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gafmo
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must say I have grown to enjoy Cruise control in the daily drive.
But it does run 20k's of on down hills if your not watching :lol:

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The Jag has cruise control but I disconnected it as it was very dangerous in the wet.

The only reason I am asking is that the Moke is undertaking a Northern Safari soon and the thought of my foot welded to firewall for 5 hours didnt appeal.
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Blokeinamoke wrote:
The Jag has cruise control but I disconnected it as it was very dangerous in the wet.


Would have been easier to just not use it in the wet?
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^^^yes but jag owners are a bit...different :? :lol:

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Anto wrote:
Blokeinamoke wrote:
The Jag has cruise control but I disconnected it as it was very dangerous in the wet.


Would have been easier to just not use it in the wet?


nope - other people drive the car
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Cruise control is not good in the wet in any car. A lot of owners manuals say not to use it in the wet.

I have used the ones that K-mart used to sell and Supercrap sell. You can see them on E-bay.

A hand throttle is not a cruise control. It does not apply more power for going up hills or back off going downhills. It also does not turn off when you hit the brakes. :shock:

There is a bloke selling kits on ebay.
Cruise Control Kit AP60
Cruise Control Kit AP150 You also need to fit a clutch switch on a Manual box.
There is also a bloke selling this AUSCRUISE-AC3000
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Spaceboy wrote:
underpowered?


Quote of the month?

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Anto wrote:
Yeah my motorbike had a factory fitted throttle lock screw. I used it once on the highway and then ripped it out and binned it. Problem was I forgot about it and only remembered after I had opened the throttle wide open to overtake and it stayed there....
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Change of undies required??
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I cheated and had it professionally fitted but the cost was a bit high.
I had to laugh when I collected the car afterwards. The fitter was frothing at the mouth and described the Mini as "diabolical" :D :D

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d1ck0 wrote:
Anto wrote:
Yeah my motorbike had a factory fitted throttle lock screw. I used it once on the highway and then ripped it out and binned it. Problem was I forgot about it and only remembered after I had opened the throttle wide open to overtake and it stayed there....
:shock: :shock: :shock:
Change of undies required??


Not half! There does not appear to be an emoticon that illustrates my reaction....
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I have a cruise control AP 60 fitteed to my starlet powered mini made driving longer distances much easier.

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Blokeinamoke wrote:
The only reason I am asking is that the Moke is undertaking a Northern Safari soon and the thought of my foot welded to firewall for 5 hours didnt appeal.


What about the thought of your beee-hind sitting in those terribly comfortable seats for 5 hours?! Appealing ain't it? :wink:

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92 wrote:
I have a cruise control AP 60 fitteed to my starlet powered mini made driving longer distances much easier.


I was waiting to see what you had ben - does it brake down hills? what do you think of it?

How does it attach to the starlet motor?

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speedy wrote:
Blokeinamoke wrote:
The only reason I am asking is that the Moke is undertaking a Northern Safari soon and the thought of my foot welded to firewall for 5 hours didnt appeal.


What about the thought of your beee-hind sitting in those terribly comfortable seats for 5 hours?! Appealing ain't it? :wink:


I actually think that wont be a problem. I think they surprisingly comfortable
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I was waiting to see what you had ben - does it brake down hills? what do you think of it?

How does it attach to the starlet motor?


It senses road speed and adjusts throttle accordingly via a vacuum operated actuator. So doesn't apply brakes but backs off throttle and the engine does the braking and maintains speed within about 5kpa aslong as the hill isn't too steep, I am quite happy with it made driving to Hay and to MDU alot better not having to consantly watch speed as the throttle peddal is quite sensitive.

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