Speed Limit Increases Should Be On Downhill Sections Of Roads ONLY

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit)
05/22/2018 at 10:45 • Filed to: None

And limit DECREASES on uphills.

Damn you $3gal gas, I’m trying to hypermile here....

DISCUSSION (36)

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 10:50

If gas was $3 a gallon here, I’d commute in a Demon. It’s cheap today at a nice $5.95US$/G

Ash78, voting early and often > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 10:54

I remember being thrilled the last time gas hit $3 because it was on the way down from $4.50

itschrome > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 10:55

But i need to carry speed up hill or my car gets awful gas milage going into low gear to put up hill! my car sucks..

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 10:57

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Also, that’s $0.80/L, or ~$1.12/L CAD. Boo Fuggin’ Hoo.

Signed, Salty

Ash78, voting early and often > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 10:58

Further, cruise controls should be adjustable for whether you want perfect speed (and lower economy) or fluctuating speed (and better economy). This could be an easy slider knob or just some buttons.

My car is German, it’s like “YOU WANT TO GO 78, I MAKE YOU GO 78”

My wife’s car is Japanese. It runs all cruise control decisions through a committee. Sometimes I feel like I’m being overruled.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/22/2018 at 10:59

$2.20/L CAD? Fuck no I’m staying in the Peoples Republic of Ontario

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 11:01

nah. I think I did the math wrong. It’s 1.59 today per litre.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Ash78, voting early and often
05/22/2018 at 11:02

This is true... cruise control=/=better economy.

Is it a Toyota? I hate the cruise on our Sienna. If it hits a hill, it lets the speed drop... and drop... and drop... and suddenly it kicks down (sometimes two gears), floors it and overshoots the target speed significantly. And begins coasting again. It doesn’t seem to understand ground that isn’t flat. Or moderation.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/22/2018 at 11:04

I think that’s roughly $4.25/G USD.

Still I think I’ll shut up, it’s around $1.35-1.40 here right now—or $1.46-1.50 for the 89 Octane I use.

Ash78, voting early and often > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 11:05

Odyssey...same exact behavior. And the excessive kickdown is no doubt worse in the end (vs an earlier downshift).

I’m still trying to get used to all these late 2000s cars with their unusually tall top gears. I’m so used to 5MT or 4AT where you can actually accelerate in-gear on the highway without much fuss. I don’t mind losing 1-2mpg for that.

Spanfeller is a twat > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 11:07

Those darn prices!

*cranks up v8 truck*

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Ash78, voting early and often
05/22/2018 at 11:08

I’m so used to 5MT or 4AT where you can actually accelerate in-gear on the highway without much fuss.

This has actually become one of my favorite features of my truck... the ability to just walk a fine line and let it growl along in high gear when I want to accelerate. Or on a hill.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 11:08

The Fiesta ST uses 94, it’s still hovering around the $1.80 mark

Spanfeller is a twat > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 11:09

Even gas here in the socialist republic of petrol its reaching 1.1 USD a liter

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/22/2018 at 11:10

$0.20 gap between 87 and 94? That’s not terrible. I mean, the price is still high, but in relative terms... I’d have expected worse.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Spanfeller is a twat
05/22/2018 at 11:11

I grant you the right of complaint.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Ash78, voting early and often
05/22/2018 at 11:17

It’s almost impressive how well my car will stick to the speed you set it to. I’ve pulled up the secret menu on my ZHP to get a digital readout of the RPM. With cruise control on it only varies +/- 15 rpm, even if it has to go up or down a hill. That means in 6th gear the car holds its speed at less than +/- 0.5 mph

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 11:20

I need limits like that because I drive an incredible under powered car.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 11:22

To me cruise control is one of the few areas where I am excited about the possibility of autonomous tech improving the feature. If the car/ cruise control knew the terrain ahead it could make better economical decisions about when and how to apply throttle, rather than just waiting for the speed to fall out of the target range and then freaking out.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Ash78, voting early and often
05/22/2018 at 11:22

The 330i BMW gave me when they replaced my airbag pulled pretty decently in 7th & 8th. Granted not as well as the 435i they gave me a few years back was pulling, but still pretty good for a 4-banger. I think the fact that their engines hit peak torque below 1500rpm helps alot with that.

