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So I was driving around on the weekend for the frist time since I got my car (2004 530) and decided to try out the lilttle gadgets the car comes with. One of which is the cruise control. I set it to 40mph and continued on the dual carriageway. I then encountered a steep gradient going down. I've been down this road before, so I know there is a GATSO speed camera at the bottom. I thought to my self. hahahahahah your not going to get me I have cruise control tha sticks at 40... Right? WRONG.. it sped up... good job the brakes work.
Is this the way cruise control works on these things? If so its rubbish!! THe Ford Taurus I used in Canada used to stick to 40 regardless of whether you're going downhill or uphill!
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So I was driving around on the weekend for the frist time since I got my car (2004 530) and decided to try out the lilttle gadgets the car comes with. One of which is the cruise control. I set it to 40mph and continued on the dual carriageway. I then encountered a steep gradient going down. I've been down this road before, so I know there is a GATSO speed camera at the bottom. I thought to my self. hahahahahah your not going to get me I have cruise control tha sticks at 40... Right? WRONG.. it sped up... good job the brakes work.
Is this the way cruise control works on these things? If so its rubbish!! THe Ford Taurus I used in Canada used to stick to 40 regardless of whether you're going downhill or uphill!
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Originally Posted by MIINTY' post='458098' date='Aug 13 2007, 05:27 PM
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So I was driving around on the weekend for the frist time since I got my car (2004 530) and decided to try out the lilttle gadgets the car comes with. One of which is the cruise control. I set it to 40mph and continued on the dual carriageway. I then encountered a steep gradient going down. I've been down this road before, so I know there is a GATSO speed camera at the bottom. I thought to my self. hahahahahah your not going to get me I have cruise control tha sticks at 40... Right? WRONG.. it sped up... good job the brakes work.
Is this the way cruise control works on these things? If so its rubbish!! THe Ford Taurus I used in Canada used to stick to 40 regardless of whether you're going downhill or uphill!
Need your help...
So I was driving around on the weekend for the frist time since I got my car (2004 530) and decided to try out the lilttle gadgets the car comes with. One of which is the cruise control. I set it to 40mph and continued on the dual carriageway. I then encountered a steep gradient going down. I've been down this road before, so I know there is a GATSO speed camera at the bottom. I thought to my self. hahahahahah your not going to get me I have cruise control tha sticks at 40... Right? WRONG.. it sped up... good job the brakes work.
Is this the way cruise control works on these things? If so its rubbish!! THe Ford Taurus I used in Canada used to stick to 40 regardless of whether you're going downhill or uphill!
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As far as I know the versions up to the LCI will not slow you down when running under cruise control. The LCI certainly does.
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To my knowledge Cruise Braking was only introduced for LCI's, this brings me to a point which i was going to bring up as a separate thread but i'll toss it in here.......
I spend most of my commute with Cruise set to approx 73mph, on the odd occasion i have to speed up (for safety reasons , on these occasions the Cruise Braking kicks in pretty hard taking me back to my set-point, on one occasion I breached 100mph and then let the throttle go to allow me to cruise at 73mph....
The question is do the brake lights come on at this point ? given the fairly aggressive response from the car taking me back to my set point and the look on the face of the driver following me i would hope BMW have thought this through, it seems the faster I go the more aggressive the system is at getting me back to set point.
Any thoughts ???
I'll try this the next time I'm out at night as it's about the only way I can check unless i have a friend follow me at silly speeds which would i guess be a tad risque.
I spend most of my commute with Cruise set to approx 73mph, on the odd occasion i have to speed up (for safety reasons , on these occasions the Cruise Braking kicks in pretty hard taking me back to my set-point, on one occasion I breached 100mph and then let the throttle go to allow me to cruise at 73mph....
The question is do the brake lights come on at this point ? given the fairly aggressive response from the car taking me back to my set point and the look on the face of the driver following me i would hope BMW have thought this through, it seems the faster I go the more aggressive the system is at getting me back to set point.
Any thoughts ???
I'll try this the next time I'm out at night as it's about the only way I can check unless i have a friend follow me at silly speeds which would i guess be a tad risque.
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Originally Posted by nmc' post='458107' date='Aug 13 2007, 06:14 PM
As far as I know the versions up to the LCI will not slow you down when running under cruise control. The LCI certainly does.
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Originally Posted by e60scotland' post='458108' date='Aug 13 2007, 04:19 AM
The question is do the brake lights come on at this point ? given the fairly aggressive response from the car taking me back to my set point and the look on the face of the driver following me i would hope BMW have thought this through, it seems the faster I go the more aggressive the system is at getting me back to set point.
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Originally Posted by nmc' post='458107' date='Aug 13 2007, 11:14 AM
As far as I know the versions up to the LCI will not slow you down when running under cruise control. The LCI certainly does.
Tried it again to day on a road not so steep, but steep enough for it to increase speed. Set it a 40mph and started to go down hill and it seemed to stick there.. thererfore is it based on the gradient. When I'm going uphill the speed is maintained.
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Originally Posted by MIINTY' post='458163' date='Aug 13 2007, 10:25 AM
Tried it again to day on a road not so steep, but steep enough for it to increase speed. Set it a 40mph and started to go down hill and it seemed to stick there.. thererfore is it based on the gradient. When I'm going uphill the speed is maintained.
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Originally Posted by Iceman' post='458244' date='Aug 13 2007, 01:10 PM
CC can't use the brakes, therefore teh car speeds up when going downhill.
ACC is using the brakes.
ACC is using the brakes.
This is completely independent of ACC, just standard CC...