Hi..

I'll have to wait 2 months before I get my Panda and already I'm thinking of 'mods' for it. One of which is a cruise control, since they can't fit one 'out of the box'.

Would it be possible to use a cruise control unit from a Punto? Or does anybody know a third party unit that works fine?

Thanks,

Cruise control??? Wonder if there is an out of the box one for my Seicento??

Anybody here familiar with the Magic Speed products from http://www.waeco.com/ ??

Ive long felt the Marea auto needed cruise control and that product looks interesting but it sayes mechanical throttle linkage and I have the feeling that the Marea is fly by wire. I'll check under the bonnet to see, quite excited by that. I drive so much long distance I get pains under my right knee from prolonged throttle positions.

I fitted an Audiovox CCS-100 cruise control system to my Bravo about a year ago. I bought the kit from www.mgccars.com and total price including carriage and duty was about £110. Fitting is extremely easy if you have a modest mechanical knowledge, most difficult task may be finding somewhere to fit the vacuum servo on a Panda.

You can also fit it to "fly-by-wire" cars by connecting the servo to the back of the accelerator pedal instead of the throttle arm which is usually suggested.

But especially the fact that the Fiat Panda is 'by wire' should make a cruise control a straight forward (software?) task

I know the Punto has cruise control, so how do they do it there? I guess I should check in that forum :idea:

pyrogaz said:

I fitted an Audiovox CCS-100 cruise control system to my Bravo about a year ago. I bought the kit from www.mgccars.com and total price including carriage and duty was about £110. Fitting is extremely easy if you have a modest mechanical knowledge, most difficult task may be finding somewhere to fit the vacuum servo on a Panda.

You can also fit it to "fly-by-wire" cars by connecting the servo to the back of the accelerator pedal instead of the throttle arm which is usually suggested.

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Hmm..... interesting. Is the new Panda fly-by-wire? How do you 'operate' this cruise system when driving ?

I found this when looking into subject: WAECO - cruise control
its suitable to a lot of models not only panda. The good thing: it can be fitted to CAN with a very little changes to car.

tmmitzzie said:

Hmm..... interesting. Is the new Panda fly-by-wire? How do you 'operate' this cruise system when driving ?

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Only the 100hp is fly-by-wire.

HP. said:

Only the 100hp is fly-by-wire.

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My Panda 1.2 dualogic is wire, I don't understand how cruise control works on a manual vehicle, an auto I had on holiday kept the exact chosen speed up hill & down dale but how does it work on a manual if it involves gear changing to keep the selected speed ?

izzy eckerslike said:

My Panda 1.2 dualogic is wire, I don't understand how cruise control works on a manual vehicle, an auto I had on holiday kept the exact chosen speed up hill & down dale but how does it work on a manual if it involves gear changing to keep the selected speed ?

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It will do the best it can in the current gear and presumably will stall if you pick an unsuitable gear....

Chris

izzy eckerslike said:

My Panda 1.2 dualogic is wire, I don't understand how cruise control works on a manual vehicle, an auto I had on holiday kept the exact chosen speed up hill & down dale but how does it work on a manual if it involves gear changing to keep the selected speed ?

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Cruise is generally for long stretches of the motorway, where you stay on top gear all the time anyway.

I have got cruise control fitted as standard on my Kia which has a manual gearbox. The hardest thing to find is a stretch of road in this country which is suitable for using cruise control on. They are usually too busy.

Basically, all I want is a way of "locking" the throttle pedal (soft lock, of course), to avoid holding your foot there in long distances. Otherwise, the true cruise control function belongs to an automatic.

I've seen the cruise control on a Citroen C4 manual, and it combined with a speed limit alarm, which was also useful.

The thing is that some amenities, on such an electronically controled vehicle, should not be too hard. Still... I have not found a decent, simple solution yet. Any ideas?

I had an Audi diesel with cruise. It was stupid money for something that piggy-backed on the fly-by-wire throttle but it was handy. The only issue was its slightly aggressive "pedal" action - setting a higher speed had it surging forward when I simply wanted another 10mph. It was also more thirsty than manual driving. (1) the aggressive throttle action and (2) it would maintain a constant speed where a human driver would let the speed fall and rise a little in line with inclines.


Simply being able to set the pedal would be handy but who knows how you would make it safe.

savethelecture said:

Basically, all I want is a way of "locking" the throttle pedal (soft lock, of course), to avoid holding your foot there in long distances. Otherwise, the true cruise control function belongs to an automatic.

I've seen the cruise control on a Citroen C4 manual, and it combined with a speed limit alarm, which was also useful.

The thing is that some amenities, on such an electronically controled vehicle, should not be too hard. Still... I have not found a decent, simple solution yet. Any ideas?

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the only "budget solution" is to rest a housebrick on the pedal.

all properly engineered things cost money.

I too wonder this .. my punto TA has cruise,,the reason I chose it..
but my other cars do not,


having a pedal that moved in the same arc as your ankle.. NOT the opposite arc like most car pedal would surely help..

as would lightening / counterbalancing the pedal effort

your choice really..

A small notch in the wheel arch to the side of the throttle pedal would be nice. Then at motorways speeds, you could rest your foot and fine adjust the throttle by moving your ankle. Some cars allowed this by accident few do these days.