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Aftermarket cruise control (car)
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:04 pm
by javaman
My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one
Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?
Re: Aftermarket cruise control (car)
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:05 pm
by mfzx6r
javaman wrote:My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one
Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?
yes buy a non-el-cheapo car
Re: Aftermarket cruise control (car)
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:08 pm
by javaman
mfzx6r wrote:javaman wrote:My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one
Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?
yes buy a non-el-cheapo car
Why would I buy a great fast car only to have it set at cruise then
Re: Aftermarket cruise control (car)
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:11 pm
by mfzx6r
javaman wrote:mfzx6r wrote:javaman wrote:My el-cheapo car does not have cruise control and 8hrs of driving back from adelaide and 4 police encounters later I decided I need one
Been looking at AP60 for $250. Is there any better options ?
yes buy a non-el-cheapo car
Why would I buy a great fast car only to have it set at cruise then
there's no pleasing you is there ??
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:52 pm
by mrmina
mate $250 is not bad.
my brother enquired for his old lancer and it was around the $300 mark.
maybe wait for the supercheap auto boxing day sale 20% off everything
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:02 pm
by Maty10
I've got one on my XF andi. It was ok.....
For the week or two it lasted. Probably really good if you can manage a decent enough way to hook it up to the throttle cable, I couldn't.
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:45 pm
by javaman
Thanks, I just bought AP60 + clutch switch option at $239. They got a big sale happening at autobarn. Not bad as there are some at ebay fro $249 not including shipping and clutch switch.
Can't wait for tomorrow
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:18 pm
by z900/zx9
Andy the point of havin a fast car is to get to the acceptable speed as fast as possible
and to keep the youngans in there rice burners hounest
Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 9:51 pm
by Neka79
my ute has cruise cont..i rearely use the thing.... now it dont work tho...bastard...
Posted: Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:06 am
by javaman
Wohoo! Got it working and it worked better than I had expected. I've used late-model schmick commodore cruise control before and this $239 thing is waaay better. It just doesn't run off even going uphill..downhill... Wonder if I can fit this onto the bike
Should have read the installation manual addendum first tho ...
Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:03 pm
by mrmina
javaman wrote:
Should have read the installation manual addendum first tho ...
instruction manuals are over rated
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:00 am
by ducati_paul
So this fits on an Auto I take it? what's the Clutch switch thingy? I'm thinking of putting one in my EB Falcon it's an Auto,
I got busted Christmas last year in NZ for 117 in a 100 zone, I was pissed off 'cos I wasn't even in a hurry! just cruising along in my Olds 4WD and didn't realised I'd slipped past the 100km/h until I saw the cop throw on his lights! then I had the dilemma of do I show my Aussie or NZ licence! I decided to go with the NZ one just in case he was a VERY Diligent cop and the points followed me back to Oz on my Aussie licence
at least he was nice enough to warn me of his two mates cruising the road another 50 or so Km ahead of us (as he wrote out my NZ$120 fine
)
Re: Aftermarket cruise control (car)
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:39 am
by mick_dundee
javaman wrote:Why would I buy a great fast car only to have it set at cruise then
To save yourself this
javaman wrote:8hrs of driving back from adelaide and
4 police encounters later I decided I need one
{/quote]
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:55 am
by javaman
ducati_paul wrote:So this fits on an Auto I take it? what's the Clutch switch thingy? I'm thinking of putting one in my EB Falcon it's an Auto,
I got busted Christmas last year in NZ for 117 in a 100 zone, I was pissed off 'cos I wasn't even in a hurry! just cruising along in my Olds 4WD and didn't realised I'd slipped past the 100km/h until I saw the cop throw on his lights! then I had the dilemma of do I show my Aussie or NZ licence! I decided to go with the NZ one just in case he was a VERY Diligent cop and the points followed me back to Oz on my Aussie licence
at least he was nice enough to warn me of his two mates cruising the road another 50 or so Km ahead of us (as he wrote out my NZ$120 fine
)
Auto would be even better since you don't need clutch switch! The only switch needed is the brake switch which is included in the package anyway.
Maybe a cheaper version (AP50) will work too but I wouldn't fuss the $30 difference.
Posted: Wed Dec 06, 2006 11:01 am
by ducati_paul
Did you fit it yourself? was it difficult? do you have a website for the kits? is this too many questions?