Cruise Main Always On

[jsw2233]

I drive two 30 miles trip to and from work everyday. Is it ok to leave the cruise switch on all the time? To me it's a bit redundent to have to turn on the cruise control first and then set the speed to use it. What else the cruise main switch do besides avoiding accidental press of set button?

Thanks!

[Badgerland]

I'll be interested in some technical replies....I haven't turned ours off (other than the car being turned off) since December 2006 when we bought it. ;)

[tsmithvt]

I drive two 30 miles trip to and from work everyday. Is it ok to leave the cruise switch on all the time? To me it's a bit redundent to have to turn on the cruise control first and then set the speed to use it. What else the cruise main switch do besides avoiding accidental press of set button?

Thanks!

Can't imagine it causing a problem. Your just powering up the control module. It's like turning your radio on but turning the volume down. :)

[Rob@GLD]

I do the same thing,I drive two 28 mile trips to work everyday and I have had no problems with it being on all the time.

[jsw2233]

Thanks. Actually that's what I did to my old Mazda Protege too and I was always curious if it's ok. Of course I didn't join a nice OC like this one to find out the answer. :)

[gary696]

I drive two 30 miles trip to and from work everyday. Is it ok to leave the cruise switch on all the time? To me it's a bit redundent to have to turn on the cruise control first and then set the speed to use it. What else the cruise main switch do besides avoiding accidental press of set button?

Thanks!

My other car is a '97 Civic. The cruise has been on for 10 years and still performs fine.

[jsw2233]

My other car is a '97 Civic. The cruise has been on for 10 years and still performs fine.

So why is the on/off switch there? Why can't we just have one switch to set the speed when needed? I guess there might be some law suits out there by someone pushed the wrong button and ran into a car in front or something like that.

[tsmithvt]

So why is the on/off switch there? Why can't we just have one switch to set the speed when needed? I guess there might be some law suits out there by someone pushed the wrong button and ran into a car in front or something like that.

One could also ask why the radio has an on/off switch too. All you have to do is turn the volume down and it's like the radio isn't there. Established convention perhaps? I don't know.:rolleyes:

[jsw2233]

One could also ask why the radio has an on/off switch too. All you have to do is turn the volume down and it's like the radio isn't there. Established convention perhaps? I don't know.:rolleyes:

I think CC is actually worse then the radio. At least the radio save your station/track and volume, so it's a good convinience to be able to turn on and back to previous setting with an on/off switch. As for the CC, one has to do the same act: push a button, twice to turn it on and set the speed. This should be done by just one push, not two.

I also think of the on/off buttons on some new cars. There were critics like why do an owner have to insert/turn a key, and then push the button to turn on the engine? Some manufacturer listened and eliminated the need of the key part. As long as it's in your pocket, just push to start. Now, that's progress and convinience. :D