Cruise Control - Page 2

fireman · 02-09-2005, 16:39

GPS is more accurate enti but I think if my speedo was 5mph out I would be seeing the dealer and pronto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

fireman · 02-09-2005, 16:42

Another thing enti I bet you would not be willing to drive your car through a speed camera at 35 mph and risk a speedo error because having dealt with these sort of things I know you would very soon lose your licence.

Bazf · 02-09-2005, 18:04

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Originally Posted by Tinkerbelle

Cheeky sod!! Who do you think invented mirrors

I gotta have some where to to see my hair and apply my lippy

SPUGGIE J · 02-09-2005, 18:09

Bazf, eleven out of ten for that somes it up to a tee

Now to duck as they dont get mad they get even

Tinkerbelle · 02-09-2005, 19:56

PROBLEMS ...... tut !! You'll be thanking women when your all driving round in one of these beauties

grego · 02-09-2005, 20:34

Good picci Tinks, thanks for the advice Busman, we dont have cruise control though and I actually know what every button in my car does!

SPUGGIE J · 02-09-2005, 21:25

Was that what slinks had here driving lesson in T???

Tinkerbelle · 02-09-2005, 21:39

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

Was that what slinks had here driving lesson in T???

No that's for the big girls like me

Here's Slinkys

Neil · 03-09-2005, 11:48

Money is the root of all evil so therefore women = evil

Busman does applying the handbrake not switch the cruise control off? I would have thought that putting the car in neutral would have been a good idea - engine might blow up though trying to achieve 75mph in neutral. I once drove an astra sri high car with cruise control. It let up hit the red line in 3rd gear by increasing the speed on the up button. Strange idea that the car will blow itself up

park381 · 03-09-2005, 16:45

Not really thought about that one before, but if the driver of a car with CC on had a heart attack, would he/she not tend to slump forward against the steering wheel, thus making it impossible to try to steer the car from the passenger side. Would be the same as a driver with CC on falling asleep at the wheel, the car could go in any direction.

Went down to the midlands last week with a friend in his Jag, he used the CC and he's 60+

Busman747 · 03-09-2005, 22:35

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Originally Posted by fireman

I hate to say it too but I am totally amazed that a so called responsible person like yourself would use an instrument like this to exceed the speed limit all the way back from Morcambe whist admitting to not fully knowing how to use this sort of technology. I don,t know what you were thinking about. Oh and on the side of the fairer sex most would have referred to the manual before taking to the road and risking everyones life. Maybe you should have done the same.

I am shocked Fireman that you should be so acidic at my admission of driving at 5 mph over the speed limit on a motorway, were you in that Reliant I passed that evening? - - and on the subject of reading the manual, it has 293 pages, Are you honestly saying that you read EVERY page from the Manual of EVERY car you buy before driving off with it? Do you get through it all before the car showroom closes for the day?

The point I was trying to make was that the so-called switch to cancel the C.C. has no markings, is extremely small and virtually impossible to find even if you were looking for it, check out my photo again, it is the small strip to the Left of the rocker switch.

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Originally Posted by neil

Busman does applying the handbrake not switch the cruise control off? I would have thought that putting the car in neutral would have been a good idea –

Applying the handbrake has NO affect on C.C. putting the car in neutral is about the only thing that a passenger can do - but even that would be difficult for a non driver that is panicking in the passenger seat

"but if the driver of a car with CC on had a heart attack, would he/she not tend to slump forward against the steering wheel, thus making it impossible to try to steer the car from the passenger side."

Quite probably neil - but if I was going to crash in those circumstances as a passenger,I would like to think that the cars speed would decrease somewhat before I left the motorway - not maintain the same speed.

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Originally Posted by grego

and I actually know what every button in my car does!

I would have said the same grego - - but can you be sure that there is not an obscure hidden button somewhere on your car that you have not yet come across?

fireman · 03-09-2005, 22:49

No one expects you to read all those pages but surely if their is something you are unsure of ie. the cruise control then a quick referal before using it would have been wise?

PILKYBUSDRIVER · 03-09-2005, 22:52

I trust you were on the motorway?lol

park381 · 04-09-2005, 07:19

Unless you do a run through and identify all car controls with your passenger before setting off on a trip, the passenger would not know which switch to press. Don't think it would matter anyway, it would all be over in seconds, the closing speed of 2 cars on a motorway could be in excess of 140mph, and on a normal road 100mph, there would be no time for the passenger to think.It would be down to how good the seat belts and air bags performed.

fireman · 04-09-2005, 08:59

No pilkybusdriver I was nottonthe motorway that night, and I don,t drive a Reliant. My car is fitted with a cruise control which i use on a regular basis. All I am saying is before using something you are not 100 sure about henreading the instuctions would be a good idea, I was joking a little re the 75mph. and I commend you for your thoughts on what Willow would do if suddenly you collapsed at the wheel. BUT, all I am saying is this should have been done before the horse left the stable.....................I instructed my wife how to disengage the cruise control from the passenger seat a nd how to slow the car down using the Tiptronic gearbox (NOT FITTED IN RELIANTS.)