Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on September 30, 2009, 11:21 am
> >> When the 2010 cruise is set the lever behaves just like the gas pedal.
> >> Hold
> >> it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts charging
> >> the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly.
> >
> > Same thing with the 04.
> >
> I missed it. I don't believe the 2005's cruise would resume once a person
> had dropped below about 25 mph. Did I miss that too?
Nope. My 94 Lexus cancelled the cruise once below 25, and so does my 07
Prius.
Posted by Al Falfa on September 30, 2009, 2:45 pm
>> >> When the 2010 cruise is set the lever behaves just like the gas pedal.
>> >> Hold
>> >> it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts
>> >> charging
>> >> the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly.
>> >
>> > Same thing with the 04.
>> >
>> I missed it. I don't believe the 2005's cruise would resume once a
>> person
>> had dropped below about 25 mph. Did I miss that too?
> Nope. My 94 Lexus cancelled the cruise once below 25, and so does my 07
> Prius.
The 2010 drops out of cruise below 25 too, but, unlike my 2005, it remembers
the setting and can be resumed by pushing the control upward once one is
back above 25. In the 2005 I had to manually accelerate back to the desired
speed and set the cruise again.
Another difference I've noticed, one which may indicate an adjustment is
necessary, is the cancellation of cruise when the brake pedal is depressed.
The 2005 was so sensitive I could cancel the cruise by brushing my foot
across the brake pedal. In the 2010 the cruise doesn't cancel until brake
action begins with the brake depressed more than an inch. I've reverted to
cancelling it by pulling the lever toward me.
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on September 30, 2009, 4:20 pm
> > Nope. My 94 Lexus cancelled the cruise once below 25, and so does my 07
> > Prius.
>
> The 2010 drops out of cruise below 25 too, but, unlike my 2005, it remembers
> the setting and can be resumed by pushing the control upward once one is
> back above 25. In the 2005 I had to manually accelerate back to the desired
> speed and set the cruise again.
yep. That was the Toyota standard for a long, long time. I wonder when
someone wised up?
Posted by Al Falfa on September 30, 2009, 7:25 pm
>> > Nope. My 94 Lexus cancelled the cruise once below 25, and so does my
>> > 07
>> > Prius.
>>
>> The 2010 drops out of cruise below 25 too, but, unlike my 2005, it
>> remembers
>> the setting and can be resumed by pushing the control upward once one is
>> back above 25. In the 2005 I had to manually accelerate back to the
>> desired
>> speed and set the cruise again.
> yep. That was the Toyota standard for a long, long time. I wonder when
> someone wised up?
Perhaps when I and a billion other Toyota owners whined about it. :-)
Posted by Elmo P. Shagnasty on September 30, 2009, 9:37 pm
> > yep. That was the Toyota standard for a long, long time. I wonder when
> > someone wised up?
>
> Perhaps when I and a billion other Toyota owners whined about it. :-)
yeah, but I'm pretty sure they couldn't hear me grumbling in my car as I
pulled away from the toll booth--which is the only time it really
affected me...
> >> Hold
> >> it up and it accelerates constantly. Hold it down and it starts charging
> >> the traction battery to reduce speed more quickly.
> >
> > Same thing with the 04.
> >
> I missed it. I don't believe the 2005's cruise would resume once a person
> had dropped below about 25 mph. Did I miss that too?