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There is a difference.
Cruise Control.
Cruise control has always been meant to keep an assigned speed.
Cruise Control has worked off the speedometer or, now that everything is electronic, the computer.
Because the computer is in charge, the engine always runs optimally.
Once, it was inefficient MPG wise but now the computer is so good there is little difference between the MPG the vehicle gets by itself and the driver's foot.
Hand Throttle.
The hand throttle works by holding the throttle at one setting.
Vehicles started out with hand throttles so the driver could keep them running while using the choke while the engine was warming to operating temperature.
Hand throttles were useful to keep speed.
And also, in the case of utility vehicles like the Jeep, to ford deep water and keep the feet off the floor and from getting wet, also to run the PTO and drive pumps, saws, drill rigs and all the other tasks that could be dreamed up for them.
The drawback of the hand throttle is that the engine can run outside it's performance envelope in hilly country, racing and lugging, neither of which does any good at all.
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)has come from wedging my foot against the tranny hump and trying to keep a constant throttle and let the speed fluctuate between 40mph uphill and 65mph going downhill.
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