2010 Cruise Control
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From: Al Falfa on 29 Sep 2009 20:45 The 2010 cruise control differs from the 2005 cruise control. The good news is that it remembers it's setting even when you come to a complete stop and resumes once you are above about 25 mph. The bad news is that, in the ECO mode at least, it maintains the set speed +/- about 3 mph on roads with small hills. When the 2010 cruise is set the lever behaves just like the gas pedal. Hold it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts charging the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly. Moving up or down, you have to lead it a bit to arrive at the desired speed. For example, if you are at 45 and hold the lever up until you reach 55, releasing the lever at that speed, you will end up cruising at 57 or 58.
From: Al Falfa on 29 Sep 2009 22:57 "Michelle Steiner" <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote in message news:michelle-779658.19190829092009(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <4ac2aa4d$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org>, > "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote: > >> When the 2010 cruise is set the lever behaves just like the gas pedal. >> Hold >> it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts charging >> the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly. > > Same thing with the 04. > I missed it. I don't believe the 2005's cruise would resume once a person had dropped below about 25 mph. Did I miss that too?
From: Chas Gill on 30 Sep 2009 04:05 "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote in message news:4ac2aa4d$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... > The 2010 cruise control differs from the 2005 cruise control. The good > news is that it remembers it's setting even when you come to a complete > stop and resumes once you are above about 25 mph. The bad news is that, > in the ECO mode at least, it maintains the set speed +/- about 3 mph on > roads with small hills. > > When the 2010 cruise is set the lever behaves just like the gas pedal. > Hold it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts > charging the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly. Moving up or > down, you have to lead it a bit to arrive at the desired speed. For > example, if you are at 45 and hold the lever up until you reach 55, > releasing the lever at that speed, you will end up cruising at 57 or 58. > > The cruise control lever will also increase speed in incremental steps of 1mph if you flick it upwards, about once every 3/4 sec. or so, and decrease speed by the same amount if you flick it downwards. Quite useful when your speed doesn't quite match the car in front. Not as useful as radar controlled adaptive cruise, though, which Toyota thinks us Brits aren't grown up enough to have yet....... :-(
From: Al Falfa on 30 Sep 2009 10:37 "Chas Gill" <Chas.Gill(a)gollum.btinternet.com> wrote in message news:Ef-dnZ4HGqjXjF7XnZ2dnUVZ8mGdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > > "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote in message > news:4ac2aa4d$1(a)newsgate.x-privat.org... >> The 2010 cruise control differs from the 2005 cruise control. The good >> news is that it remembers it's setting even when you come to a complete >> stop and resumes once you are above about 25 mph. The bad news is that, >> in the ECO mode at least, it maintains the set speed +/- about 3 mph on >> roads with small hills. >> >> When the 2010 cruise is set the lever behaves just like the gas pedal. >> Hold it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts >> charging the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly. Moving up or >> down, you have to lead it a bit to arrive at the desired speed. For >> example, if you are at 45 and hold the lever up until you reach 55, >> releasing the lever at that speed, you will end up cruising at 57 or 58. >> >> > The cruise control lever will also increase speed in incremental steps of > 1mph if you flick it upwards, about once every 3/4 sec. or so, and > decrease speed by the same amount if you flick it downwards. Quite useful > when your speed doesn't quite match the car in front. Not as useful as > radar controlled adaptive cruise, though, which Toyota thinks us Brits > aren't grown up enough to have yet....... :-( Yes, the 2010 does the incremental bump too but in the ECO mode it's not nearly as responsive as in the power mode. While I'm on modes, there seems to be 4 modes of operation. The 3 buttons (EV, ECO and Power) select deviations from what I'll call "normal". In other words, the fourth set of operational parameters is achieved by not selecting any of the other three. In that "normal" mode it performs very much like my 2005 did.
From: Al Falfa on 30 Sep 2009 10:45 "Elmo P. Shagnasty" <elmop(a)nastydesigns.com> wrote in message news:elmop-1DCA5D.07213130092009(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <4ac2c911(a)newsgate.x-privat.org>, > "Al Falfa" <crop(a)eastforty.fld> wrote: > >> >> When the 2010 cruise is set the lever behaves just like the gas pedal. >> >> Hold >> >> it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts >> >> charging >> >> the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly. >> > >> > Same thing with the 04. >> > >> I missed it. I don't believe the 2005's cruise would resume once a >> person >> had dropped below about 25 mph. Did I miss that too? > > Nope. My 94 Lexus cancelled the cruise once below 25, and so does my 07 > Prius. The 2010 drops out of cruise below 25 too, but, unlike my 2005, it remembers the setting and can be resumed by pushing the control upward once one is back above 25. In the 2005 I had to manually accelerate back to the desired speed and set the cruise again. Another difference I've noticed, one which may indicate an adjustment is necessary, is the cancellation of cruise when the brake pedal is depressed. The 2005 was so sensitive I could cancel the cruise by brushing my foot across the brake pedal. In the 2010 the cruise doesn't cancel until brake action begins with the brake depressed more than an inch. I've reverted to cancelling it by pulling the lever toward me.
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