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05-05-2007, 10:02 PM
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Formally Kia Chaser
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 2,493
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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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Tip for aggessive cruise control
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