ItalianJobR53 - now with added 'MERICA and unreliability > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 11:26

*cries while filling up premium $3.7/gal gas*

Tekamul > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 11:31

Have you ever been to Kansas? They would need to set 1 universal limit.

Also, I filled up yesterday at $3.13/gallon for 91 non-ethanol, which was a 20 cent jump from the previous tank. BUT it will probably last me until mid July, as it’s warm again, which means electro-two wheelin’.

Spanfeller is a twat > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/22/2018 at 11:32

Rolls Royce/Mini does something similar with GPS adjusting gear in automatic cars if it sees a corner.

Spanfeller is a twat > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
05/22/2018 at 11:33

RPM=/= load

Load=gas expense.

e36Jeff now drives a ZHP > Spanfeller is a twat
05/22/2018 at 11:40

I am aware that RPM=/= load. I was referring to the ability of the cruise control to stick extremely close to the set speed than anything else. The digital readout I can bring up for my speed only shows whole numbers, but the RPM readout shows down to a single RPM, which, after some math, gives me the speed in a much finer detail than either the digital readout or the dials.

Spanfeller is a twat > e36Jeff now drives a ZHP
05/22/2018 at 11:44

Oh, computers can make everything nicer.

I actually like more the electric RPM limiters than the fuel cut off ones.

Just BSSSSSSSSSSSSSS at 6500!

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 11:45

Yeah, filled up on friday with 94 octane at 1.59/L, damn long weekend pricing.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo
05/22/2018 at 11:57

The thing is it doesn’t need to be an issue even today. Cruise on my ancient 4-speed auto works just fine. Speed is nailed within a very tight range and the only thing that unsettles it a bit is an extra-steep hill, even then it doesn’t overreact. It’s programming, and Toyota’s SUCKS.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again.
05/22/2018 at 11:57

woof

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 12:03

CAD$2.20 per Liter is about what fuel costs in Paris, France as of this past March.

It might be higher now.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
05/22/2018 at 12:12

Haha that is fair. My cars have never had a problem either, but I think this is an area where MPG can be optimized better using tech.

Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Takuro Spirit
05/22/2018 at 12:27

Having dealt with holiday traffic this weekend what we need is gps enhanced cruise control, too many people rubberband on mountain roads because their vehicles don’t have enough torque to maintain speeds on grades, meanwhile my FiST is rocksteady and I end up having to pass them everytime we go up a hill, only to have them accelerate down hills and pass me again. I promise you any gas you might have burnt maintaining speed up the hill will even out when you don’t have to be constantly breaking and accelerating on a 1 hour drive.

LOREM IPSUM > Ash78, voting early and often
05/22/2018 at 13:21

Mine has laser guided cruise control, which will maintain a set distance between my car and the one it’s following, braking when needed, and beeping at me if it feel I need to take over control of the brakes.

It will also completely blow past the max setpoint whilst going down hill, without even thinking of applying the brakes whatsoever.

I’m sure Nissan had their reasons, but unsure what they might have been thinking.

LOREM IPSUM > Spanfeller is a twat
05/22/2018 at 13:25

Gas prices are like $7/gal. Car gets 15 mpg city, max. Insurance is over $300 a month on a 15 year old vehicle.

...and I don’t even care anymore. Just toss all of my money out of the sunroof and let’s call it even.

Spanfeller is a twat > LOREM IPSUM
05/22/2018 at 13:28

Hey, let them have it, you have free healthcare and they have marginal savings on gasoline and other utilities

LOREM IPSUM > Spanfeller is a twat
05/22/2018 at 13:36

With more and more forced induction setups coming out of the factories, you see the “cut fuel at max rpm” method less and less these days. Cutting off fuel on an FI vehicle tends to make em lean out and blow up. Instead, they cut ignition these days iirc.

I believe the Hondata folks learned that lesson the hard way on their initial release. (Actually, maybe it was AEM)