- Joined
- Nov 6, 2007
- Messages
- 12,750
- Location
- North Oxfordshire
- Car
- His - Denim Blue A220 AMG Line Premium / Hers - Obsidian Black R172 SLK55
I swap between driving Angie's SLK55 which has the limiter and cruise control on the classic stalk, and my W177 A-Class that has the stupid steering wheel set up. The former is far, far, easier to use and putting it on the steering wheel is a real retrograde step.Limited and cruise controls should not be on the steering wheel either.
A couple of times, I’ve accidentally flicked the limiter switch and found myself in what feels like limp mode until I realise what I’ve done.
Another annoyance is that on the SLK (and my previous cars with cruise and limiter on the stalk), once a limit speed is set you can switch to using cruise and on subsequently switching back to limiter, the previously set limit can be directly re-engaged. This is ideal when (for example) exiting a NSL dual carriageway when you could swap from cruise to limiter and just re-engage the previously set 40mph (or 30mph, or whatever) limit. On the A-Class, as soon as you switch to cruise the previously set limiter speed is deleted meaning that you can't just switch from one to the other without having to reset the limit. Irritating.