Indeed, Brian. I couldn't understand how there might be an automatic
transmission that wasn't automatic in cruise control. I've had cruise control
on a manual box (2 BMW 320ds ) and it works OK, but with an auto box the system
seems complete to me.
Chris
On 31 Mar 2013, at 10:05, "Brian Swale" <bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> I think the greatest curse is cruise control that can't control the
>> car's speed on steep hills. That's one reason (there are more) why I'm
>> glad to be rid of my Toyota Sienna and have replaced it with a Chrysler
>> Town & Country. AFAIK, only Chrysler products will downshift the
>> transmission to maintain speed if necessary on steep grades.
>>
>> When we were traveling in the mountains of the west in our (then) Buick
>> Lucerne I remember several times being surprised to discover that I was
>> going 85-90 mph on some steep mountain roads with cruise control set at
>> 70-75. That wouldn't happen in my Chrysler LHS and (I assume but not
>> tested yet) Town & Country.
>
> My 17 yo Rangie, in cruise control, for all its faults, can and does change
> down going up a hill if it needs to, and going down a hill will throttle back
> to
> maintain the required road speed.
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