Question about Cruise Control...

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

May 23, 2002

IncaCivic

Thread Starter

Registered!!

Joined: Jun 2001

Posts: 280

Likes: 0

From: toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

IncaCivic is an unknown quantity at this point

Question about Cruise Control...

If I was driving 300km on a hwy what would I get the best milage with??

1) driving at 120km all the way

2) driving at 120km all the way using CRUISE CONTROL

I know cruise control is good because it keeps you at the same speed and lets you rest but, DOES Cruise Control used more gas in order for the computer to do more work????
Thanks

May 23, 2002

Booohahaha

BAD MON

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Apr 2001

Posts: 16,559

Likes: 0

From: GTA

Rep Power: 0

Booohahaha is an unknown quantity at this point

i heard cruise control uses a slight more
thats what i heard from the guys from on here!

May 23, 2002

Vatch

Registered!!

Joined: Mar 2002

Posts: 131

Likes: 0

From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Rep Power: 0

Vatch is an unknown quantity at this point

It depends if the road is flat or not.
If there are a lot of hills and downhills.. don't use CruiseControl or it will eat a lot of gas when going up.
If it is flat I don't think there a diff between cruise control or not...

May 23, 2002

vicLX

<--That really is ME

Joined: May 2001

Posts: 4,023

Likes: 0

From: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

vicLX is an unknown quantity at this point

yeha it depends... cause Cruise Controll also locks you RPM if you notice

May 23, 2002

VtechChronicle

Registered!!

Joined: Apr 2002

Posts: 2,102

Likes: 0

From: GTA, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

VtechChronicle is an unknown quantity at this point

cruise control uses more gas...

But why VtechChronicle, the great one?!?

Well little ones... cruise control wants to keep your car at 120... so it accelerates to get to 120... but when it downhills.. it breaks and slow down to get back to 120... and accelerates again. But if we drove manually, we would let it flow down the hill disregarding the fact that it's 130... and let it slide back to 120 when the road is straight again. So imagine ur car gasing and breaking 100X more than you would.

May 23, 2002

1028CiViC

Registered!!

iTrader: (-1)

Joined: Nov 2001

Posts: 5,392

Likes: 0

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

1028CiViC is an unknown quantity at this point

dang...don't have the cruise control function no more..cause my steering wheel.

May 23, 2002

vicLX

<--That really is ME

Joined: May 2001

Posts: 4,023

Likes: 0

From: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

1028... are you talking about that arcade steering wheel you have??[IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG].. you know Im just joking right??

May 23, 2002

1028CiViC

Registered!!

iTrader: (-1)

Joined: Nov 2001

Posts: 5,392

Likes: 0

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

haha..yea..daytona man..keke.

May 23, 2002

FlippedOut

Registered!!

iTrader: (1)

Joined: Apr 2002

Posts: 3,312

Likes: 0

From: etobicoke, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

FlippedOut is an unknown quantity at this point

cruise control is only good for long distance driving..
it feels like i eat more gas for shorter distances...

***keep in mind our owner's manual say that cruise control helps saves gas***
it's hard to believe.

May 23, 2002

#10

1028CiViC

Registered!!

iTrader: (-1)

Joined: Nov 2001

Posts: 5,392

Likes: 0

From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Rep Power: 0

i think it use more gas...but i rarely use it...plus now..don't even have the function..
and i don't cruise on highway that much..so it doesn't bother me..ekke