Cruise control

[Demandred7]

Originally Posted by BClark

Not sure if anyone else has had this happen, but if I've got cruise control set to 65 and try to increase by 1 mph increments the cruise won't go faster than 67 mph. I'm not sure if that's a factory program or what, I've had something similar happen in my girlfriends 07 Camry, it won't let me go past 70. Otherwise it's wonderful to have since my last car didn't have it and the 400+ mile highway drives could become a pain.

Never had an issue with it in my Corolla, Sienna, or FR-S. I have regularly set it for 120 kph which translates into 75 mph. I have also incremented it up from 65 - 75 mph and it has always done so without pause.

[WolfpackS2k]

I've set my cruise control at up to 83 mph. No problem whatsoever

Originally Posted by Richard Cranium

This has to be a Toyota thing...I never experienced it until I got my Tacoma and then noticed it in my friends Camry and read the same complaints on the TacomaWorld forums. It's especially evident when going up hills...the cruise system seems to over-compensate a bit and is then majorly slow to react when the incline begins to flatten out. I consistently ended up 5-7mph over my set cruise point when going up hills at highway speeds. My '99 Civic SI, '02 Audi A4, and '08 Civic SI sedan never did this.

I called the dealership to mention a few things I want looked at at the next service, including the cruise control creep issue. I was told that's normal. Well that's just F'ing great. Piss poor performance with this item...

[asia_minor]

it's the same cruise control used in every Toyota/Lexus family of products.

[campy]

Biggest problem with the cruise control is that you can't set it to anything over 90

[Richard Cranium]

Originally Posted by campy

Biggest problem with the cruise control is that you can't set it to anything over 90

+1

[AR35]

Why would you want to set CC on this car anyways?? This car is meant to be driven not sit back and let the car drive you.

[WolfpackS2k]

Originally Posted by AR35

Why would you want to set CC on this car anyways?? This car is meant to be driven not sit back and let the car drive you.

Exactly what kind of "spirited" driving, would you plan to do on I-95 driving 500 miles from Raleigh, NC to New York City?

Or how about Raleigh to Hilton Head Island (i see you live in Savannah). I-95 (and other interstates) in the southeast US are boring as all hell.

[Grymm86]

love the CC, though not a fan of its placement. seems too close to my knee.

[root]

Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

And I must say I'm a bit surprised to hear people say they never use it or WILL never use it. Does your foot never get tired after cruising 300+ miles on the interstate? Mine sure does.

Live on an island, 140 miles and you're back where you started. We do have "interstates", that don't go interstate!
I used mine once, to test it out. I played with some other older cars ones and I was amused that the pedal doesn't move like older ones, seeing as its throttle by wire.

[kajun]

I'd chime in to add Subaru has a similar placement for the cruise control lever in my old Impreza.

The advantage from the manufacturer's perspective is that it's independent of the main stalk, making it modular (i.e. if they don't want to offer it like on the base model they don't have to use a different stalk), and it reduces complexity.

[AR35]

Originally Posted by WolfpackS2k

Exactly what kind of "spirited" driving, would you plan to do on I-95 driving 500 miles from Raleigh, NC to New York City?

Or how about Raleigh to Hilton Head Island (i see you live in Savannah). I-95 (and other interstates) in the southeast US are boring as all hell.

i guess if you make a 200+ mile trip once a month then yes it will be nice. but i love driving and acting / reacting to traffic. Again i havn't been driving that long (im 22) so i guess i still enjoy driving no mater what the interstate is. and im not going to set my cc at 80+ mph made that mistake once.

[NOHOME]

Just another item on the "Close but no cigar" list. It works, all I ask of it. Glad its there but second rate execution.

[Superhatch]

As noted before, it's been Toyota's standard placement for 15 years. Lots of pieces from the inside of this car are directly from the Toyota parts bin. It's part of the reason the car is so affordable.

My wife has a Scion xD, so now this cruise is totally 2nd nature to me and I use it often w/o thinking.

55 mph 2 lane hwy? Cruise. Long stretch of 40 mph road in town? Cruise. I seriously use CC anytime I'm going for longer than 3-4m on the same stretch of road. The fact that people *don't* use it on the freeway boggles my mind.

[Tromatic]

I can't think of a single thing I don't like or would complain about regarding the FR-S, but then again I knew what it was when I bought it. It's a "cheap" supercar compared to much of what's on the road, and I'm just jazzed I'm able to own one.