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05-05-2007, 11:02 PM
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Formally Kia Chaser
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle
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Hey guys.
The topic of aggessive cruise control comes up every now and then. I've just done a pile of traveling with and without a trailer and 95% of it on cruise control. Some people complain of the car jumping up an extra 20kph when going up a hill on cruise or just generaly revving high. This may be obvious to some, but for those that don't yet know: What works for me (or what I have discovered) is that it is all to do with the econ/power mode. When in econ mode, the car tries to keep the revs very low - ie. Changing up late at the very last moment. Problem is, on cruise control, when going up a hill, when it finally decides to change up a gear to keep up speed, it has to rev out and downchange 2 gears. Try running the car in power mode when on cruise. This way, when the car needs just a little squirt of power, it will just kick back one gear, and only have to rev up a very little bit then change back down again. I call this the "Chaser Theory" - lol. Give it a go anyway, and let us know how you guys go! Cheers Chaser
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06-05-2007, 12:02 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Salamander Bay
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i've found the same thing with mine and don't have any major dramas with cruise but it's easy for me as i'm always in power mode ;)
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06-05-2007, 12:40 AM
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Saving for a Jet Car
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: richmond.nsw.au
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Im going on a long drive tomorrow... I'll give it a go.
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06-05-2007, 05:39 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: QLD - Townsville
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i found in mine (a manual) is that it will open the throttle gradually and is often slower than the decline in speed going up the hill....then at a certain point will disengage, but make it over the hill and i take over ... /pats car on the roof
being a manual though it will only rev so much then just give up, bloody gearbox cant even change its own gears !!! lol
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06-05-2007, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melb
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I often use the accelerator to keep the speed dropping off at the start of a hill
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Tip for aggessive cruise control
Linear Mode
