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| dgardel Member Since: 30 Nov 2008 Location: Veneto (Heart & Head) Posts: 3586  
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Me too Discovery 5 td6 HSE Stornoway Gray Outback Engineering Limited Edition 
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16th Oct 2012 2:34pm |
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| df1 Member Since: 06 Aug 2011 Location: Ireland Posts: 221 |
Good stuff, hope they come in shortly, sounds a really good piece of kit. Definitely keep me one, can you contact me as soon as they arrive to arrange paying  |
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16th Oct 2012 7:53pm |
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| jerseyman Member Since: 21 Jul 2009 Location: Jersey Posts: 279 |
Perhaps not to relevant to the general theme of this thread but ....
I have just come back from 6 weeks in Spain in my Puma 90. I have a list of mods that i would like to look into as a result of this journey. Cruise control is one of them (Plus decent wind screen washers, sort out the mirror blind spot, better ICE and torage needs some more thought) But, one of the issues I found on long journeys is that after a couple of hours I find myself getting mildly drowsy I normally drive through it after about half an hour or so (Air con on full, windows down, red bull, normally clears it, I would stop immediately if I thought there was any danger of dozing off or not reacting on the road correctly). With even less to do when driving has anyone found that Cruise control encourages drowsiness? |
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20th Oct 2012 3:27pm |
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| yobbie Member Since: 15 Nov 2010 Location: Isle of Wight Posts: 711  
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I was a bit concerned about this most of my long distance European trips have been done on a motorbike (not much chance of falling asleep). As I mentioned earlier in this topic I have just driven to Venice with the Mobile Centre cruise control, but did not experience any drowsiness. I found although there was large distances you can travel with the cruise control set you were still very alert and had to make adjustments to the speed (just using the stalk) because of catching slower traffic and not being able to overtake.
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20th Oct 2012 4:17pm |
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| Tjhappel Member Since: 08 Aug 2012 Location: Southern California Posts: 22  
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I bought mine from defender tuning in Austrailia. Dirk is pretty darn easy to work with and his stuff ALWAYS works. This cc is really amazing considering its not stock.
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26th Oct 2012 6:01am |
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| AndyS Member Since: 18 Aug 2012 Location: London Posts: 595 
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When I got back from the Alps this summer I looked into it and general feeling across the internet is that cruise control does cause drowsiness. I read that accidents caused by a driver falling asleep involved a high percentage of cruise controls being on. But that doesn't mean you have to have it switched on. If you felt you were beginning to get drowsy you could turn it off to give yourself something else to do. I found the range of the 110 (about 300 miles) was just about right to stop for coffee and a snack. I experienced much less fatigue than when driving my Smart. |
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26th Oct 2012 8:32am |
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| MartinK Member Since: 02 Mar 2011 Location: Silverdale (Lancashire/Cumbria Border) Posts: 2664 
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Agree - I'm sure many of us have access to other vehicles with CC.
I do a (almost) weekely 400 mile round trip to Blackpool from Edinburgh for work, and also up and down the A9 between Perth & Inverness.... CC is a wonderful addition! It's great in average-speed-camera sections because it stops you creeping over the 40/50mph, and it's much easier for long journeys on the M6 (in the evening when there's not much other traffic) when you're tired after a long day in the office. I use it all the time in the Volvo, and will - at some point - add it to my Defender Defender "Puma" 2.4 110 County Utility (possibly the last of the 2.4's) |
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26th Oct 2012 9:22am |
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| TJ101 Member Since: 30 May 2007 Location: Taunton Somerset Posts: 3747  
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Don't own a vehicle without cruise, never had a "drowsey" period
The 110 has done 4 longish trip to Spain, Croatia, The Alps and Pyrenees in the last 18 months or so,, all on the cruise,, Juts on these trips, works out at 5p per mile,, total bargain California F1, 75th 110 "Kermit", 50th Ann V8, 90 V8 Hybrid, 55 Series 1 Main Brian James Trailer Dealer for South West UK |
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26th Oct 2012 9:25am |
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| pannawonica Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Clackline Western Australia Posts: 568 
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[quote="Tjhappel"]I bought mine from defender tuning in Austrailia. Dirk is pretty darn easy to work with and his stuff ALWAYS works. This cc is really amazing considering its not stock.[/quote]
Got my Scheelmann's from Dirk, he's a good bloke mate. I want a CC for my truck, my bloody legs swell up after driving more than 1k/miles at a go. Its a burger because it take few days before they go down again.  |
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26th Oct 2012 1:31pm |
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| BruceT Member Since: 01 Nov 2010 Location: South Africa Posts: 516 
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Ok hows this for a big decision?
Remap or Cruise Control? |
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26th Oct 2012 1:32pm |
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| pannawonica Member Since: 21 Nov 2010 Location: Clackline Western Australia Posts: 568
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Easy, remap ( Alive/ Bas) then CC. Why? cos with a remap they can't prize you out of your truck!
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26th Oct 2012 1:34pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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so nobody looking to use the LR adaptive cc?
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26th Oct 2012 8:27pm |
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| brightondefender Member Since: 14 Jan 2012 Location: East Sussex Posts: 97 
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Definatley a remap first i have the alive stage 2 and the transformation is amazing  alive |
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28th Oct 2012 3:41pm |
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| brightondefender Member Since: 14 Jan 2012 Location: East Sussex Posts: 97
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What is this? I want CC badly as my Audi has it and it just makes long journeys so much easier IMHO |
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28th Oct 2012 3:42pm |
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