What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? - Car Talk (3)

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Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by kernniejay(m): 8:23pm On Jul 18, 2022

Emeka71:
OK when in gear 5; how do you engage the cruise control?

When driving a manual car, normally you dont need your clutch when the road is free and you are already on gear 3 upward. So when you are on highway with gear 4 or 5, you are not pressing your clutch, you can just engage the cruise control once you reach the desired speed, then remove your foot from the throttle pedal and the car will continue at the speed you set the cruise.

Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by Tapout(m): 8:25pm On Jul 18, 2022

Police check points up and down and bad roads will never allow you enjoy cruise control in this Nigeria. I'm not surprised many people don't know about it's function in a vehicle. Because to be sincere, even those wey know about am no too dey use am, majorly because of what I pointed out earlier.

Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by hollas2jnr(m): 5:31am On Jul 19, 2022

IronSponge23:
You can only find cruise control in SUVs. Sowie, your Es330 don't have one.

You're wrong, sedan cars do have cruise control as well.

Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by Emeka71(m): 7:22pm On Jul 19, 2022

kernniejay:
When driving a manual car, normally you dont need your clutch when the road is free and you are already on gear 3 upward. So when you are on highway with gear 4 or 5, you are not pressing your clutch, you can just engage the cruise control once you reach the desired speed, then remove your foot from the throttle pedal and the car will continue at the speed you set the cruise.

Where is the cruise control located and also is the thing going to stop the cruise control on the next matching of the clutch?

Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by kernniejay(m): 9:18am On Jul 20, 2022

Emeka71:
Where is the cruise control located and also is the thing going to stop the cruise control on the next matching of the clutch?

Yes.
It is located in different places on different cars. Not all cars have cruise control.

Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by akinsanya005: 8:37pm On Jul 23, 2022

kernniejay:
1. The Cruise Control helps you to maintain your speed steadily at where you set the cruise control without using the throttle when you are on the highway. All you have to do is to control the direction of the car by the steering wheel. The vehicle will maintain its speed without you pressing the accelerator. Once you press the brake, the cruise control is deactivated.

2. The Over Drive (OD) helps your car to run at a higher speed without laboring your engine. The OD will reduce your RPM even when your car is at a high speed, thereby reducing your engine labour and fuel consumption. This will make your engine last longer.

The difference between Cruise Control and Over Drive is that, when you set the cruise control, you dont use your throttle/accelerator again while your vehicle keeps speeding at the steady kilometer per hour rate you want. BUT with the OD while you keep using your accelerator to determine your speed, your engine will not suffer any pressure or labour. The OD is best used when you are at top speed on highway, as the speed will not strain your engine. OD will not let your engine overwork by the speed.
Caveat - OD is not to be used for towing or climbing uphill road.
Gurus, your thoughts and further explanations pls.
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Love your articulated highlights and the way you diset the topic..

Pls how do you put the two to use in A Toyota corolla 03-07

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Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by kernniejay(m): 9:50pm On Jul 24, 2022

akinsanya005:
Love your articulated highlights and the way you diset the topic..

Pls how do you put the two to use in A Toyota corolla 03-07

It has already been explained. For a car that has the two and you want to use both functions together, I suggest you first engage the OD, when you get to the speed level you want, engage the Cruise control and let the vehicle do the moving while you do the steering.

Re: What Are The Functions Of Cruise And Over Drive On A Gear Stick? by Joyceaile(op): 3:49pm On May 25, 2025

Joyceaile:
Please house what does this work for?

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