Cruise control ... I must be an idiot?

[Yugguy1970]

It's even the wiper stalk movement.  Almost all the cars I've had you move the stalk up.  In the RAV you move it down.  Still takes me a second to think about it.

[PeteB]

4 hours ago, Yugguy1970 said:

It's even the wiper stalk movement.  Almost all the cars I've had you move the stalk up.  In the RAV you move it down.  Still takes me a second to think about it.

It's surprising how you get used to things.  All previous Toyotas and Lexus I've driven had a stalk for controlling the Cruise Control.  It took me ages to get used to the buttons (which controlled the various displays on the speedo screen in my last... (sorry)).

When I had my 2nd annual service recently, my service manager lent me his 21 plate C-HR for the day (because he knows I don't like doing gears, plus he's a great guy) and it still has the stalk.  Despite 2 years and 16k miles using the buttons in the RAV, I felt at home with the stalk immediately.  It then took me a week to be 'at home' with the buttons again!

Oddly, the C-HR ACC changed 1 mph at a time instead of 5 when using the Plus & Minus function too.

[philip42h]

6 minutes ago, PeteB said:

It's surprising how you get used to things.  All previous Toyotas and Lexus I've driven had a stalk for controlling the Cruise Control.  It took me ages to get used to the buttons (which controlled the various displays on the speedo screen in my last... (sorry)).

When I had my 2nd annual service recently, my service manager lent me his 21 plate C-HR for the day (because he knows I don't like doing gears, plus he's a great guy) and it still has the stalk.  Despite 2 years and 16k miles using the buttons in the RAV, I felt at home with the stalk immediately.  It then took me a week to be 'at home' with the buttons again!

Oddly, the C-HR ACC changed 1 mph at a time instead of 5 when using the Plus & Minus function too.

I suspect that must have been an 'old' C-HR - my wife's 21 plate CH-R has the buttons on the steering wheel (but different to the RAV4) and increments in 5s when using DRCC. I'm a stalk-man myself but times change ...

[Nick72]

11 hours ago, ernieb said:

It's always particularly difficult when you transition from another car especially if the layouts are similar but then they radically change a function of a stalk or button. Coming from the Subaru XV which in some areas is identical, I struggle some days particularly if I'm having to react quickly. I'll get used to this car and it will be time to change and it starts all over again. I think I'd prefer what we have in the RAV4 than some of the digital central multifunction touch screens I think I'd find that very distracting.

Agree with that Ernie. I just think mixing up safety involved controls with multimedia is a no no in any vehicle.