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[05omegav6]

Had cruise on the 2.0 manual Carlton many years ago , such a relief to give your feet a rest on long journeys and makes driving much more pleasurable .. throttle response seems more instant as well 

That's because on cabled throttles, the cruise module effectively removes all the slack from the cable

[Magwheels]

I use it a lot in motorway roadworks and the like, as its all too easy for speed to creep up in those average speed areas.

 

That's about the only time I use it as any other time (unless real late at night) there is just to much traffic. I think some of it may come down to where you live as around here it's just to congested but in other areas further out it's pretty clear.

[chrisgixer]

Cruise is very useful IMO. I'd urge those that don't like it to try to get passed that initial feeling that the car is running away with you, and trust that if needing to bail out of the cruise setting that a simple touch of the brakes will turn cruise off.

It works very well. I'd say its less necessary on a an omega as resting your right foot against the side and knee against the door is quite comfortable. But I'm currently in a left hooker A3 and there is nowhere to rest your leg against the centre consol. I really miss to at the moment.

I wouldn't be without it if at all possible.

[Rods2]

I don't like cruise control. I had it on both the Merc and the bag of shite that was a Jaguar X-type. I don't recall ever using it.

Your right foot should act as cruise control.

You mean you don't when motorway driving take to the outside lane, put the cruise control on, practice a bit yoga of with your legs round your neck and go into a meditative state until you reach your exit junction and then cut across three lanes of traffic onto the slip road. Your obviously not the type to drive a BMW or Audi with cruise control then.

Difficult to use in the UK unless motorway driving late at night / early morning due to traffic densities. But keep in mind it was developed in the US where travelling long distances on much quieter roads is much more normal, the same applies to much of the continent, where I have used it a lot.

So in the UK rarely is traffic density light enough to use it, but in other countries when travelling long motorway distances in light traffic it is very useful.

[aaronjb]

Cruise is very useful IMO. I'd urge those that don't like it to try to get passed that initial feeling that the car is running away with you, and trust that if needing to bail out of the cruise setting that a simple touch of the brakes will turn cruise off.

Apart from in that Jag of mine when the brake switch failed.. That was an interesting sensation..

"Why aren't I slowing dow.. oh, cruise!"


I use it a lot in both of mine - with some forward planning it's possible to use it at surprisingly high traffic densities. Makes the trog up and down the M40 or A1 much less tiring, too, and stops me drifting up to highly illegal speeds when doing the journey at night - which is always handy!

[henryd]

Both my Signum and the landy have cruise but its only used occasionally on  motorway controlled roadworks as I just don't like it and never have

[chrisgixer]

Cruise is very useful IMO. I'd urge those that don't like it to try to get passed that initial feeling that the car is running away with you, and trust that if needing to bail out of the cruise setting that a simple touch of the brakes will turn cruise off.

Apart from in that Jag of mine when the brake switch failed.. That was an interesting sensation..

"Why aren't I slowing dow.. oh, cruise!"


I use it a lot in both of mine - with some forward planning it's possible to use it at surprisingly high traffic densities. Makes the trog up and down the M40 or A1 much less tiring, too, and stops me drifting up to highly illegal speeds when doing the journey at night - which is always handy!

My personal favourite is leaving it on, say in a 50 on the motorway. The 50 ends and off up the road at normal speeds. Then comes the off slip, throttle off, coast down to the junction.... AAAAH its speeding up at 50 again


Or driving by buttons. When board, your only allowed cruise and sport mode to get home. No pedals.

[Andy H]

Cruise is very useful IMO. I'd urge those that don't like it to try to get passed that initial feeling that the car is running away with you, and trust that if needing to bail out of the cruise setting that a simple touch of the brakes will turn cruise off.

Apart from in that Jag of mine when the brake switch failed.. That was an interesting sensation..

"Why aren't I slowing dow.. oh, cruise!"


I use it a lot in both of mine - with some forward planning it's possible to use it at surprisingly high traffic densities. Makes the trog up and down the M40 or A1 much less tiring, too, and stops me drifting up to highly illegal speeds when doing the journey at night - which is always handy!

My personal favourite is leaving it on, say in a 50 on the motorway. The 50 ends and off up the road at normal speeds. Then comes the off slip, throttle off, coast down to the junction.... AAAAH its speeding up at 50 again


Or driving by buttons. When board, your only allowed cruise and sport mode to get home. No pedals.

Mine seems to disengage if I accelerate to overtake and then ease off expecting cruise to take over again. Doesn't always do it though so maybe speed has to exceed the cruise setting by some margin. Wish I knew what the margin was so I could be ready for it

[05omegav6]

Threshold speeds are in the manual somewhere iirc... 

Merc cruise is pretty cool, set it to 50, then at the end of the temporary restriction boot it upto proper motorway speeds, then at the next restriction, simply lift off... car brakes down to the set speed, and none too gently either