On 11-25-2012 08:10, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
wrote:
If you have room, i.e., not a lot of traffic, front-wheel drive and
cruise control is great.

If the drive wheels begin to slip, CC keeps them going at a speed
consistent with the car's speed, so that as soon as the road gets a
little less slippery, they grip again.

But fog and traction aren't related.

Maybe on older cars, but not on new ones with traction control or
Electronic Stability Control. As soon as the computer senses a slip
of a wheel, it cuts of the CC.

That sucks. The engine quickly slows the wheel down to almost stopped,
and the car's momentum keeps it sliding.

Besides, CC keeps the wheel going at a speed consistent with what the
care "should" be traveling at so if it slows down due to slippage it
is going to provide more power so it slips even more.

Every cruise control I have ever had and every speedometer I have ever
had measured speed from the drive train, not by GPS or radar or
Pitot-Static.

--
Wes Groleau

People would have more leisure time if it weren't
for all the leisure-time activities that use it up.
€” Peg Bracken