# Cruise control? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [October 16, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178 "2009-10-16T16:26:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![joe300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@joe300](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joe300)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/1 "2009-10-16T16:26:56Z")
Cruise control, Does using Cruise control on a long cross country trip, increases your gas mileage, Yes or No? Thanks, Joe ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/2 "2009-10-16T16:27:55Z")
Yes… ---
**Author:** ![tardis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tardis](https://community.cartalk.com/u/tardis)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/3 "2009-10-16T16:36:53Z")
Usually. You will get the best mileage if you maintain a steady speed. The exception is if you are in a very hilly area. ---
**Author:** ![GSN\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@GSN\_fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSN_fan)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/4 "2009-10-16T18:24:28Z")
Yes. Just make sure you aren’t going up hills with it on. ---
**Author:** ![joe300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@joe300](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joe300)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/5 "2009-10-16T19:22:56Z")
Thanks, thats what I was thinking too… The hill will kill the mileage! ---
**Author:** ![joe300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@joe300](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joe300)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/6 "2009-10-16T19:23:05Z")
Thanks, thats what I was thinking too… The hill will kill the mileage! ---
**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 7:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/7 "2009-10-16T19:58:42Z")
Its not that it will kill the mileage,the mileage will be the very close to the same if your try to go up the hill at the same speed whether the cruise is pulling the cable or if your foot is pressing on a pedal pulling the cable. The cruise mileage will be worse than the foot mileage but I would not say it "kills’ the mileage,slowing down up the hill not just a grade change will certainly “save” some mileage. What will help your mileage is if you don’t try and maintain the same speed on the hill as you did on the flat. Now we can debate what is a “hill” or what is simply a change in the grade of the road ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/8 "2009-10-16T20:40:16Z")
If the car downshifts when in cruise, you should turn it off and drive the car yourself…But normally, Cruise can control the throttle (and mileage) better than you can… ---
**Author:** ![joe300](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a698b9/32.png) [@joe300](https://community.cartalk.com/u/joe300)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cruise-control/38178/9 "2009-10-17T15:03:59Z")
Thank you all…