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Mine is stock as a rock and the CC is very ordinary, +/- 6kph, it goes uphill quicker than down. Once it drops to 6kph below set speed it accelerates, full throttle, including dropping a gear, to 6kph above the set speed.
My Fairlane of similar vintage has far superior electronics and smoothly maintains the set speed.

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Yes I find it incredibly annoying and is most obvious when you have a downhill immediately followed by an uphill like on much of the M1. It is worse when towing because it then immediately goes to WOT which then increases EGTs in an eyeblink followed by an unlock then change down in some circumstances.
I have found it much better to let it run downhill then gently increase throttle to 650-700C on the EGT gauge. This will usually cause a gradual drop in speed with time to change down to 3 in time to establish lock.
Regards PhilipA

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

Mine is stock as a rock and the CC is very ordinary, +/- 6kph, it goes uphill quicker than down. Once it drops to 6kph below set speed it accelerates, full throttle, including dropping a gear, to 6kph above the set speed.
My Fairlane of similar vintage has far superior electronics and smoothly maintains the set speed.

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What year is your D2?

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Originally Posted by shack

What year is your D2?

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2004, sold after D3 was released.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

2004, sold after D3 was released.

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The cruise control generally speaking was better on the EU3 than the early ones, particularly the MSB ECU ones.

I'm a bit surprised yours is that bad, although I do know of a very late model manual that's pretty ordinary according to the owner, but i haven't tested it.

I just assumed it was crude electronics. My Ford accelerates smoothly and economically, after hitting resume. The love child of the D2 and Fairlane would make an awesome vehicle.

I don't know what it is, but when I had Bruce Davis' hot ECU upgrade, the CC was just awesome. When I went back to a more mild tune I got the **** CC that surges back again.

The no "nudge down" is also bloody annoying.
Why couldn't LR make a cruise like every other cruise control including aftermarket ones?
Regards PhilipA

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Originally Posted by PhilipA

The no "nudge down" is also bloody annoying.
Why couldn't LR make a cruise like every other cruise control including aftermarket ones?
Regards PhilipA

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All my car's have had mapping changed, so the cruise works pretty good, but yes... The lack of decel button is a downfall, I guess it can be overcome by just setting it under the required speed, then hit Accel.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

I just assumed it was crude electronics. My Ford accelerates smoothly and economically, after hitting resume. The love child of the D2 and Fairlane would make an awesome vehicle.

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I also found the D2 CC pretty rough, a sort of see-sawing experience, I only tried it once or twice and gave up using it. The love child of a D2 and Fairlane would make it a D3 4L V6 petrol I think.

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