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Is there any difference between disengaging the cruise control using the middle button on the left hand side of the steering wheel and tapping the clutch or brake pedal in an M7?
I almost always used the steering wheel button.... I much prefer using it than either of the other two methods - have been doing this for 27 years on Corvettes.....
Is there any difference between disengaging the cruise control using the middle button on the left hand side of the steering wheel and tapping the clutch or brake pedal in an M7?
No. Any of the three switches disconnects the cruise control.
Not sure if tapping the clutch pedal will completely disengage cruise control.
I know you can shift when cruise control is engaged. Cruise control momentarily disengages during shifting process, and then automatically resumes.
Last edited by bimmerborn; Oct 5, 2017 at 08:02 PM.
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To me, it's just much more natural to just let cruise control cruise. If I'm traveling too fast in cruise control and coming up on another car, then I'll just naturally hit the brakes slightly. Or if I'm about exit I'll use the clutch to downshift and the cruise control will disengage. I never think either of "gee I'm coming up on the guy in front of me and cruise control is on. Better find that button to disengage cruise control first" or "Oh this is my exit so let me first disengage cruise control with this little button...". What I'm saying is that it seems much more natural to me to tap the brakes to slow down or perhaps just start downshifting and the cruise will organically turn off so I've never seen a use for that button.
Belvin20, it's not like your hammering the brakes or anything, more like you're coming up too quickly with cruise on so you just tap the brakes a bit to start slowing down, not doing a full stop.
Not sure if tapping the clutch pedal will completely disengage cruise control.
I know you can shift when cruise control is engaged. Cruise control momentarily disengages during shifting process, and then automatically resumes.
I'm well aware of the ability to change gears in an M7 while not breaking cruise control. I should not have said "tap the clutch" but rather depress the clutch fully for a few seconds - long enough for the CC to disengage.
To me it just seems natural to say be in the right lane with an up coming turn and to depress the clutch fully and downshift leisurely to a lower gear such that that natural motion also disengages CC. IOW I see no reason (and I do not think) to first disengage CC manually by hand (or by button as the case is) in order to then downshift or slow down in any way. The downshifting or slowing down disengages the CC and I see no need to take the manual action of hitting the button to disengage CC first.
As such that button is pretty much meaningless to me and I wonder what it is for (hence my question).
Odd. I use the button all the time. It’s right next to my thumb, and I don’t have to look for it.
As an aside, I love that the C7 cruise control stays “armed” all the time. I think I’ve only Had to arm it twice during the last year and a half, and the second time was only because I’d disconnected the battery to do some work.
I'm well aware of the ability to change gears in an M7 while not breaking cruise control. I should not have said "tap the clutch" but rather depress the clutch fully for a few seconds - long enough for the CC to disengage.
To me it just seems natural to say be in the right lane with an up coming turn and to depress the clutch fully and downshift leisurely to a lower gear such that that natural motion also disengages CC. IOW I see no reason (and I do not think) to first disengage CC manually by hand (or by button as the case is) in order to then downshift or slow down in any way. The downshifting or slowing down disengages the CC and I see no need to take the manual action of hitting the button to disengage CC first.
As such that button is pretty much meaningless to me and I wonder what it is for (hence my question).
Engaging the clutch does not disengage cruise control on my M7. Brakes and button, yes.
Engaging the clutch does not disengage cruise control on my M7. Brakes and button, yes.
If so then your M7 is extremely odd! Note that if you do not engage the clutch for a long period of time (approx 1 or 2 secs) then you are allowed to switch gears and disengage the clutch and the CC will continue and not required you re-activate it. However if you push the clutch in for more than about 1 to 2 seconds the CC will no longer be active.
Odd. I use the button all the time. It’s right next to my thumb, and I don’t have to look for it.
I guess because I've had numerous other cars with a clutch and CC and none of them had this button so I've always just used my feet. Besides it's so natural as the CC whenever it needs to and never when it should remain on.
I never hold the clutch in while moving at speed, so I’ve never seen it shut off the CC. If I want to coast, I’m either in gear, or in neutral. My c6z would shut off the CC when I’d barely touch the clutch, and that was what I usually used to disconnect it. I didn’t know the C7 would shut off the CC if I held the clutch in, so thanks for sharing that.
At work, I operate numerous control mounted switches, so it feels natural to me when I’m in the car.
I never hold the clutch in while moving at speed, so I’ve never seen it shut off the CC. If I want to coast, I’m either in gear, or in neutral. My c6z would shut off the CC when I’d barely touch the clutch, and that was what I usually used to disconnect it. I didn’t know the C7 would shut off the CC if I held the clutch in, so thanks for sharing that.
