Am I The Only One Who Hates Cruise Control?

[YazYaz]

I see so many posts regarding the desire for cruise control. I don't get it. I hate cruise control. I drive from 300 - 1000 miles a week and it is mostly highway miles.
Every car I have had for the past 15 years has had cruise control and I don't use it. I have tried to learn to like it, but it isn't going to happen. I have even tried adaptive cruise control and I hate that. The feature is mentally exhausting and irritating. Is there anyone else who does not like cruise control?

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[Deleted member 5597]

Everyone has their own personal preferences. If you don't like it, don't use it. It's just that simple.

For me, I do very little highway driving, but when I do, I use CC. Why? It takes pressure off of my foot, ankle, and leg. It allows me to travel at a constant speed as well.

 

[Last Truck Ever]

I live in an area notorious for speed traps, especially when travelling through smaller communities dependent upon speeding tickets for revenue. Call me crazy, but my habit is to set the CC like two mph below the posted speed and forget about it (until I see the speed has changed...again). I've had countless times when I've cruised right past a cop or state trooper, confident I'm not speeding, going happily along my way. If you live where it's a free-for-all, sure, I'd hate CC too. But I honestly think it's saved me countless times. (And I don't have $300+ dollars to be throwing away at speeding tickets, either).

 

[Flight Test]

I can respect your position on cruise control. I have had it throughout the years on many vehicles. CC and ACC are nice features.

 

[Last Truck Ever]

I see so many posts regarding the desire for cruise control. I don't get it. I hate cruise control. I drive from 300 - 1000 miles a week and it is mostly highway miles.
Every car I have had for the past 15 years has had cruise control and I don't use it. I have tried to learn to like it, but it isn't going to happen. I have even tried adaptive cruise control and I hate that. The feature is mentally exhausting and irritating. Is there anyone else who does not like cruise control?

FWIW, btw, when it was first a thing in cars (geezer, here), I didn't like it at all either -- my comments would have been identical to yours above, I couldn't get used to it, found it too hard to get used to which button was which, what the couple of symbols meant -- GAH!!! hated it. Then I just drove a car with it long enough to finally get used to it, and now.....WON'T buy a vehicle without it.

 

[MAVERICK ST]

I see so many posts regarding the desire for cruise control. I don't get it. I hate cruise control. I drive from 300 - 1000 miles a week and it is mostly highway miles.
Every car I have had for the past 15 years has had cruise control and I don't use it. I have tried to learn to like it, but it isn't going to happen. I have even tried adaptive cruise control and I hate that. The feature is mentally exhausting and irritating. Is there anyone else who does not like cruise control?

YES!

 

[MLowe05]

I don't like standard CC and don't use it. I only find ACC to be worthwhile.

 

[Harleystreetbob]

Ive never used cruise control on any of my cars or bikes

 

[mcc63303]

I see so many posts regarding the desire for cruise control. I don't get it. I hate cruise control. I drive from 300 - 1000 miles a week and it is mostly highway miles.
Every car I have had for the past 15 years has had cruise control and I don't use it. I have tried to learn to like it, but it isn't going to happen. I have even tried adaptive cruise control and I hate that. The feature is mentally exhausting and irritating. Is there anyone else who does not like cruise control?

In high traffic conditions it can be irritating but on the open hiway it's a must for me.

 

[StillWaiting]

Yes you are one of the few

 

[Deleted member 5597]

Thanks for your permission. It is obvious to anyone that nobody has to use it. That is not the purpose of the post. The purpose was to discuss the likes and dislikes of cruise control. The remainder of your post was useful.

Not trying to be a smart ass, so don’t read into it. Just adding my friendly bit of advice. Sorry that you took it the wrong way.

 

[Takk]

Only used on the open highway, and even then, sometimes I just prefer to follow another car. I never use ACC. I would miss it if I didn't have it as an option though.

 

[Aherpa]

The only speeding ticket I've ever gotten was when the CC was unplugged on my '97 F150 for a recall. I use it on highways all the time. Like other have said, it relieves strain on my ankle and foot.

My wife never used to like it but she got used to it and now likes it. She also uses the intermittent wipers as well. . . she's so modern.

 

[stoptothink]

We got the XLT because wife refused to buy a car without cruise control, but in 4 months and ~3200 miles of driving, I'm all but certain we've never used it. I did use it, in our other car, on a recent road trip where we drove several hundred miles through the middle of nowhere. That's about the only situation where we use it.

 

[GTBuzz]

My wife can't stand CC. We can be the only car on a highway and Im saying why not use CC, she says never. But I use it when I drive sometimes.

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