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Lip Gloss Jun 2019 5:59pm, 19 Jun 2019 34,536 posts	0 Lip Gloss Happy birthday HappyG
FenlandRunner Jun 2019 6:13pm, 19 Jun 2019 2,048 posts	0 FenlandRunner I love cruise control. If the limit is 30, set it to 30, if 40 set it to 40. No fear of speeding tickets ever.
Diogenes Jun 2019 6:28pm, 19 Jun 2019 37,684 posts	0 Diogenes And while you’re fiddling about setting it you’ve missed a speed camera or collided with something
GlennR Jun 2019 6:34pm, 19 Jun 2019 43,120 posts	0 GlennR You don’t have to look at it Dio.
Eynsham Red Jun 2019 6:34pm, 19 Jun 2019 4,447 posts	0 Eynsham Red Doesn’t work like that Dio, certainly not in my Octavia, unless you are just as likely to collide with something whilst looking at your speedometer!
Diogenes Jun 2019 6:37pm, 19 Jun 2019 37,691 posts	0 Diogenes I see. I think I’ve only ever driven one or two cars with cruise control and I’ve never bothered finding out how it works
FenlandRunner Jun 2019 9:05pm, 19 Jun 2019 2,050 posts	0 FenlandRunner Yep, cruise control is so easy in a VAG group car, e.g. VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat.
FenlandRunner Jun 2019 9:07pm, 19 Jun 2019 2,051 posts	0 FenlandRunner In fact as Glenn suggests, when set to 60, you don't even need to look, just press the up button. And the car accelerates to 60 and stays there, until you either cancel or touch the brakes. Some cars, my old Toyota even knocked the cruise control off when you pressed the clutch, but the latest VAG's don't work like that.
Derby Tup Jun 2019 9:32pm, 19 Jun 2019 32,318 posts	0 Derby Tup I reckon I’ve driven 750,000 miles in the last 20 years and maybe five were using cruise control. It’s terrifying
LazyDaisy Jun 2019 9:40pm, 19 Jun 2019 27,044 posts	0 LazyDaisy Our cruise control slows the car if the gap between it and the car in front gets too short. I quite like that, but even so I'd like to decide for myself. In any case an alarm goes off if CC isn't on, but you're getting too close to a slower vehicle. It's like the cockpit of a jumbo jet at times with all the alarms