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Old 7th June 2019, 09:24   #21
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Use it loads.....in town and out of town.

Helps keeping under the speed limit without keeping flitting eyes back and fore the speedo too much and its pretty relaxing on motorways / dual carriageways.

I don't really see much difference effort wise in altering speed occasionally due to differing traffic speed with C/C or with normal driving.

Never had C/C before my last car ( mercedes E240 ) wouldn't buy a car without it now.
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Old 7th June 2019, 09:31   #22
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Any answer anybody about CC and Sport mode ?? 😉
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Old 7th June 2019, 10:50   #23
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here in western australia i use cc all the time.
I do 600km round trip to our holiday house in the south west and cruise is brilliant given its about 3 hrs each way at 110 km.
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Old 7th June 2019, 11:12   #24
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Very useful in average speed areas (i.e. most motorways converting to be smart!), but otherwise only used when traffic is very light (i.e. never!)
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Old 7th June 2019, 11:39   #25
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I have to say that despite all the driving being on motorways and outside the rush-hour, I found the feature unhelpful given the constantly varying (by small amounts) speed of vehicle around me. In my view it would need radar controlled speed adaptation to be of practical use on UK roads.
I find the same ; I have no sooner set it than I have to come out of it !
Don't know where all these quiet roads other people are using are !
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Old 7th June 2019, 11:46   #26
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I find the same ; I have no sooner set it than I have to come out of it !
Don't know where all these quiet roads other people are using are !

France !
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Old 7th June 2019, 11:49   #27
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My car has cruise control (which I was desperate for) and speed limiter.

The cruise control I never use for the reasons you highlight, but the speed limiter is used almost constantly. I have total control of where I want to be in the traffic but never have to worry about breaking the law. Love it.
Each to his own, as they say!

I use CC as often as I can, but don’t feel safe with the speed limiter!
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Old 7th June 2019, 11:53   #28
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I have CC as standard in my Conny cdt SE, handy for motorway and fast roads, I recon it must improve MPG slightly and reduces the chances of getting stung by speed cameras, I'm currently upgrading my 190 with cruise control for the same reason, it would have been handy last year when driving round Europe and I'm sure it will be an advantage when on the Dutch dash in September.
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Old 7th June 2019, 11:56   #29
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Use CC all the time commuting the 45 miles or so along A96 most of time out of rush hour traffic and love it. The only small complaint I have is the position of the disengage button, which seems too low and i'm tempted to do the mod that i've seen on here somewhere, mounting a small switch on top of the central wheel fascia, at the back. No need to move hands to bottom of wheel then
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Old 7th June 2019, 12:08   #30
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I use mine as much as possible. You have to anticipate further ahead, which can't be bad. I am sure it improves fuel consumption on a long journey.

I also think it helps a lot when the speed limit drops to something like 50, it's very easy for your speed to increase without it.
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