camp-n-family wrote:
ScottG wrote:
Had a similar thing happen with our Challenger SRT. I had CC set and I was slowly passing a semi on the interstate in a torrential down poor. As my car got up almost even with the front of the semi, I was hit with a massive "bow wave" of water off the truck. The car read this as a solid wall and applied the brakes, which kept me in the wall of water until I pumped the accelerator.
That was a bit unnerving but I like the system and I'm glad it is so equipped.
On a similar note, the next truck I buy will have adaptive CC as well. If Ram doesn't have it I will buy the Ford.
You should never use CC in rain or slippery conditions. Hydroplaning or any loss of traction can cause the CC to react and cause a loss of control. There are warnings in your owners manual.
I have 3 vehicles with CC two dating to the mid 90's. ALL three will immediately kick off cruise if they detect ANY wheel spin or loss of traction. CC is WAY smarter than they were 25 or more years ago when all it did was monitor the speed.
Now that said, using CC on ice and snow is not something I do, bugt do use it in the rain and actually will kick out faster and react faster to any hyroplaning that a human on the throttle can.
