Cruise Control switch function?
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Cruise Control switch function?
This may be a stupid question but is there any reason to turn the cruise control on/off? Does it do any harm to just leave it in the on position, and activate the system when needed? 
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In my Vette I leave it off unless I am using it on the road... which means that normally it's off when we're simply cruising in town...
In my DD, (Impala) I drive 45,000 miles a year and it stays on ALL THE TIME... because I'm always using it!!
No problems in either case, in either car. I just sold the Impala with 89,000 miles... great hwy cruiser.
In my DD, (Impala) I drive 45,000 miles a year and it stays on ALL THE TIME... because I'm always using it!!
No problems in either case, in either car. I just sold the Impala with 89,000 miles... great hwy cruiser.
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St. Jude Donor '09
I think the reason it has an on/off switch is for safety, so you don't unknowingly turn it on. It takes merely a touch on the end of the turn signal stalk, which you could do accidentally. In actuality, it's not that big a hazard, in my opinion. I leave mine on all the time.
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Originally Posted by RocketDawg
I think the reason it has an on/off switch is for safety, so you don't unknowingly turn it on. It takes merely a touch on the end of the turn signal stalk, which you could do accidentally. In actuality, it's not that big a hazard, in my opinion. I leave mine on all the time.
Umm yeah, the first part of the question... which I totally forgot to answer... What he said!!!
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Originally Posted by sailohio
Safety is not an issue. What fraction of a second might it take you to touch the brake?
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It can go on at bad time
Originally Posted by RocketDawg
I think the reason it has an on/off switch is for safety, so you don't unknowingly turn it on. It takes merely a touch on the end of the turn signal stalk, which you could do accidentally. In actuality, it's not that big a hazard, in my opinion. I leave mine on all the time.
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I may be old school, but I don't see any reason to have something on if I'm not going to use it. Seems to me any electrical device is going to fail sooner if left on constantly. How many people leave their rear defroster on all the time, or the radio on with volume turned way down when not listening? 
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Originally Posted by falconfling
GM, in my opinion, makes the easiest to use (and best) cruise control, but since it IS easy, I have bumped my on, in my Silverado (exact same control ) when I meant to slow, it hit accelerate briefly, before I hit the brake. If you manage to hit just the exact wrong set of circumstances you might bump something. Since it is so easy to turn on and off, why not just leave it off ?
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Originally Posted by 01QuickSilver
I may be old school, but I don't see any reason to have something on if I'm not going to use it. Seems to me any electrical device is going to fail sooner if left on constantly. How many people leave their rear defroster on all the time, or the radio on with volume turned way down when not listening?
