Cruise Control Issues

[Trazor]

I have a Mercedes E400 Coupe, you have to apply the "handbrake/parking brake" with your left foot ( It's high up on the left hand side of the footwell well!!!)

Almost impossible, I would say, in an emergency situation.

 

[transam]

I have a Mercedes E400 Coupe, you have to apply the "handbrake/parking brake" with your left foot ( It's high up on the left hand side of the footwell well!!!)

Almost impossible, I would say, in an emergency situation.

same as a transam than

parking brake applied with yer foot and released manually by hand via seperate pull lever

 

[Trazor]

same as a transam than

parking brake applied with yer foot and released manually by hand via seperate pull lever

Exactly the same, weird design to say the least.

 

[Munroast]

??
I always put my car in "Park" before I get out (and obv Neutral in a manual)

not this modern piece of crap, pressing the on/off button does all that, you can press a button to put it in neutral and engage the parking brake f needed but in practice the parking brake comes on when the engine goes off and it is released by selecting forward or reverse.

With the engine going off for the start/stop bolluxs when I come to a stop with my foot on the brake, I must have thought that I had pressed the off button. When I come to get out of the car and my foot come off the brake pedal, the car must have thought to itself - off we go. A cleverer bit of software on behalf of mercedes may have concluded that opening the drivers door was not in keeping with an 'off we go'.

 

[robinbanks]

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I always put my car in "Park" before I get out (and obv Neutral in a manual)

What's your rationale for leaving your manual car parked with neutral selected?

 

[robinbanks]

Exactly the same, weird design to say the least.

Not weird; it's how Rolls Royce always thought it should be. I was told it was a much more sophisticated way to engage the brake, to use your stronger leg muscle rather than your arm. Perhaps there was a time that parking brakes required more strength to apply, in a similar way to how windscreen washer systems were a squeeze bulb type device and were pumped with the foot

 

[robinbanks]

I’m too scared to try it though!

I'd say it was sensible driving prep to try out and become accustomed to the safety features of a vehicle one is piloting..

 

[transam]

park up some of these new cars now go in doors for a cup of tea go back out to the garage 10 mins (?) later and the car is still shutting down all of its circuits

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

park up some of these new cars now go in doors for a cup of tea go back out to the garage 10 mins (?) later and the car is still shutting down all of its circuits

'New'? I remember my cars doing that for the past 40 or so years.

 

[Brigadier]

........opening the drivers door was not in keeping with an 'off we go'.

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[Trazor]

Not weird; it's how Rolls Royce always thought it should be. I was told it was a much more sophisticated way to engage the brake, to use your stronger leg muscle rather than your arm. Perhaps there was a time that parking brakes required more strength to apply, in a similar way to how windscreen washer systems were a squeeze bulb type device and were pumped with the foot

Yes, except the Mercedes handbook says do not use too much force, as you will lock all 4 wheels, and possibly skid.

 

[mattylad]

I drive a Ford KA Plus.
I use the CC daily, it does not work until your at 24MPH ish, however for the 6 miles it takes me to get to work, CC works very well at keeping me to the speed limit especially going past so called safety cameras. The moment I touch any pedal be it braking, clutch or accelerator the CC disables itself. CC is extremely helpful especially when used on motorways, keeping me going at a constant speed be it within or above the speed limit.

Using the CC on 30mph roads does not mean that I am unable to use my brakes or disable it if a hazard present itself and I take over the acceleration, nor does it mean I'm not looking at what is in front of me or where I am going, it just makes driving a little easier.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

The moment I touch any pedal be it braking, clutch or accelerator the CC disables itself. CC is extremely helpful especially when used on motorways, keeping me going at a constant speed be it within or above the speed limit.

Mine has a well known fault, in that the Hall Effect switch on the clutch, with normal use of the clutch, gets pushed away from the pedal. To engage it, I have to give the pedal a waggle with my toe. It has a master switch/ button, then a set button. Touch clutch, brake, or CC - off it goes, press the accelerator to increase speed above a certain amount, off it goes.

It's tricky to get it to operate at it's minimum speed, but it can be engaged at 22mph, which is near enough for 20mph.

Using the CC on 30mph roads does not mean that I am unable to use my brakes or disable it if a hazard present itself and I take over the acceleration, nor does it mean I'm not looking at what is in front of me or where I am going, it just makes driving a little easier.

Yep, it allows you to devote less attention to your speed and concentrate more attention on what is happening on the road ahead.

 

[ReganAndCarter]

was taught to leave (manual) car in gear when parking the car. Having had my car damaged by a runaway car parked on a slope where the driver 'forgot ' to apply the handbrake I'm even more annoyed that people aren't taught to do that.

Maybe Molehusband would have forgotten to leave it in gear too.

 

[algas]

Mine is a 2012 Megane 1.5 dci, one day after we had lots of rain the car just started to accelerate away by its self braking did no good or dipping the clutch just let the revs run too high , luckily enough I was going up a fairly long steep hill in light traffic , I managed with foot and hand brake to turn into a side road that I knew had a large layby, I turned in and stopped the engine, much steam comming from the brakes, I waited 5 min re started no probs, must have been water got into its brain, Its never happened since although sometimes between 68 and above the engine cuts out for a milli second and then carries on as normal but never below that speed, I think its something linked to the speed limiter, Ive pot it down to ****y French electronics.