 didn't/don't kick in until 40 mph



XS11E wrote:
> "Earle Horton" <el_anglo_burgues@usa.com> wrote:
>
>> Manufacturers have determined that cruise control is unsafe under
>> 35 mph.
>
> Not so, I've had multiple cars that would set the cruise control at
> 25mph and who's owners manuals say it will work at 25mph. That
> includes Ford, GM, Chrysler and imported vehicles, my '93 Jeep GC is
> the ONLY car I've ever driven that required 35+ mph to use the cruise
> control with the exception of a 2002 Jeep GC and a 2007 Jeep GC.
>
> I don't know if it's a Jeep thing but it's sure true of GCs.
>
>
>