At work, I operate numerous control mounted switches, so it feels natural to me when I’m in the car.
If you clutch in and then put the selector into neutral the CC will also disengage. I guess I'm saying that it's not a tiny tap on the clutch, nor a clutch to the floor for 30 seconds or more rather it's clutching for slightly more than 1 second and the CC will disengage.
I was quite surprised when I learned that I could say shift from 6th -> 7th while in CC and it would remain engaged if I was relatively quick about it.
To me, it's just much more natural to just let cruise control cruise. If I'm traveling too fast in cruise control and coming up on another car, then I'll just naturally hit the brakes slightly. Or if I'm about exit I'll use the clutch to downshift and the cruise control will disengage. I never think either of "gee I'm coming up on the guy in front of me and cruise control is on. Better find that button to disengage cruise control first" or "Oh this is my exit so let me first disengage cruise control with this little button...". What I'm saying is that it seems much more natural to me to tap the brakes to slow down or perhaps just start downshifting and the cruise will organically turn off so I've never seen a use for that button.
Belvin20, it's not like your hammering the brakes or anything, more like you're coming up too quickly with cruise on so you just tap the brakes a bit to start slowing down, not doing a full stop.
Only the button and brakes disengages cruise control on a M7, pressing the clutch for several seconds will disengage it also as per page 9-48 of the manual . Personally I prefer the button it's close to the left thumb and more convenient then the brake, IMO.
On another thought, it would be nice if it had adaptive cruise
Only the button and brakes disengages cruise control on a M7, pressing the clutch for several seconds will disengage it also as per page 9-48 of the manual.
So let me see if I got this straight. The button and the brakes are the only things that will disengage the cruise control... 'cept pressing in the clutch for more than a second....
Is that about right?
If so then can it be said that the button, the brakes and pushing the clutch in for more than a second are all effective ways to disengage cruise control?
Not sure if tapping the clutch pedal will completely disengage cruise control.
I know you can shift when cruise control is engaged. Cruise control momentarily disengages during shifting process, and then automatically resumes.
First standard shift I have owned that after the clutch is depressed when shifting, the cruise control reengages without requiring pushing the "Resume" button!
I like the feature. When driving in 7th on an Interstate I shift to 4th to pass a line of 18 wheelers quickly to minimize exposure time for stones flying from their tires! (The first month I had my 2014 C7 an 18 wheeler had a stone fly into my windshield and produce a chip by the passenger side by the wiper!)
It is easy to shift to the direct drive, 1:1 4th as the shifter springs bring you there with a light pull back and no side pressure! I then put it back to 7th and cruise control resumes without pressing any button! Rev Match also makes the 7th to 4th shift perfectly smooth! Why mess with shifting to or through two other overdrives, 6th and 5th!
The 6th gen Camaro uses the same steering wheel as 7th generation Corvette. Well, minus the airbag, aluminum trim, and lower badge. Camaro steering wheel has different cruise control button layout. First, Camaro has optional heated steering wheel. The button to activate heated steering wheel replaces Corvette's cruise control master switch. Next, Camaro's cruise control master switch and "cancel" functions are combined. These replace where Corvette's cancel button is.
While the steering wheel between Camaro and Corvette are interchangeable, the cruise control software is different. Putting a Camaro 's sterring wheel on a Corvette deletes the master switch. However Corvette remembers state of master switch even after car is turned off. A small rewiring can change master switch and cancel button function.
I imagine somewhere down the road one would like to benefit from getting heated steering wheel on a Corvette.
However Corvette remembers state of master switch even after car is turned off.
Not sure what exactly you mean by "master switch". Do you mean the "cruise control on/off switch"? And what do you mean by the "state of the switch"?
Personally my cruise control on/off switch is always on! I see no reason to turn it off. Yeah people will say "That's so you don't accidently turn hit resume and you go racing away". I don't buy it. CC can be turned off very easily in 4 different ways (break, clutch, "the button" and toggling off the master switch, if that's what you meant by master switch). IOW if I was traveling very slowly say in first gear and by accident hit the resume CC button when the CC was previously set to say 70 MPH, my first instinct would be to apply the brakes which would turn off the CC anyway.
Or are you saying there is some way to set the CC at say 70 MPH, turn off the car, later on get back in the car and the car would remember that the CC was supposed to be set at 70 MPH? Because that doesn't happen in my car.
Cruise Control
First standard shift I have owned that after the clutch is depressed when shifting, the cruise control reengages without requiring pushing the "Resume" button!
