Re: More on Prius cruise control

In article <a91ae$45dd2de6$47c2b532$4677@msgid.meganewsservers.com>
rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom "Ray O" writes:
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> Sorry, I assumed that the *resume* feature's function was more
> obvious. [...][/color]

A situation where terminology differs, leading to some mild idea
disconnection.
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> Some more cruise control tips and tricks:
>
> [...][/color]

Yow. Some of those (eg the parking brake) call for coordination
when going at speed. <g> General rule seems: "anything that may
signal the driver's desire to vary the set cruise speed."
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Andrew Stephenson

"Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <a91ae$45dd2de6$47c2b532$4677@msgid.meganewsservers.com>
> rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom "Ray O" writes:
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>> Sorry, I assumed that the *resume* feature's function was more
>> obvious. [...][/color]
>
> A situation where terminology differs, leading to some mild idea
> disconnection.
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>> Some more cruise control tips and tricks:
>>
>> [...][/color]
>
> Yow. Some of those (eg the parking brake) call for coordination
> when going at speed. <g> General rule seems: "anything that may
> signal the driver's desire to vary the set cruise speed."
> --
> Andrew Stephenson
>[/color]

Most of the time, I just pull the cruise control stalk to cancel, but before
that feature was added, I would depress the button on the parking brake
handle and pull up just enough to disengage the cruise and push the lever
back down. This was effective to slow down without the brake lights coming
on, like when a car with lights on the roof appeared in the rear view
mirror. ;-)
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

In article <d8380$45ddc311$44a4a10d$8518@msgid.meganewsservers.com>
rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom "Ray O" writes:
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> Most of the time, I just pull the cruise control stalk to cancel, but before
> that feature was added, I would depress the button on the parking brake
> handle and pull up just enough to disengage the cruise and push the lever
> back down. This was effective to slow down without the brake lights coming
> on, like when a car with lights on the roof appeared in the rear view
> mirror. ;-)[/color]

Aha! Mister Devious, at it again. ;-) In the Prius one has a
foot brake. Fancy stuff is trickier. Easier to move a lever.
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Andrew Stephenson

"Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1172150542snz@deltrak.demon.co.uk...[color=blue]
> In article <a91ae$45dd2de6$47c2b532$4677@msgid.meganewsservers.com>
> rokigawaATtristarassociatesDOTcom "Ray O" writes:
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>> Sorry, I assumed that the *resume* feature's function was more
>> obvious. [...][/color]
>
> A situation where terminology differs, leading to some mild idea
> disconnection.
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>> Some more cruise control tips and tricks:
>>
>> [...][/color]
>
> Yow. Some of those (eg the parking brake) call for coordination
> when going at speed. <g> General rule seems: "anything that may
> signal the driver's desire to vary the set cruise speed."[/color]

Add to the end of this sentence: ".... in the downward (slower)
direction". You can give it some gas to accelerate over the set point and
then it will drift back down back to the set point when you let up on the
gas again.

Overall, I have always liked the way Toyota sets up their approach to
cruise control, with the stalk and the way it operates. I just do not
like that cancel the memory below 24 MPH feature - oh I mean failure.
Tomes
Tomes

"Pemaquid" <PquidPt@Fool.edU.invalid> wrote in message
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> A safety feature, I believe. If your speed falls dramatically from the
> set-point, say for a construction zone, flicking the stalk upward by
> mistake could have an unhappy outcome.
>
> But I'm guessing, of course.
>
> --
> Paul of Pemaquid Point
> "Bounding Maine"[/color]

I see Toyota's approach a safety feature too.
I had at least two close mishaps while using another vehicle that retained
the speed setting until it was manually shut off. It is a bizarre feeling
to start zooming up after having endured a long string of packed stop and go
intersections. One other time the vehicle picked up speed as I was
maneuvering around a corner. In the time it takes to comprehend what's going
on and do something about it a lot of bad can happen.