Cruise control

[applicationcen]

To Jazzdriver

You said -

'This would mean that cruise control works differently from cruise control on a manual.'

That's absolutely correct -  iShifts and CVT's change gear ratios for you and in a manual you do it:)

[applicationcen]

So Mr Honda gives us traction control.

VSA will  detect when car is not following the correct track (sideways movement) and if steering wheels are not pointing in same direction as car is traveling (skids) also knows if a driving wheel is rotating faster than a non-driven wheel.  VSA will apply brakes / cut engine power to get car back on track.  Sometimes VSA is a help on snow,  sometimes not you will have to figure out when to disable it (press VSA button for a few seconds to turn it off, do the same to turn it back on) it will always default to the ON mode when you start the car.  I leave it on all the time but have had to turn it off sometimes on deeper snow / mud.  It is interesting to floor the accelerator when on a wet road island and feel the car just gently slide sideways and not totally lose it as would normally happen.

Front wheel drive is better on snow simply because engine weight is over driving wheels,  a rear engine rear drive car like old  VW Beetle is also good on snow.   Rear wheel drive is much better at putting power down under normal circumstances because the vehicles weight naturally transfers to rear of car when accelerating,  just like it transfers weight to front when braking and gives front wheels more grip.  A rear drive car like BMW will out-handle a front wheel drive car at the limits,  but we normal drivers don't have to worry about limits too much so front drive is adequate for what we require.  Rear drive lap time round Nurburgring is faster than front drive cars, there is a limit how much power can be put down through front wheels (bearing in mind torque steer and limits of CV joint power handling capability).

That's a very good summary.

[guest5685]

I use cruise control quite a lot ( mainly to keep me to the speed limit - too many speed cameras down here)

But I do notice that the speed increases quite a lot when going downhill. Its very hilly in Devon too.

Me too! The trouble is that applying the brake knocks the cruise control out but I find changing down a gear or two at the beginning of the hill in cruise control (without braking) sorts the problem for me.

Changing gear also overrides cruise control too! Doesn't it?
At least it does in Wanda.

[guest5545]

I have a manual box and I can change up and down between 4th and 5th and cruise control stays active, not sure about other gears.


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[Geoffers]

On my previous mk2 dipping the clutch disengaged cruise. On my 2015 mk2 (manual) dipping the brake does it?!

Bit of a shock the first time I used it on the new one, I can tell you!