YACT: Using CC going up a long, steep hill

[jtvang125]

Never heard any warnings of this but I usually turn off my cruise control when I'm going up a long, steep hill. What do you guys say?

 

[tm37]

As long as the engine is not lugging or the tranny is not shifting between gears repeatedly you should be fine

 

[NutBucket]

Yeah, as long as its not struggling up the hill no problem. Besides, an auto trans would likely downshift anyway.

 

[dug777]

lol, some of use have manuals here

That said, my folks Prado just drops out of CC when the torque hits a certain point, well before any damage is done...

 

[dug777]

If it's hilly country you'll get better fule consumption using the accelerator yourself anyway...

 

[RossMAN]

I need help, I thought cc was credit card.

WTF?

 

[Cattlegod]

you won't hurt anything.

 

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I need help, I thought cc was credit card.

WTF?

Me too.

I figured this would be a credit issue thread.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I need help, I thought cc was credit card.

WTF?

You spend too much time in Hot Deals

Cruise control.

Originally posted by: dug777
If it's hilly country you'll get better fule consumption using the accelerator yourself anyway...

Not at a constant speed...

 

[jaedaliu]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: RossMAN
I need help, I thought cc was credit card.

WTF?

You spend too much time in Hot Deals

Cruise control.

Originally posted by: dug777
If it's hilly country you'll get better fule consumption using the accelerator yourself anyway...

Not at a constant speed...

depends on why you're using cruise control. The only time I do is when I'm trying to keep myself from speeding too much. Unfortunately, I get bored and take cruise control off if I'm close to my destination.

 

[dug777]

I've seen a good few tests that show CC is crap in country that's hilly, since it tries to hold your speed on the hills and overspeeds over the top, rather than taking the slow down in your stride manually...

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: dug777
lol, some of use have manuals here

That said, my folks Prado just drops out of CC when the torque hits a certain point, well before any damage is done...

Yes, I have a manual as well. I assume my answers are directed towards people with auto trannys since the VAST majority of people have them.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: dug777
I've seen a good few tests that show CC is crap in country that's hilly, since it tries to hold your speed on the hills and overspeeds over the top, rather than taking the slow down in your stride manually...

I guess I was spoiled...the last CC-equipped car I had could hold it within 1MPH on all but the steepest hills, up or down :Q

Maybe it had PID rather than straight PI control...or was just better tuned for the car.

Granted, if you use your momentum to climb hills (but lose a bit of speed along the way), and let gravity speed you up on the way down (but NOT stick to a constant speed), you save some gas.

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: NutBucket

Originally posted by: dug777
lol, some of use have manuals here

That said, my folks Prado just drops out of CC when the torque hits a certain point, well before any damage is done...

Yes, I have a manual as well. I assume my answers are directed towards people with auto trannys since the VAST majority of people have them.

I had a manual before and it wasn't that much different. The car was able to hold its speed even in 5th gear (set at 70mph). If I turn off cruise control half up the hill I would have to downshift into 4th to keep my speed up.

 

[NutBucket]

Depends on if your manual has 125hp or 280

 

[BobDaMenkey]

I don't think that it would wear out anything any more than regular use of the Cruise. I don't know from experiance though. There are no mountains to climb in Pheonix, and I have a Manual truck.