Christophe wrote:To what extent do you think that the generalization of the cruise control system makes it possible to lower the consumption? 5%? 10%?
Do you have concrete personal experiences (comparatively ideally)?
I'm coming a little late. I have a regulator for about a month only:
- consumer issue, I have a very cool driving for a long time, very economical (below the consumptions given by the controllers): result, no measurable difference; the regulator is as good as me and vice versa ... It accelerates much more brutally than I do ... but is probably also more sensitive to lift the foot faster ...
- I think for many people this will mean an economy; for fanatics of the mushroom, it can surely make 1 or 2 liters to 100 ...
- for me, the gains are threefold: comfort (no more "cramps" in the foot over long distances ...); safety (while I am not controlling the speed, I can take care of the traffic ...); points of the license (guaranteed not to be trapped by the radars at the bottom of the famous descents ...).
Some other points already addressed:
- on C5, the pitch is 1 km / h (plus or minus)
- disconnect the regulator is a habit that is taken as quickly as to lift the foot or put the foot on the brake pedal; without thinking, now I put my finger on the end of the commodo, ready to disconnect as soon as I approach a situation where it might become necessary ... (ex: a turn that I do not know, and that I can not appreciate it from a distance: I disconnect, once in the turn, I reconnect to accelerate out of turn) ...
You'll understand, I think it's great!