I have a 2013 Paceman S and noticed something interesting today driving to work. I have an easy freeway drive, and normally set the Cruise Control to 65 in the right lane. Today, when I set the Cruise Control to 65, the speedometer read 66 MPH. When I set the Cruise Control to 64, the Speedometer read 65 MPH. The car only has 400 miles on it, but up until today, when I set the Cruise Control to 65, the car drove at 65 and that was indicated on the speedometer.

Anyone see this behavior before? Since the control to set the Cruise Control lets you select a speed directly - I don't understand the disconnect between the speed setting and the indicated speed on the speedometer. (Of course, changing the set speed takes a few seconds to adjust - and sometimes the speed is a little higher for a short time going down hill. I understand that is normal behavior.)

(I'm posting here because there is not much activity yet in the Paceman forum.)

David

 

I think that's pretty normal behavior. It allows a little bit of leeway from the exact speed you have selected.

Also, the + and - buttons don't go up or down exactly 1 MPH, so sometimes you can't pick the exact speed you want that way.

 

Mine is the same unless I'm going over a bridge or something. My speedo also increases/decreases by 1 MPH with the +\- buttons, maybe I got lucky.

 

Because they're British cars, the cruise works in kilometers. Next time you come visit for gorgeous scenery or expensive beer, you'll notice that the cruise goes up by 1 km/h with the buttons. Also 65 mph doesn't translate to a round number in kmh, so it goes to the closest metric number. Quirky for you folks, great for us Canucks.

Hope this helps. You can try this by having a passenger change the computer setting to metric next time your driving

Motor on!

Stephen

 

Pretty sure mine changes 1 mph each time I hit the plus or minus. I use them a lot. I will pay extra attention now to see. Almost always what I set to it stays at initially and on level ground. It loses a bit when first hitting a hill, but catches up. Opposite when going down hill, will speed up if hill is steep enough. Gets back to speed when it slows enough or hill runs out.

 

My Mini's cruise goes up and down by 1mph each time.

Oh, and by the way, here in Britain we use miles not kilometres - but then the Mini is designed in Germany and they do use kilometres.

 

It would probably make sense that the British use english standard of distance. But as for my first gen, the cruise changes at 1mph usually with the touch of the +/-, whether it stays there is a different story though.

 

It would make sense except the car is actually German design and engineering. The Bosch ECU uses metric calculations and applies a conversion factor for instruments.

 

+1
Been documented before....plenty of 3rd party places...motoring file, etc.

 

I have read somewhere (might have been the owner's manual?) that the cruise actually goes up and down by 2 km/h, not 1. If it did change by 1 km/h, it would usually take two presses of the button to get a 1 MPH change. It usually only takes one--but sometimes a single press will get a 2 MPH change. And that makes sense if the changes are actually 2 km/h, or 1.2 MPH.

 

Today driving to work, it went back to the correct behavior - I was able to adjust by 1 MPH and the speedometer reflected the speed I had selected. I think the steering wheel switch is a little sensitive - usually I have to press firmly, but that might result in going up or down by 2 MPH instead of 1 MPH. Strange - but that is the Mini personality, I think.

I'm surprised that no-one has commented that you can't be a "real" Mini driver and use Cruise Control! It's just easier for my work commute. (No heavy traffic on the Las Vegas beltway - rush hour here is about the same as the Ventura Freeway in Los Angeles at 3AM!)

As I mentioned, my drive to work is a slight down-hill 8 miles. I filled up gas this morning, and checked my mileage on the drive to work. It reported an average of 50.5 MPG! That is pretty impressive for a new S with Auto Transmission and speed set to 65. I'll give some of that up driving home, but I am impressed.

David

 

It may depend on exactly what speed you are going when you set the cruise. It may say 65, you may have set it at 64.6 or 65.1. Then, when you =\- (and the manual says "approx." 1 mph), you may add or subtract a tenth or two.
I really like the cruise control on the gen II - it keeps the speed you set it on. On my gen I , it's vague and changes speed up and down hills.

 

I wasn't saying the car was english design (which I know it isn't since it's a BMW), I was saying the British don't use metric.

 

Except we do - for pretty much everything except alcoholic drinks and motoring.

 

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