My_Tampa_Z

Haven't seen this mentioned on this board before. I took a road trip recently and wanted to use the cruise control. It was dark and I suddenly realized that I the cruise "controls" were not backlit! I find this odd since every other feature seems to be illuminated. I had to turn the dome light on to make adjustments until I memorized the layout. Anyone else find this annoying?

Subbacultcha

it's only 2 buttons and a switch....it took me all of 5 seconds to memorize.

wildone_106

I can do it Blindfold, push the square button, set speed and pull down on the switcher thingy...!

Subbacultcha

thats amazing, you remembered how to do that while on the computer and not looking down at the steering wheel in your car! hmmm wait you have a picture of the steering wheel in front of you as a cheat sheet dont you?! laoalolaololzlzlozlolol

wildone_106

ha! I use it often enough.

D'oh

Luckily for me, I used it for the first time in daylight, so now I know how it works.

But yeah, it's only a few buttons, I'd just randomly press them until something worked (only so many combinations, ya know)

-D'oh!

Buub

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Heh yeah, I use it without even thinking about it these days, let alone looking at it. It's pretty easy to remember. No light needed.

SteveZzz

The backlighting is a nice feature, but certainly not a big deal after the first 5 minutes or so. I much prefer cruise mounted on the wheel to the "stick" mounted cruise that is on many GM cars.

FYI, I've rented a lot of cars and there really isn't any consistancy as to which types/brands/price of cars have backlit cruise. It's certainly not a high end feature, because I've seen it on econo cars and then not seen it on luxury cars.

bixby

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I beleive this to be a proper technical term. I find my wife using them all of the time and in a multitude of situations. I must need more technical experience, or maybe I can find a reference manual so that I may look up these terms when they are thrown at me.

The Brickyard Rat

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The problem that wasn't.....

drgenefish

damn i hope your brake pedal is backlit!

jnifong

my whole car is backlit. helps out on "confused" nights

jon