Non-adaptive cruise control
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Non-adaptive cruise control
So, whilst traveling the 60 odd miles from Norwich to Ipswich, I was playing with the cruise control on my 2016 gti and found the following....
1. Pressing the right silver arrow increases speed by 5mph (which I knew)
2. Pressing the left silver arrow decreases speed by 5mph (which I knew)
3. Pressing RES increases speed by 1mph
4. Pressing SET decreases speed by 1mph
So just in case you didn't know (because I didn't!) 3 and 4 may be of use to you!
1. Pressing the right silver arrow increases speed by 5mph (which I knew)
2. Pressing the left silver arrow decreases speed by 5mph (which I knew)
3. Pressing RES increases speed by 1mph
4. Pressing SET decreases speed by 1mph
So just in case you didn't know (because I didn't!) 3 and 4 may be of use to you!
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Re: Non-adaptive cruise control
Took me a couple of journeys to figure that out too! It's so counterintuitive its almost criminal...MczZippy wrote:So, whilst traveling the 60 odd miles from Norwich to Ipswich, I was playing with the cruise control on my 2016 gti and found the following....
1. Pressing the right silver arrow increases speed by 5mph (which I knew)
2. Pressing the left silver arrow decreases speed by 5mph (which I knew)
3. Pressing RES increases speed by 1mph
4. Pressing SET decreases speed by 1mph
So just in case you didn't know (because I didn't!) 3 and 4 may be of use to you!
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Re: Non-adaptive cruise control
Wow, nice tip!
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Re: Non-adaptive cruise control
Controls are identical for ACC also.
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Re: Non-adaptive cruise control
Took me 6 months and many frustrating attempts at pressing SET bang on the correct speed before I realised.
The average speed cameras near me are 50, I know that I can sit at 53 so I used to hover around 53 and hit SET. Would never manage it, always landing on 52 or 54. It was a revelation the day I realised what you mention above!
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The average speed cameras near me are 50, I know that I can sit at 53 so I used to hover around 53 and hit SET. Would never manage it, always landing on 52 or 54. It was a revelation the day I realised what you mention above!
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Re: Non-adaptive cruise control
Always worth checking out the owners manual; outlined on page 178 how to increase/decrease the speed by +/- 5 and 1 mph increments using the steering wheel controls.d7lan wrote:Took me 6 months and many frustrating attempts at pressing SET bang on the correct speed before I realised.
The average speed cameras near me are 50, I know that I can sit at 53 so I used to hover around 53 and hit SET. Would never manage it, always landing on 52 or 54. It was a revelation the day I realised what you mention above!
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I remember reading the +/- 5mph part, must have skim read the rest!
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[emoji23] The mark 7 Golf with ACC is the same! It was months before I noticed!
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I haven't read the manual...... prob why it took me so long to notice!
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Re: Non-adaptive cruise control
Do people use cruise control much? I used to have it in my Clio 172 and found I only used it to get decent mpg but it was more of a pain in the ass than anything having to constantly change lanes and such trying to keep at a set speed rather than use the arrows to go up or down on speed (in which case I may as well just use my foot!)
I've only had one occasion when I wished I had it and that was at about 2am in the morning on an empty stretch of the A14. Thoughts?
I've only had one occasion when I wished I had it and that was at about 2am in the morning on an empty stretch of the A14. Thoughts?
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I must admit to being like you Joe..........I've got it but I just don't use it !JoeMarano wrote:Do people use cruise control much? I used to have it in my Clio 172 and found I only used it to get decent mpg but it was more of a pain in the ass than anything having to constantly change lanes and such trying to keep at a set speed rather than use the arrows to go up or down on speed (in which case I may as well just use my foot!)
I've only had one occasion when I wished I had it and that was at about 2am in the morning on an empty stretch of the A14. Thoughts?
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Re: Non-adaptive cruise control
I use on my commute. There's a 10mile stretch of the A404 from the M4 to High Wycombe, I just set it to 55 or so.
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Rarely use mine for local journeys but if I'm going on a longer journey on A and M roads, then I do use it.
So many more speed cameras appearing, and I find on longer journeys without cruise control it's easy to let your speed to drift upwards!
So many more speed cameras appearing, and I find on longer journeys without cruise control it's easy to let your speed to drift upwards!
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I use cruise whenever I can for exactly this reason - it's too easy to end up going way too fast. I set mine for 72 and just accelerate when I need to go round things and let it drop back to the cruise speed. I find I rarely need to go below this speed using it this way and it also means I don't worry about speed cameras or unmarked cars any more. Much more relaxing. I don't think it does much for fuel economy to be honest as it can work the engine harder than needed in some bits to maintain the speed.SRGTD wrote:Rarely use mine for local journeys but if I'm going on a longer journey on A and M roads, then I do use it.
So many more speed cameras appearing, and I find on longer journeys without cruise control it's easy to let your speed to drift upwards!
Finally, come April the new speeding fines come into operation: 1/2 a weeks wages for 1 - 10 mph above the limit (so 31 mph in a 30 could cost me way over £500); 1 weeks wages for 11 - 20 mph over the limit, etc. I'm personally really pissed off with yet another attack on the motorist that it is almost impossible to avoid if you drive. Even a saint is going to exceed the speed limits occasionally but now the financial implications are horrendous.
Where I live there are quite a few immediate 20 mph reductions (50 - 30's) which are almost impossible to obey if you don't want another car driving into the back of you. I wonder where they'll put the cameras...
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I assume they will be scrapping points then too?