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- From: louislam@iastate.edu (Louis C Lam)
- Subject: Re: Cruise Control w/ Manual Transmission
- Message-ID: <louislam.722056552@vincent2.iastate.edu>
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- Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
- References: <1992Nov17.180052.25805@unocal.com> <1992Nov17.193931.5164@scott.skidmore.edu> <1992Nov18.001539.17655@rchland.ibm.com>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 03:15:52 GMT
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- In <1992Nov18.001539.17655@rchland.ibm.com> essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum) writes:
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- >In article <1992Nov17.193931.5164@scott.skidmore.edu>, jreiser@scott.skidmore.edu (Jason Reiser... Asleep) writes:
- >|> stsshol@st.unocal.COM (Herb Lam) writes:
- >|> >
- >|> > I have a '91 Mazda 626 with manual transmission along with cruise
- >|> > control. I have only tried the cruise control to see how it operates
- >|> > but don't use it because I usually drive in fairly heavy traffic.
- >|> >
- >|> > Out of curiosity, what happens if the cruise control is on and I
- >|> > change gears? Does it do any harm to the engine or the cruise control?
- >|>
- >|>
- >|> The cruise controls I've used with manual transmissions have always
- >|> disengaged when you touch the clutch... same way it does it you touch
- >|> the brake. This probably applies to your 626 as well.
-
- >what if you change gears without touching the clutch (probably tricky if
- >you're letting the cruise control do the gas)? what about pulling the
- >tranny into neutral while at speed? will the engine rev maddly trying
- >to maintain speed?
-
- I tried this on an automatic. I was cruising and then I shifted to neutral.
- The tachometer needle went up...passed the red line, and the car exploded...
- Just kidding.
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- But the engine did rev-ed up trying to maintain the set speed.
-
- I think this also apply to other cars.
-
- Louis
-