emorphien Posted April 19, 2005 Share Posted April 19, 2005 I routinely drive with the cruise at 85, this of course is in rural North Dakota on the interstate. Mine too will engage up to 88-89. After some fooling around with it I was able to get it to set at 92. I accomplished this by turning the cruise power switch on and off a couple times real fast and then it would set at that speed. I should add that since then it has worked sometimes but not others. Kind of reminds me of the seat belt chime shutoff trick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suicideking Posted April 19, 2005 Author Share Posted April 19, 2005 Eastern Nevada, from Wendover to Panaca. (Hwy 93) I would love to see graduated driving licenses given to people who can prove competency and have a car equipped properly for speeds above 75 mph, but it isn't going to happen in my lifetime. Most of our lawmakers in D.C. have never driven in the west. If (heaven forbid) they have to come out here, they fly. If they were forced to drive from Salt Lake to Reno twice a month, maybe they would change their minds, and raise speed limits to 90 mph for cars with the proper tires, and drivers with the proper credentials. Oh well, wish on! Amen. I feel the same way. Another long stretch through Nevada is the Loneliest Highway....Highway 50 which, I believe, goes through Ely and heads almost all the way to Reno. An awesome stretch of road. Drove it in July of 2003. ....on a completely unrelated sidenote, this highway is the (partial) subject of Stephen King's novel "Desperation"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad_in_denver Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 We drove from Denver to the Black Hills in South Dakota a couple months ago and I agree with the desire to cruise above 90. I don't pay less attention on cruise control, I just get better mileage. Anytime we got near civilization I slowed down to the speed limit and took off cruise control, but there were lots of miles where there was nothing like civilization, the roads were straight, dry and empty. BTW, South Dakota was beautiful, Crazy Horse monument is awesome and I got my car dirtier than it had ever been. It was early May and this is the picture we took after an hour driving on a "road" that was mud on top of mud (where it wasn't snow on top of mud). I'm sure the 2 other people on the road, both in 4wd trucks, thought we'd be spending the night there when they saw a sedan (de-badged hee hee) coming the other way. I was never so glad to have a Subaru... http://home.comcast.net/~brad_stauf/sd2.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_rex Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 if you're running past 80, you better not be sitting back in CC. get up and put your feet on the pedals. dR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leganza Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Eastern Nevada, from Wendover to Panaca. (Hwy 93) The speed limit is 75, but last Friday I went almost 15 minutes on max cruise control (88 mph) without seeing another vehicle. There are stretches of road that are perfectly straight for 10-12 miles. On some of those stretches I was between 100-115 mph. The car is perfectly stable and very reassuring at those speeds. As those of you in the west know, there are many roads away from population centers where speeds of 90+ mph are possible for long distances. As near as I can figure, I have driven somewhere around 900-1000 miles in excess of 100 mph. (I'm 59 years old, many of those miles were driven before some of you were born) Now, before you lambast me for my driving, let me explain that I raced sports cars for 20 years. I had class records on 2 different tracks and commonly ran in excess of 115 mph in those cars. I haven't had a moving violation since 1972 (Thanks Escort, and lately V-1), and I've been involved in only 2 accidents since 1962, both of which the other driver was ticketed. I would love to see graduated driving licenses given to people who can prove competency and have a car equipped properly for speeds above 75 mph, but it isn't going to happen in my lifetime. Most of our lawmakers in D.C. have never driven in the west. If (heaven forbid) they have to come out here, they fly. If they were forced to drive from Salt Lake to Reno twice a month, maybe they would change their minds, and raise speed limits to 90 mph for cars with the proper tires, and drivers with the proper credentials. Oh well, wish on! How would a graduated driving license be enforced? I don't see how cops would be able to tell whether you have the right credentials before actually pulling you over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdw Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 By far the most annoying feature of this car is its seat-belt alarm.... There is a method for turning the seat belt alarm off but I haven't been able to make it work, despite attempting it probably 20 times or so. The chime is annoying but the disable technique worked for me on the first try. The cruise control only works up to 80 mph. For this car, it should work up to 100 mph at least. Why pick any arbitrary cut off? In any event, that doesn't bother me because I rarely use cruise and 80mph is fast enough if I am using it One of the neat features I was eager to try out was the windshield-wiper heaters. .... Unfortunately, the heaters turn themselves off after 10 minutes. I guess maybe nobody at Subaru expected a snowstorm to last more than 10 minutes. The problem is that by the time you notice that your wipers are getting covered with ice, and you turn the heaters back on, it is too late - and they can't ever catch up again. The rear defrost similarly turns itself off after about 20 minutes with the same results. You notice your rear window is becoming coated with ice, and you turn the defrost back on, but it can't ever catch up again. These can both be set