04-10-2021, 01:33 PM
I find cruise control useful even in low speed urban driving. There are quite a few 20mph speed limits around London, some of which have speed cameras. It's remarkably hard to maintain 20mph without taking your eyes off the road to look at the speedometer so cruise control works well for this.
My Skoda Yeti has basic cruise control and reversing sensors. Both very useful. My little electric Citigo has neither and I miss them. I must look at a front/rear set of dash cameras which might be able to double up as a reversing aid.
I've driven automatic cars since the mid 1990s and would never willingly go back. A decent auto box has rarely left me in the wrong gear and I can always override it. Who wants to be using a clutch in heavy traffic. It's irrelevant when cruising at speed. I've very occasionally chosen gears manually on winding country roads but the auto box is so good that I very rarely bother. The only times I feel I want a clutch is to get me out of trouble under slippery conditions. From stationary, engage 2nd, dump the clutch and off you go. No real equivalent in an automatic unless they've provided a special mode for slippy conditions.
My Skoda Yeti has basic cruise control and reversing sensors. Both very useful. My little electric Citigo has neither and I miss them. I must look at a front/rear set of dash cameras which might be able to double up as a reversing aid.
I've driven automatic cars since the mid 1990s and would never willingly go back. A decent auto box has rarely left me in the wrong gear and I can always override it. Who wants to be using a clutch in heavy traffic. It's irrelevant when cruising at speed. I've very occasionally chosen gears manually on winding country roads but the auto box is so good that I very rarely bother. The only times I feel I want a clutch is to get me out of trouble under slippery conditions. From stationary, engage 2nd, dump the clutch and off you go. No real equivalent in an automatic unless they've provided a special mode for slippy conditions.
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