Chuck wrote
> I think the greatest curse is cruise control that can't control the
> car's speed on steep hills. That's one reason (there are more) why I'm
> glad to be rid of my Toyota Sienna and have replaced it with a Chrysler
> Town & Country. AFAIK, only Chrysler products will downshift the
> transmission to maintain speed if necessary on steep grades.
>
> When we were traveling in the mountains of the west in our (then) Buick
> Lucerne I remember several times being surprised to discover that I was
> going 85-90 mph on some steep mountain roads with cruise control set at
> 70-75. That wouldn't happen in my Chrysler LHS and (I assume but not
> tested yet) Town & Country.
My 17 yo Rangie, in cruise control, for all its faults, can and does change
down going up a hill if it needs to, and going down a hill will throttle back
to
maintain the required road speed.
Brian Swale
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