Miata Mailing List: April 1999, Message #53

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On 3/31/99 22:36, Michael Bohnsack g7h4g7wl@coastalnet.com wrote:

>Although I get the feeling that few on this list use cruise control, my '92
>has it.  I have been wondering about cruise controls in general: why do they
>all need to be turned _on_ with a separate switch?  It seems to me that a
>cruise control that is "on" but not set is the same as one that is off.  Am
>I missing something?  Is there any reason not to rewire the circuit to be
>always on, and use that spot on the dash for something else?

Think of it as an "arming" switch. There are times that you absolutely, 
positively do not want CC to engage accidentally; plus, once set, there's 
no way to turn it back off except with the ignition key. I'm not so sure 
it needs to be a momentary switch, though--my Accord has a 
push-on-push-off switch for the same purpose, that even changes color 
when enabled. But then Mazda was never as smart as Honda, it just has 
more soul.

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Lanny Chambers, St. Louis, USA
'94C

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