Cruise Control?

July 17, 2013

Hi All

I'm currently sitting outside a very nice hotel in a small village called Saundersfoot in South Wales enjoying the sun with a nice cold Coke and I got to thinking about the journey down here from Surrey. :)

The iQ behaved perfectly as expected on a non stop 250 mile run in very hot conditions. The only thing I did miss though was cruise control. I used to have this on my Range Rover and it was great for sitting on a motorway and staying somewhere near the legal limit.

Has anyone ever fitted an after-market cruise control kit and got any information, recommendations, thoughts Etc? Would it be worth fitting to the iQ and how are they with a manual gearbox, My Range Rover was auto so not sure how manuals behave with cruise fitted?

I'm not on holiday by the way, down here working on a project at Pendine sands so should be heading home again tomorrow evening.

Craig.

July 17, 2013

I have the Rostra unit on my Scion iQ (automatic transmission), and it works as well as any other aftermarket cruise unit. It holds speed well, and is inconspicuous in location.

Negatives are the Resume/Speed Up button and the Coast/Set buttons are a little slow to respond. However, this has been typical of all aftermarket cruise units that I have used. Also, the only practical location for it is on the left side of the wheel (which is great for you, of course), which means that the "on" light is concealed behind the steering wheel spoke.

We would not have bought the iQ if there had not been a cruise unit available for the car. Thus far, we have used it on three multi-thousand mile trips. Flawless operation the whole time. You will have to call about the manual transmission, though.