Aftermarket Cruise Control

GforceD said:
Yes I always use cruise control on long trips and on the highway you'll find you save a lot when it comes to fuel consumption.
The other day i drove 300km on the N1 and only had to slow down to stop at toll booths, otherwise once you at speed and people are using the lanes correctly you don't need to touch and pedals.

I dunno about after market cruise controls, they probably make it but i dunno if i would trust it as I would a factory fitted device.
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you also save a fortune on fines... just keep your cruise to just above the speed limit.

I also wouldn't get aftermarket.... it could go very badly.
 
Use mine on longish journeys, also if the highway is relatively free. It's a Cruze so not sure what Scott is referring to, the CC works fine, if I set it to 120 it stays at 120.
 
During the week no because the roads are too busy but on the weekends and holidays yes.

Im not sure I would bother fitting it as an aftermarket option though unless I was a rep or similar that does lots of out of town driving.
 
SAguy said:
Has anyone fitted an aftermarket cruise control to their vehicles?
I may be getting a Chev Ute soon, but I don't think they offer that as an option.

First question should actually be though, do those who have cruise control actually enjoy using it on the long road?
Is it worthwhile forking out extra for it?
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I enjoy using my cruise control on long trips, like trips to Durban. It really comes in handy. I probably would not do an aftermarket fitting.

I cant wait for adaptive cruise control to become more mainstream.
 
I have fitted a aftermarket one to my Jetta Cli and it worked faultlessly on long drives, especially on open roads to Namibia which I did often. On digested roads and near city highways I didn't use it often.
 
Pretty sure the UTE has it.

But I can just as easily go without as with it. Definitely would NOT get it aftermarket.

Works well as a speed limiter.
 
Lupus said:
Use mine on longish journeys, also if the highway is relatively free. It's a Cruze so not sure what Scott is referring to, the CC works fine, if I set it to 120 it stays at 120.
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I found the speed wandering around 120 a lot, it also didn't hold the speed while going downhill very well.

YMMV.
 
Odd might be your mom's speed sensor is not right, I had to have mine replaced.
 
ScottulusMaximus said:
I found the speed wandering around 120 a lot, it also didn't hold the speed while going downhill very well.

YMMV.
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Well it doesn't auto brake for you.

So the only time it would reduce speed down a hill is if it's an automatic and there was a gear it could drop down to.

Otherwise it will just coast and go off the throttle.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Well it doesn't auto brake for you.

So the only time it would reduce speed down a hill is if it's an automatic and there was a gear it could drop down to.

Otherwise it will just coast and go off the throttle.
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This is what I'd assume it does ;-). Though I've only ever used mine on the highway and it's remained pretty solid at 120.
 
Lupus said:
This is what I'd assume it does ;-). Though I've only ever used mine on the highway and it's remained pretty solid at 120.
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The Tempomat installed in Mercedes* does brake the car. I don't know if it is through the brakes or through the gearbox, but on downhills you can feel deceleration pulses.
 
boxerulez said:
The Tempomat installed in Mercedes* does brake the car. I don't know if it is through the brakes or through the gearbox, but on downhills you can feel deceleration pulses.
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New Mercedes with Adaptive Cruise Control? Then it would as that's what it does by design.

But you won't find anything aftermarket doing that.
 
SauRoNZA said:
New Mercedes with Adaptive Cruise Control? Then it would as that's what it does by design.

But you won't find anything aftermarket doing that.
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W124 from 1994. If you set it at 120 it stays at 120. On downhills it brakes the car slightly. It does not slow for obstacles though clearly from 1994 radar was not that small yet.
 
Had a Bestech aftermarket CC on my old Ford Ranger 4L V6 worked great, helped alot with foot cramps on long roads and trying to stick to the speed limit.
Chev Cruze CC works ok but does not seem to like downhills havent had issues keeping to 120 with the 1.8 seems much happier at 140..
 
I cannot comment on Chev/Opel cars but a mate ordered the OEM Kia Rio cruise control buttons (steering wheel mounted) and wiring harness from Ebay and we fitted it in in 30min using instructions from YouTube. It worked off the bat and the car even had voice-commands capability extra thereafter. Cost him R850 including the alcohol afterward vs R7500 quoted for aftermarket cruise control.

Another mate did the same with his Golf (different indicator stalk), albeit requiring an extra 10-Amp fuse before the system came alive.
 
Colin62 said:
I use cruise control all the time. It's one of those things I never knew I needed until I had it. Obviously I can manage without it, but when I've got it, I use it.
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Same. It helps with fuel economy and with sticking to the speed limit.
 
I use mine regularly as well, but again traffic in Joburg makes it very hard to maintain it the full distance. My speed limiter works a bit more especially in 60km/h areas with cameras! I hate those
 
Read the manual about your cruise control. I used mine for more than a year before finding it had quite a few nifty features. I uses to brake a bit to disengage it and almost never used the down button, only up to set the speed I wanted to use. After searching for hidden features on Google I found a post by someone with a similar car than mine and he said while it is not a hidden feature, few people know about it because they don't read the manual.

Now I know there are three cruise control buttons (I missed on in front of the up/down buttons). You can use the front one to disengage cruise control and if you press down while not in cruise control it will return to cruise at the last set speed. Pretty nifty and in an auto it actually means you can drive the car by almost no use of the pedals.

tl;dr know all the features of your cruise control
 
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