[cryssm]

The middle button on my steering wheel is a dedicated cruise cancel button (keeps the speed loaded in memory, but disengages cruise control).

And yes, I love the feature of not disengaging cruise when pressing the clutch!

[STUNNAH]

Cruise control burns to much fuel, never use it... Not that fuel is an issue I just hate when it raises the rpms and holds to long... Not even going to ruin the thread discussing CC in the passing lane...

[jwober]

Originally Posted by cryssm

The middle button on my steering wheel is a dedicated cruise cancel button (keeps the speed loaded in memory, but disengages cruise control).

And yes, I love the feature of not disengaging cruise when pressing the clutch!

Mine is on / off, perhaps it depends on whether you have heated steering wheel?????

[BahamaTodd]

Originally Posted by jwober

Mine is on / off, perhaps it depends on whether you have heated steering wheel?????

This.

[Marty McFlew]

Originally Posted by Co2SS

I have only ever driven manual transmissions and every one has always disengaged cruise control when you press the clutch in to switch gears. My SS is the first car I have ever driven that does NOT disengage the cruise control. This is a very welcome feature. Why you may ask would someone want to switch gears while maintaining the same speed......well today I drove my 2015 Jeep Wrangler with 290 HP up interstate 70 through the Colorado Rockies. I set my cruise control at 65MPH but since the highway climbs huge grades of 6-8% that last 3-5 miles in certain stretches my jeep just doesn't have the power to maintain 65MPH without switching from 6th gear down to 5th, 4th and even 3rd. This constantly cuts the CC and makes it even harder to maintain your speed. When I drive my SS up I-70 I can set the CC at 65 and occasionally shift down from 6th to 5th to maintain speed and not disengage the CC. This is a very simple and useful feature for those of use that use "cruise" in mountainous areas. Has anyone else noticed this and do you appreciate it? Does anyone else know of other manual transmission vehicle that do this? I do not....

I never used CC in my 17 SS, but used it in my 11 Camaro all the time, never had the issue of Clutch taking it out of CC in that either.

[RJT Impala]

I had a '99 GMC Sonoma with 5M and CC that had this feature. Goes back to at least that timeframe.

[jlagman]

Originally Posted by BradfordCamaro

It's not fun if you push the clutch in coming up on some traffic to slow down a little, gear down and when you release it you speed up again.....

I tend to agree, not crazy about this feature but I dislike hill assist even more.

[Marty McFlew]

Originally Posted by jlagman

I tend to agree, not crazy about this feature but I dislike hill assist even more.

Whats not to like about Hills assist? It only works on steep hills so not like it affects performance, it works great.

[jlagman]

Originally Posted by Marty McFlew

Whats not to like about Hills assist? It only works on steep hills so not like it affects performance, it works great.

I don't like it because I already know how to drive a manual and it throws all my timing off. Just because I can learn to live with certain nannies doesn't mean I like them.

[Weege]

For whatever it's worth, Gen6 hill assist feature is a lot smoother than the one in Gen5. Gen5's would feel like the brakes were stuck and then there was a sudden jolting release. GM should allow a setting to disable it for those who don't like it.

[jlagman]

Originally Posted by Weege

For whatever it's worth, Gen6 hill assist feature is a lot smoother than the one in Gen5. Gen5's would feel like the brakes were stuck and then there was a sudden jolting release. GM should allow a setting to disable it for those who don't like it.

Agreed; this coming from a guy who dislikes hill assist, but in the same breath wishes for an option to keep active rev match on all the time.

[fastball]

Originally Posted by STUNNAH

Cruise control burns to much fuel, never use it... Not that fuel is an issue I just hate when it raises the rpms and holds to long... Not even going to ruin the thread discussing CC in the passing lane...

I hope you have your flame suit on. Hopefully everyone who reads that will be nice. But you pretty much left yourself in an open field doused with gasoline and a propane flame thrower sitting next to you.

[fastball]

Originally Posted by Weege

For whatever it's worth, Gen6 hill assist feature is a lot smoother than the one in Gen5. Gen5's would feel like the brakes were stuck and then there was a sudden jolting release. GM should allow a setting to disable it for those who don't like it.

Originally Posted by jlagman

Agreed; this coming from a guy who dislikes hill assist, but in the same breath wishes for an option to keep active rev match on all the time.

IIRC there were a few Gen5 manual owners who replaced their yaw sensor with one from the automatic, eliminating hill assist but keeping roll over mitigation and preventing codes from popping up. I think it was located under the center console.

Not sure if the same thing can be done on the 6th gen.

[draph]

The 2007 335i 6MT I leased back then had cc that would not disengage with the clutch in a normal downshift. However, I recall it *would* disengage if the clutch pedal was depressed longer than a normal shift would take, but didn't need to press the brake, allowing you to engine brake only. I also remember its cruise control stalk worked in a way you could increase or decrease your speed by 1 or 5 mph increments - I think depending on whether you pulled in or out, or flicked up or down...and, if you reduced it to a speed too low for the current gear, you'd even get a prompt to shift down.