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YOUR RESEARCHCruise control
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Use cruise control all the time
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My 996 is a daily driver, I use the cruise control all the time.
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I use it for highway drives and slow roads that are speed traps -- more to keep speed in check than as a convenience, but sometimes for convenience on long drives.
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In fact I use cruise in all my cars when driving expressway/freeways/etc.
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I use cruise infrequently enough that I have to relearn how the controls work each time I use it.
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I use it for highway drives and slow roads that are speed traps -- more to keep speed in check than as a convenience, but sometimes for convenience on long drives.
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Especially since the speedometer is so far off on these cars - I double check how fast I’m driving with Waze and then set the cruise.
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Check than as a convenience
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I use it for highway drives and slow roads that are speed traps -- more to keep speed in check than as a convenience, but sometimes for convenience on long drives.
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My cruise control currently inoperable and I often wished it worked to keep me out of trouble.
Yep, used it tonight. I had a police officer pull in behind me in a 35mph zone. Then he stayed behind me onto the freeway. Followed me for about 6 miles all together. Cruise control set right on the speed limit. I was no fun for him.
I�m still in the very early days of owning my first high performance car, let along a 911. Every touch of the throttle brings joy. I hope the feeling never gets old. Please tell me it doesn�t.
It�s not a DD so I�m not usually in traffic, and I�ve yet to go on an extended road trip. I�m also tall which limits my leg room as it is. I do use cruise control on other cars so I�ll keep an open mind.
Thanks for the feedback, this forum significantly enhances my p-car ownership experience. I hope others feel the same.
Mines a DD but I generally only use the cruise control on longer drives when I want to give my leg a rest... the rest of the time it�s too much fun so no need to use it.
I never use cruise control in any car. I just drive as though at any moment, someone will try to merge lanes, crash into me, a pothole or road debris will suddenly appear or a cop will catch me speeding.
I maybe tested it before I bought my car, just to see if it worked.
The fact that early 996s don�t all have CC is awesome. How old school is that! Goes along great with a missing glovebox and a manual headlight switch.
I use it for highway drives and slow roads that are speed traps -- more to keep speed in check than as a convenience, but sometimes for convenience on long drives.
<hopping on soap box>
That said, I positively
hate
the design of the Porsche/Audi cruise control. Forward is to accelerate, down is to decelerate, I don't remember the rest.
My old BMW 325 had it right -- "up" to speed up, "down" to slow down, "forward" to resume, brake to turn off, "back" to enable -- nothing could make more sense. The 996 and our Audi Q5 cruise control controls make no sense to me. I use cruise infrequently enough that I have to relearn how the controls work each time I use it. I can't remember if the Audi is the same as the 996, but I dislike them both. I got rid of that BMW 20+ years ago and I still remember exactly how it works.
I use mine all the time on long road trips, in any car. The one in the 911 is one of the best I've felt. Maintains dead solid speed very nicely even on hilly terrain. Some cars let the speed vary too much, or don't deal with hills well.
I have to turn the one off in my Audi if the road isn't flat, because going down a hill it will get rolling too fast, then clamp the brakes or downshift suddenly to control the speed. Then going up the next hill it might lose too much speed, and then accelerate hard or drop down a gear to get back up to speed. It's laggy. The Porsche seems to absorb these situations seamlessly and you never even think about it.
Agreed that the stalk directions don't make any sense, but it only takes a minute to memorize them.
My cruise control currently inoperable and I often wished it worked to keep me out of trouble. It's
way
too easy to exceed the speed limit in this car!
I have the exact same experience with our Audi on hills -- it speeds up downhill a lot, then hits brakes fairly hard -- very annoying and it happens every time. I'll have to try the same stretch of road in the 996. I wonder if the difference you are seeing might be due more to the (presumably) manual transmission in the 996 making engine braking work when the cruise control backs off the throttle versus the Audi automatic, which seems to freewheel downhill.
Agreed -- just frustrating for me because I use it so rarely that I have to look at those stupid pictures on the stalk every time I want to use it. It's a first world crisis I tell ya!!!
If it�s your first 911 I bet you drive it more than that!! I bought my first just recently. I�ve put 3500 miles on since mid March just driving evening and weekends.
Wife hasn�t said �slow down� once!! I have a great wife!
I haven't used mine but only because I haven't taken it on any road trips yet. I might take it to Monterey Car Week this year.
I go to Orange County and LA but with the exception of the 73 toll road, traffic is usually too heavy for cruise control.
I use mine on long freeway stretches especially where I’m worried about speed traps. Especially since the speedometer is so far off on these cars - I double check how fast I’m driving with Waze and then set the cruise. Unless I’m on the freeway I never use cruise though.
Also agreed with all the comments about the odd logic on the control. Have had a bunch of MB’s and the Porsche cruise is backwards compared to that, so I always end up shutting it off a few times when I’m using it.
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I've never used it on my 996 (the '02 has it), but I use it occasionally on the highway on long trips in my land cruiser. It has radar cruise control which maintains a set following distance, which is pretty cool. Every time I use it I kind of have to re-learn though, the controls aren't very intuitive.
Haha! Yeah going around the block is getting really old! You must have a higher life insurance policy than me, because my wife has said "SLOW DOWN" more than once!
My 996 is a daily driver, I use the cruise control all the time. The ergonomics were a little wonky to learn, but easily memorized.
One of the underappreciated benefits of throttle-by-wire is how much better and smoother cruise control works.
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