Aftermarket Cruise Control
 

Has anyone installed one of these and actually been happy with it?

The reason I ask is that I paid a shop to install one once (that I had bought), and it worked badly.

Basically it would work ok on the level, but as soon as it began to climb a hill the cruise control would stop working.

The shop had said something about the car (a camry) not having enough vacuum to do the job right.

Any idea what had happened, any success stories with self installation on little cars, and any pointers to good commercial products?

Thanks in advance,
MM

I added an Audiovox CCS-100 to my Metro and have been very satisfied. Here is a link to a little Metro How to.

I had one a few years ago on a Toyota Tacoma that was installed by my brother that is a mechanic at the local dealer and it never worked right. Best of luck.

How does that work with a manual car? I've never had cruise on a manual car before, you have one, I'd be curious to know how it worked.

Cruise control works just fine on a manual car, but mine is factory-installed so I can't tell you anything about aftermarket. The only difference is the addition of a sensor that disengages CC as soon as you begin to step on the clutch pedal. It works seamlessly on the Honda, and I often clutch directly from a cruise when I want to initiate a neutral coast.

Thanks Brick, but I'd like to know from GeoMetry because it might determine whether I get the audiovox or not.

I think I will be needing to install CC now that i will have a long commute. I remember someone mentioning one that had a control that you could adjust how hard it made the engine work to hold the selected speed. I cant find the post on that. Does anyone remember that one? Also, besides the Audiovox in this thread, any other recommendations?

What happened to hand controlled throttle lock? I still say you could do it with another cable and an auto throttle wheel.

Well, basically a cable hooked up the the throttle somehow with a clamp so rather than cruise control by speed it's done by throttle position, :)

If you're good with wiring, you could always go with factory cruise. I did it on my DX and have been very happy with the result. It was a lot of work though. I can give more details if you're interested.

-- Scott