So what's the point of the Cruise button?
06-06-2001, 03:57 PM
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So what's the point of the Cruise button?
I mean why is it even there? You still need to SET the cruise control for it to engage, and disable it when you want to regain control of the acceleration, so why is the Cruise button with the little green light in it there?
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06-06-2001, 04:00 PM
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the one with the light is so someone doesn't accidentally set the cruise control on...the one on the steering wheel is so you can set and cancel as needed when using cruise control.
06-06-2001, 04:02 PM
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06-06-2001, 04:36 PM
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It really is overkill. There's no reason for that extra button on the dash. I guess maybe if you're REALLY fat your belly might set the cruisecontrol on the steering wheel by accident if you inhale too hard, but even that I doubt.
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06-06-2001, 04:38 PM
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Heh... Maybe I could rewire that button to be the fog light on/off. That would keep me from having to install a new button... 
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06-06-2001, 04:51 PM
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Good call. I wonder how much a shop would charge to do that. I really want to turn off those stupid non-HID fog lights.
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06-06-2001, 06:18 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by e1828:
Do u mean 'Vestigial'?
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Do u mean 'Vestigial'?
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06-07-2001, 12:41 AM
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How else do you turn off the cruise control? Using the cancel and the brake will disengage, but how do you shut it off once you activate it? Wouldn't that be kinda silly not to have an off button?
Yep, the lawyers indeed. You engage the cruise control, you run up behind another vehicle and you brake, and once you take your foot off the brake, the car accelerates, rear ends a family of four....you know the rest.
No cruise control off button (manual says use the brake....): Acura is liable.
Cruise control button (manual says use the button to disengage only; brake doesn't always work....): Acura might be liable, you might be liable; depends.
In any case, my button is always depressed (on) as I mentioned once before in a previous post.
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Yep, the lawyers indeed. You engage the cruise control, you run up behind another vehicle and you brake, and once you take your foot off the brake, the car accelerates, rear ends a family of four....you know the rest.
No cruise control off button (manual says use the brake....): Acura is liable.
Cruise control button (manual says use the button to disengage only; brake doesn't always work....): Acura might be liable, you might be liable; depends.
In any case, my button is always depressed (on) as I mentioned once before in a previous post.
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06-07-2001, 01:09 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by kensteele:
How else do you turn off the cruise control? Using the cancel and the brake will disengage, but how do you shut it off once you activate it? Wouldn't that be kinda silly not to have an off button?
Yep, the lawyers indeed. You engage the cruise control, you run up behind another vehicle and you brake, and once you take your foot off the brake, the car accelerates, rear ends a family of four....you know the rest.
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How else do you turn off the cruise control? Using the cancel and the brake will disengage, but how do you shut it off once you activate it? Wouldn't that be kinda silly not to have an off button?
Yep, the lawyers indeed. You engage the cruise control, you run up behind another vehicle and you brake, and once you take your foot off the brake, the car accelerates, rear ends a family of four....you know the rest.
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No cruise control off button (manual says use the brake....): Acura is liable.
Cruise control button (manual says use the button to disengage only; brake doesn't always work....): Acura might be liable, you might be liable; depends.
No cruise control off button (manual says use the brake....): Acura is liable.
Cruise control button (manual says use the button to disengage only; brake doesn't always work....): Acura might be liable, you might be liable; depends.
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IMO, the switch is there so you would not accidentally engage cruise control. I've been in a car w/o that switch. It's heavy duty Ford 15 passenger van.
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06-07-2001, 01:17 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SilverKnight:
From what I know when you hit the brake pedal, it would activate the switch which turns off cruise control just like the switch to light up the brake light.
IMO, the switch is there so you would not accidentally engage cruise control. I've been in a car w/o that switch. It's heavy duty Ford 15 passenger van.
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From what I know when you hit the brake pedal, it would activate the switch which turns off cruise control just like the switch to light up the brake light.
IMO, the switch is there so you would not accidentally engage cruise control. I've been in a car w/o that switch. It's heavy duty Ford 15 passenger van.
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06-07-2001, 02:01 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by kensteele:
Okay. I thought disengaging cruise control and turning it completely off where two different things; electrically speaking (not mechanical). No?
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Okay. I thought disengaging cruise control and turning it completely off where two different things; electrically speaking (not mechanical). No?
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06-07-2001, 02:15 AM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by JRock:
Good call. I wonder how much a shop would charge to do that. I really want to turn off those stupid non-HID fog lights.
-J
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Good call. I wonder how much a shop would charge to do that. I really want to turn off those stupid non-HID fog lights.
-J
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