Nissan Cruise and Speed Limiter Function

Qashqai66
Qashqai66 Forum Participant Posts: 551
edited January 2017 in Towcars & Towing #1

We are considering a new tow car but cannot find another make which offers the speed limiter device which we have on our Nissan Qashqai 4X4 auto.  We find it very useful when towing on busy roads where a constant change of speed is necessary and when a momentary loss of concentration can result in speed creeping up.  I have just had a conversation with a car salesman who tried to convince me that using cruise control is just the same: it is not.  The downside with cruise (unless it is adaptive) is that the speed is fixed.  We may decide to buy an X-Trail for this feature alone.  I wonder if other caravans find this option as useful as we do.

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  • EmilysDad
    EmilysDad Forum Participant Posts: 8,973
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    edited January 2017 #2

    My Merc has cruise combined with a speed limiter as does SWMBO's Citroën C3 though mine is far easier to use than the C3's. I'm not a fan of it myself & prefer to use cruise

  • Vulcan
    Vulcan Forum Participant Posts: 670
    edited January 2017 #3

    Discovery Sport has an automatic speed limiter. 

  • pagan8c
    pagan8c Forum Participant Posts: 91
    edited January 2017 #4

    Volvo V90 has adaptive cruise and speed limiter as well.

  • xtrailman
    xtrailman Forum Participant Posts: 559
    edited January 2017 #5

    I have CC and a speed limiter.

    Never use the latter as i don't actually see the point of it.

    If i go over any speed limit, a speed limit sign on the screen changes colour, and I've also set up the audio alarm to verbally tell me I'm speeding.

    So i can still speed but it would require ignoring a colour changing speed limit sign, and an audible warning.

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited January 2017 #6

    I've got one. It's called a throttle on my car.

  • Tigi
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    edited January 2017 #7

     Slightly off thread - Our Merc has adaptive cruise control and a speed limiter, both will apply the brakes if travelling downhill (most cruise controls do not apply braking). In this regard there is a warning in the manual when towing not to rely solely on these functions when going downhill due to risk of overheating the brakes and or excessive brake wear. They instead recommend the use of gears to increase the engine braking.On the face of it this might seem obvious but the warning is presumably to avoid drivers towing being lulled into a false sense of security. I have had experience of overheating motorhome brakes dropping down into the Inn Valley in Austria and remember it well !

  • Trottster
    Trottster Forum Participant Posts: 3
    edited January 2017 #8

    My Ford Kuga has boyh

  • Wildwood
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    edited January 2017 #9

    Our Mazda has it fitted, although I have never used it, so cannot report on how effective it, is but everything else works fine.

  • EmilysDad
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    edited January 2017 #10

    you say you've 'never used it' .... is that the cruise or the speed limiter you've not used? I frequently use cruise, especially when towing .... it helps to keep my speed in check (more so with my previous lighter caravan)

  • Whittakerr
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    edited January 2017 #11

    My last car, BMW 520 had both and i found both very useful. 

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