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I've had my RL since 3/13. I have recently, and somewhat sadly, decided that I had discovered all there was to discover and have settled into a comfortable love affair with my truck. But alas I have discovered something else I have not seen discussed in my 8 months on the ROC.
Each morning I drive a long lonely steep downhill country road to my workplace at 6:00 AM. The speed limit is 25, but everyone does 40 or more at that hour with no traffic. The local police recently responded to neighbor's complaints and have started issuing tickets. To prevent meeting one of these officers, like many of my coworkers have ($175.00), I decided to downshift and use the cruise contol set at 27ish and see what its like to almost obey this low speed limit for 5 miles.
It doesn't work. I have discovered that the cruise contol will not turn on in the "2" gear shift position. You have to be in "D".
I'm going to guess they are protecting the engine from over revving if you have it in "2" or hit the lever by mistake with the cruise set at 65 for some length of time. Any one else have any ideas why it is set up this way.
Each morning I drive a long lonely steep downhill country road to my workplace at 6:00 AM. The speed limit is 25, but everyone does 40 or more at that hour with no traffic. The local police recently responded to neighbor's complaints and have started issuing tickets. To prevent meeting one of these officers, like many of my coworkers have ($175.00), I decided to downshift and use the cruise contol set at 27ish and see what its like to almost obey this low speed limit for 5 miles.
It doesn't work. I have discovered that the cruise contol will not turn on in the "2" gear shift position. You have to be in "D".
I'm going to guess they are protecting the engine from over revving if you have it in "2" or hit the lever by mistake with the cruise set at 65 for some length of time. Any one else have any ideas why it is set up this way.