to stay on by the dealer. Maybe the guy should read his owner's manual. There are no dashboard controls for the main cabin lights; you have to reach up to the ceiling to turn the cabin lights on or off. It's an odd oversight - every car I have ever been in has dashboard controls for the main lights. I can't think of any reason why you wouldn't want such a control. I can't think of a foreign car that does have this. You can't get a factory-installed radio with either XM or MP3 playing capabilities. The factory radio is pretty good, and I like it, but I really wanted both of those options. Yeah, I totally agree. An auxilary input would have been enough. This is a big oversight on Subaru's part and they ought to bring out the VDC radio as a dealer installed upgrade. There's no change compartment on or near dashboard. Another small but annoying oversight. How about the ashtray? With DRLs (Daytime Running Lights), you can't flick your lights at people - to warn them about deer on the road, for example. You can pull the stalk for the high beams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zmarko Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 You can pull the stalk for the high beams. I believe you can disable the DRL's as well. EDIT---Yep. You can. http://www.legacygt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2117&highlight=disable+DRL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotty Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 The big downside of having cruise control for high speed is your reaction time is slower due to the right foot being further away from the brake pedal or the gas pedal. When I use cruise control, I always have a finger ready to pull the lever to cancel or my right foot close to the brake pedal. You have to be prepared to slow down in case there's a cop, oh and road hazards too. I only use cruise control to stretch my leg for a minute or two. Anything longer than that, my mind wanders and I'll forget cruise control is on. Only American cars can you turn on the interior lights from the dash. It would be nice if Subaru had a switch on the front map lights to turn on when the door is open, at least with the wagons since the main light is so far back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.reed Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 How would a graduated driving license be enforced? I don't see how cops would be able to tell whether you have the right credentials before actually pulling you over. Thats the thing, on a road with a 90mph speed limit or speed lane, the speed limit would be strictly enforced to 90mph. You go 95... you get pulled over. This can also be enforced with random roadway entrance checkpoints, or if it is a toll road, the booth attendant could check your credentials. An easy pass system could also automatically ticket ezpass vehicles that the owner isn't licensed to drive. Its the same concept as Commercial Driving Licenses. If I hop into a big rig and start driving in a normal manner, who will stop me? Its the fear of getting caught and the penalties imposed if you do that keep people on up and up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobY Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 From the grandma camp, if you're running much past 80, you shouldnt' be running the cruise control, anyhow, because you've entered the "full attention required" zone of the speedometer. Kevin Ive never used crusise control EVER on the 5 cars ive owned. Never even turned it on once on my legacy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdw Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 Here's the post on epinions that I assume sparked this thread: http://www.epinions.com/content_179104419460 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karamba Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 I have the max cruise setting verified at 89mph indicated. Went up to 90mph, reset the cruise control and it did not engage. 80mph on this vehicle seems mild but you should realize that you're still rolling 1.5 tons at that speed and your full attention is required. The steering is quite twitchy, even though the car itself remains stable at 100+. Full attention is warranted not for the steady-state speed but for when something dashes in front of you and you need to take evasive action real quick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DKB_SATX Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 Interesting, the number of cruise-control haters we have here... I use cruise control as a way to keep my license. My LGT (and my last 2 VWs) seem to me to have a "sweet spot" in the 90-95 mph range for interstate cruising, and I often find myself there when I'm driving on the accelerator pedal (rather than cruise) because I'm paying attention to the road ahead rather than staring at the speedometer. I typically set the cruise in the mid-80s somewhere, which gives me a better chance at detecting the LEO ahead in time to moderate my speed. I didn't have cruise control on my car in Italy, and never missed it. Compared to the US, it's a relatively rare option on cars in Italy and Germany (I assume that's true of the rest of Europe as well, but can't speak from personal experience.) In Italy, you can basically drive as fast as you want on the Autostrada, most of their speed enforcement is on secondary roads and in towns, in places where it makes sense to have and enforce speed limits (unlike American rural interstates, where it's just a control/revenue issue.) Without that need to keep it "reasonably close to 70" I never missed cruise control. DKB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f1anatic Posted August 1, 2005 Share Posted August 1, 2005 i was able to drive 100 mph GPS verified on the intersatet between Indianapolis and Chicago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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