Cruise Control Max of 69mph?

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by Bg8780

3 sir!

Wait, what comes after 2?

[ntron1]

2 and a half?

[448hpsti]

I asked ecutek, nothing can be done about it, at the moment

[Anthony]

Once the number ninety three, being the ninety third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Cruise Control of Japan towards thou highway, who being void of law enforcement, shall snuff it. Amen.

I had my Tiburon's cruise control set at 130mph for about 30 minutes, uninterrupted, one time. Take that.

[ashtray]

What's cruise control?! (Seriously, mine could be completely broken and I wouldn't know about it for years.). Ok, it's good on the highway when you don't want to worry about getting caught speeding - just set it 3-4 above the limit and let it cruise - but usually I try to be second fastest on the highway, with varying speeds, so cruise doesn't do much for me except probably get me a speeding ticket.

In town? Just leave it in the wrong gear - ie, too high so you can't accelerate fast or too low so your rev to 6,000 rpm if you're above the limit. You'll know either way. Oh, and these cars have a DIGITAL READOUT of your speed, so it's easy to glance and know exactly how fast you're going.

As for not being able to set it above 90 - probably a safety feature so if you fall asleep with the cruise control on, you're "only" crashing at 90 max, instead of possibly 130 or something. At triple digits you should be pretty focused on your driving anyways, including monitoring your speed - but I understand the leg fatigue that can set in after many hours on the road. (I drove 500 mile trips twice a month for 6 years on the east coast - none of my cars had cruise control, or even AC for that matter. One car did have a tape player - my pickup I had a portable radio next to my seat for tunes.)

[Guff]

The cruise control stops at 4k RPM, and in sixth gear, that means about 93 mph.

I don't remember if the cruise control is RPM limited in every gear, but I'm fairly certain it is. Which is probably why the OP could not exceed 69 mph, as fifth gear at 4k RPM is likely around that speed.

[BRZfan]

You may want to travel more and see the Unites States if you haven't already. Ever drive thru:
North Dakota and Montana on I 94 ? How about
South Dakota and Minnesota? 0n I-90 ? or
I-80 thru Nebraska and Iowa ?
Then there's Texas as well as many other opportunities to use cruise control on 400 to 700 mile daily drives.
Sure, one can fall asleep, cruise control or not, but it is certainly less fatiguing. At least that is what I have found and with motorcycling as well.

Originally Posted by ashtray

What's cruise control?! (Seriously, mine could be completely broken and I wouldn't know about it for years.). Ok, it's good on the highway when you don't want to worry about getting caught speeding - just set it 3-4 above the limit and let it cruise - but usually I try to be second fastest on the highway, with varying speeds, so cruise doesn't do much for me except probably get me a speeding ticket.

In town? Just leave it in the wrong gear - ie, too high so you can't accelerate fast or too low so your rev to 6,000 rpm if you're above the limit. You'll know either way. Oh, and these cars have a DIGITAL READOUT of your speed, so it's easy to glance and know exactly how fast you're going.

As for not being able to set it above 90 - probably a safety feature so if you fall asleep with the cruise control on, you're "only" crashing at 90 max, instead of possibly 130 or something. At triple digits you should be pretty focused on your driving anyways, including monitoring your speed - but I understand the leg fatigue that can set in after many hours on the road. (I drove 500 mile trips twice a month for 6 years on the east coast - none of my cars had cruise control, or even AC for that matter. One car did have a tape player - my pickup I had a portable radio next to my seat for tunes.)

[ashtray]

Originally Posted by BRZfan

You may want to travel more and see the Unites States if you haven't already. Ever drive thru:
North Dakota and Montana on I 94 ? How about
South Dakota and Minnesota? 0n I-90 ? or
I-80 thru Nebraska and Iowa ?
Then there's Texas as well as many other opportunities to use cruise control on 400 to 700 mile daily drives.
Sure, one can fall asleep, cruise control or not, but it is certainly less fatiguing. At least that is what I have found and with motorcycling as well.

Sound like some great stretches of roadway! You've convinced me - forget the canyon and ocean side roads of Southern California - I want to drive through Nebraska!

[BRZfan]

Originally Posted by ashtray

Sound like some great stretches of roadway! You've convinced me - forget the canyon and ocean side roads of Southern California - I want to drive through Nebraska!

I think you have missed the point at the expense of saying too much.

I have ridden and driven the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) as well as many other parts of northern and southern California canyonways numerous times but rarely with cruise control, the subject at hand.

[ashtray]

Originally Posted by BRZfan

I think you have missed the point at the expense of saying too much.

I have ridden and driven the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) as well as many other parts of northern and southern California canyonways numerous times but rarely with cruise control, the subject at hand.

Nah - I got ya. I'd definitely need cruise control if driving through a flat boring state. Just responding to the "you need to get out more" - no thanks.

[bestwheelbase]

Originally Posted by Guff

The cruise control stops at 4k RPM, and in sixth gear, that means about 93 mph.

What the damn!? That's... That's... It's just so typical of the way modern cars are made. Sure I will probably never have a chance to set cruise on an unlimited speed road, but I still want the capability just in case!

As a teen, I dialed my E30's cruise control up to 120mph and had a most memorable jaunt through the mountains of North Carolina.

Nowadays you probably get sent to a maximum security prison for such things.

[HunterGreene]

Originally Posted by bestwheelbase

What the damn!? That's... That's... It's just so typical of the way modern cars are made. Sure I will probably never have a chance to set cruise on an unlimited speed road, but I still want the capability just in case!

As a teen, I dialed my E30's cruise control up to 120mph and had a most memorable jaunt through the mountains of North Carolina.

Nowadays you probably get sent to a maximum security prison for such things.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that you should be able to change that setting the same time as you are doing any tuning

[JonnyRocket]

Originally Posted by strat61caster

Actually you can get it down to 23 in my experience but it doesn't like to engage below 25 unless conditions are just right in my experience.

6th gear at 35 mph is my favorite, thing shows ~50 mpg on the instant gauge although it sounds like a diesel truck.

So you're at what, 1200-1300 rpm or thereabouts? That 'diesel' sound is you lugging your engine. Not good for long term durability dude.

[Khazzy]

set to 85 driving through Iowa on my way to Michigan.