# More Cruise Control (18 December Show) **URL:** \ **Category:** The Show\ **Tags:** bmw, 328\ **Created:** [December 22, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-cruise-control-18-december-show/59054 "2010-12-22T20:30:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kailua-rgr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/5f9b8f/32.png) [@kailua-rgr](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kailua-rgr)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-cruise-control-18-december-show/59054/1 "2010-12-22T20:30:14Z")
I have a 2008 BMW 328i Touring (Station Wagon) with a 6-speed manual transmission (had to special order it while I was in Germany). My daily commute goes over the H-3, from Kaneohe, past Pearl Harbor, then up the H-2 to Schofield Barracks. I drive from about 150’ above sea level to just over 1000’, then back to sea level, then up to 750’, in about 30 miles. A lot of 5% - 6% hillage. Every once in a while it rains hard, but we don’t get any snow here at all … (The “Interstate” freeway’s ‘H-1’ instead of ‘I-1’ 'cos there’s no other state to interconnect to). The cruise control on the BMW holds my car to within 1 mph, up and down hill,just like it says in the owner’s manual. If I reset it to a slower speed, it will use the brakes to slow the car down. On the BMW you can set a numerical value, so you know exactly what it’s set for. My wife’s 2005 Mazda3 (stick shift) also does well with cruise control, but I think it’s just engine braking. Ennyway, on some cars you can use cruise control up & down the mountain - you just have to pay attention, of course, but when is that not true? ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2010, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/more-cruise-control-18-december-show/59054/2 "2010-12-22T20:51:20Z")
Thanks for the details. Good posting.