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- From: essbaum@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Alexander Essbaum)
- Subject: Re: Cruise Control w/ Manual Transmission
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 00:15:39 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.193931.5164@scott.skidmore.edu>, jreiser@scott.skidmore.edu (Jason Reiser... Asleep) writes:
- |> stsshol@st.unocal.COM (Herb Lam) writes:
- |> >
- |> > I have a '91 Mazda 626 with manual transmission along with cruise
- |> > control. I have only tried the cruise control to see how it operates
- |> > but don't use it because I usually drive in fairly heavy traffic.
- |> >
- |> > Out of curiosity, what happens if the cruise control is on and I
- |> > change gears? Does it do any harm to the engine or the cruise control?
- |>
- |>
- |> The cruise controls I've used with manual transmissions have always
- |> disengaged when you touch the clutch... same way it does it you touch
- |> the brake. This probably applies to your 626 as well.
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- what if you change gears without touching the clutch (probably tricky if
- you're letting the cruise control do the gas)? what about pulling the
- tranny into neutral while at speed? will the engine rev maddly trying
- to maintain speed?
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- axel
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