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oldnick...my car is the same, but you cant seriously expect it to engine brake down steep hills. A hill like kalamunda rd if i set the criuse to say 70km the car will be going 90 or even 100 by the time i get to the bottom of the hill. If youre driving on undulating roads i think its best and safes...

Thanks for the replies. Sorry. I should have said. This is a Heritage, with 18,000 km on the clock. Way less than a year old. I would like to know _why_ I can't use the CC up or downhill. That's pretty lame. I can understand that if you leave it in auto it will not work, but .... The cruise does sti...

I want to know if the cruise control should behave as it does in my wife's Liberty Heritage auto (work car). It keeps just driving the car until way over cruise speed, then backs off and starts engine braking. If I put the car in sport mode, and then into 2nd gear, there is considerable engine braki...