Cruise Control - Page 4

garinda · 05-09-2005, 07:21

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Originally Posted by Neil

That is another daft thing about cars, why are vehicles allowed on the road that can do above 70mph. Surely the motorway would be a safer place if vehicles only did 70mph.

We have three things in common.

We are both aggravated by kids that are taken a couple of hundred yards to school in 4x4's.

Secondly, I too am mystified why cars are built that go above the fastest legal speed limit?

Thirdly, we both love Romps.

Neil · 05-09-2005, 10:30

Having a faster processor does not allow you break the law ( well it could depending on what your downloading

).
Hand guns were legal but it was illegal to shoot people. The police could not stop people shooting each other so they banned hand guns.
The police can't stop people speeding so why not limit cars? Trucks are limited and I don't hear truck drivers saying they have accidents because of it.

Neil · 05-09-2005, 10:31

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Originally Posted by garinda

Thirdly, we both love Romps.

Maybe we could arrange something mate. How may ackers have you got?

Nori Brick · 12-06-2008, 11:19

lmfao thank the lord i don't drive or have a girlfreind. cause either way i would worry

onlyme · 12-06-2008, 12:00

dont know if this has been said before, but (especially on a vectra, if it is owt like mine used to be), you can also decrease the speed using the same bit on the lever as you use to set the speed.

Dont think that makes sense....

jaysay · 12-06-2008, 15:41

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Originally Posted by Nori Brick

lmfao thank the lord i don't drive or have a girlfreind. cause either way i would worry

And we thank the lord you can't or haven't either or we'd be worried

Neil · 12-06-2008, 17:19

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Originally Posted by Busman747

This is the ONLY way for a passenger to turn off the Cruise Control, should the worst ever happen, I hope Willow remembers

Ok I know this is an old thread but there is another way to switch of the cruise control. Just pull the gear stick out of gear while you are moving. As the revs increase without a speed increase the cruise detects a problem and knocks off. The revs only had to increase a little as well before it switched off, I was expecting to to rev quite high. Well it did on the piece of junk Vauxhall Meriva we had as a courtesy car. Yes I tried all sorts of things in it like that

Then again I had a works hire car a few years ago, it was at Astra SRi, that thing was stupid, you could engage cruise in 2nd gear and keep pressing the button for increase speed until the revs hit the red line.

A piece of advice, don't buy and ex hire car

Oh yes and don't ever buy a Vauxhall Meriva, horrible car, one of the worst I have ever driven.

accyman · 12-06-2008, 17:43

cruise control is highly over rated anyway

i set mine to 70mph on the motorway and jumped into the back seat for a nap

the bloody car was veering all over the place to the extent that i had to jump back into the front and resume manual control

Neil · 12-06-2008, 17:47

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Originally Posted by accyman

cruise control is highly over rated anyway

i set mine to 70mph on the motorway and jumped into the back seat for a nap

the bloody car was veering all over the place to the extent that i had to jump back into the front and resume manual control

Are you American by any chance?

accyman · 12-06-2008, 18:44

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Originally Posted by Neil

Are you American by any chance?

lol you read that story about the guy in his motor home getting 1 million dollars becaus he left the wheel to make some tea or somthing as well then eh ?

Neil · 12-06-2008, 19:48

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Originally Posted by accyman

lol you read that story about the guy in his motor home getting 1 million dollars becaus he left the wheel to make some tea or somthing as well then eh ?

I don't think she got anything for it. Even US judges are not that stupid.

accyman · 12-06-2008, 19:55

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Originally Posted by Neil

I don't think she got anything for it. Even US judges are not that stupid.

its an urban legend

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A motor home goes astray

Another urban legend is the story of a man who bought a 32-foot Winnebago motor home. While driving on the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and left the driver's seat to make himself a cup of coffee. After some time, the Winnebago left the freeway, crashed and overturned. The driver consequently filed a lawsuit against Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook that the motor home wouldn't drive itself while the cruise control was on. An Oklahoman jury is said to have awarded him USD 1.75 million plus a new Winnebago.
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Neil · 12-06-2008, 20:02

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Originally Posted by accyman

its an urban legend

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Shh I was trying to get this lot going on about it.

accyman · 12-06-2008, 20:06

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Originally Posted by Neil

Shh I was trying to get this lot going on about it.

not a good idea at this time of night neil , its about now the loons start switching on their computers

oh before i forget

hiya blazey

hiya andrew b

K.S.H · 12-06-2008, 20:16

Just a thought here, does the handbrake not knock it off, most have a warning light now on the dash when its on or just pulled up a notch, haven't tried it but will do when I'm in the car tomorrow, my controls are on the steering wheel anyway so are accessible to passengers but I have had cars where they are tucked down the right hand side away from passenger access