On 05/06/2016 18:33, Tim+ wrote:
A manual car cannot maintain a constant speed up a steep hill without user
input, an auto can (within limits of course).

Yesterday I drove my wife's 55BHP hatchback 50 miles of dual carriageway
with the back stuffed full of things, and didn't have to change down on
any of the hills.

I'm aware that there are hills that would have required it - M40 going
up the Chilterns' scarp for instance - but they are rare on roads where
I'd use cruise.

Many years ago I had a Cavalier auto - and _that_ climbed that hill in top.

Andy