A new cruise control update!!!!

[Gilbert's]

My home just 7 miles from Smart Madness Shop I really nothing to do for the day co'z it my flex then I'm bored so I say's let me swing by boris if i can get me a cruise control:....

Just right, Boris back there and I said that I will expend some money for a cruise control so... he hand me this MDC and told me you will get the instruction in my email,,,,Well I pulled my credit card and pay the guy..

After installation and took me atleast 1\2 hour press the botton according to instructions and road test, Yess works like a champ.

One thing that I like this model there is 3 item i've just bought...

1) cruise control
2) sprint booster
3) VSS for Nav

I think what I paid is worthed

Thanks Boris...

[SmartMadness]

Originally Posted by Gilbert's

My home just 7 miles from Smart Madness Shop I really nothing to do for the day co'z it my flex then I'm bored so I say's let me swing by boris if i can get me a cruise control:....

Just right, Boris back there and I said that I will expend some money for a cruise control so... he hand me this MDC and told me you will get the instruction in my email,,,,Well I pulled my credit card and pay the guy..

After installation and took me atleast 12 hour press the botton according to instructions and road test, Yess works like a champ.

One thing that I like this model there is 3 item i've just bought...

1) cruise control
2) sprint booster
3) VSS for Nav

I think what I paid is worthed

Thanks Boris...

Thanks Gilbert! Glad you are enjoying the cruise control. We drove our smart to Palm Springs and back yesterday and all I kept thinking about was how nice it would have been to have one in our car. Hopefully as our stock catches up with demand we will get one in our car.

[Woody14619]

Originally Posted by SmartMadness

If you bought the original version from us a couple of weeks ago and would like to upgrade we will take care of it.

LOL, no.. I bought my MDC back in April from SmartieParts. Hopefully the extension LED is the same as the older model, since I'm supposed to be getting one of those from you though.

Good news! My box-o-stuff was near my house today, but the UPS guy decided to not ring my bell and just leave a delivery slip. (They do that a lot at my place.) Sucks, since I was home when he put the sticker on the door... I'll have to keep an eye out for him tomorrow morning.

[SmartMadness]

Originally Posted by Woody14619

LOL, no.. I bought my MDC back in April from SmartieParts. Hopefully the extension LED is the same as the older model, since I'm supposed to be getting one of those from you though.
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It should be the same LED. If for some reason it does not work we will take it back.

Thanks!

[SmartMadness]

We now have the 450 cruise controls in stock as well as the 451.

[Woody14619]

I finally installed the optional LED for the MDC last night and have to say that overall I like it. I have three nit-picky issues with it, but overall I'm happy I finally got it!

Issue 1: The cable length is just a wee bit short; especially after routing around inside the speedometer casing, down the back and into the console. I did it, and there's enough slack cable to follow the path of the other cables when installed. But if I ever need to take the speedo off again I'll probably have to unplug the line from the unit first. This is partially because I chose to put the MDC control box inside the console near the battery well on the passenger side. If you put it on the driver side, or up behind the OBD connector, you'll be better off.

Issue 2: The LED isn't quite as bright as the rest of the console LEDs. It's still quite visible, even in bright sunlight with the roof down, but it's a little less intense than the factory LEDs. When it's red, it's almost the same intensity as the factory orange lights. Yellow and green are slightly dimmer, and distinguishing yellow from green in daylight can be difficult. Happily only programming uses yellow, and telling red (govern) from green (cruise) is easy, even in bright daylight.

Issue 3: It blinks like a rabid weasel on crack! You unlock the car, it blinks. You turn on the car, it blinks faster. You engage the parking break, it blinks. You turn the car off, it blinks until the console relay goes off (that loud click you hear about 20 seconds after taking the key out...) You're cruising/governing and over/under shoot, it blinks.

Not that blinking is bad, but in all but the last case it's doing a tri-color blink, which makes it stick out from everything else on the console. So even if maintenance people don't notice the stalk, they'll definitely notice that blinking tri-color icon on the dash now.

Like I said though, over all it's great to have. I may take it all apart again and re-do some of the wiring later. Maybe I'll move where the box is located, and/or put a removable jumper block in line on the back of the speedo? But for now, it works great and it's fun to be able to see what it's up to.

[SmartMadness]

Originally Posted by Woody14619

I finally installed the optional LED for the MDC last night and have to say that overall I like it. I have three nit-picky issues with it, but overall I'm happy I finally got it!

Issue 1: The cable length is just a wee bit short; especially after routing around inside the speedometer casing, down the back and into the console. I did it, and there's enough slack cable to follow the path of the other cables when installed. But if I ever need to take the speedo off again I'll probably have to unplug the line from the unit first. This is partially because I chose to put the MDC control box inside the console near the battery well on the passenger side. If you put it on the driver side, or up behind the OBD connector, you'll be better off.

Issue 2: The LED isn't quite as bright as the rest of the console LEDs. It's still quite visible, even in bright sunlight with the roof down, but it's a little less intense than the factory LEDs. When it's red, it's almost the same intensity as the factory orange lights. Yellow and green are slightly dimmer, and distinguishing yellow from green in daylight can be difficult. Happily only programming uses yellow, and telling red (govern) from green (cruise) is easy, even in bright daylight.

Issue 3: It blinks like a rabid weasel on crack! You unlock the car, it blinks. You turn on the car, it blinks faster. You engage the parking break, it blinks. You turn the car off, it blinks until the console relay goes off (that loud click you hear about 20 seconds after taking the key out...) You're cruising/governing and over/under shoot, it blinks.

Not that blinking is bad, but in all but the last case it's doing a tri-color blink, which makes it stick out from everything else on the console. So even if maintenance people don't notice the stalk, they'll definitely notice that blinking tri-color icon on the dash now.

Like I said though, over all it's great to have. I may take it all apart again and re-do some of the wiring later. Maybe I'll move where the box is located, and/or put a removable jumper block in line on the back of the speedo? But for now, it works great and it's fun to be able to see what it's up to.

Glad you like it!

If you place the box behind the center (like the directions) you will have plenty of wire length.

Thanks!

[SmartMadness]

For those of you that are in So Cal we now offer installation services for the Cruise Control. Our total installation cost is $100 for the cruise control. This includes programing and teach you how to use it and the Booster module.

[SmartMadness]

Update!

Since most of the folks that order the Cruise Control select the optional LED the manufacturer has decided to raise the price of the units and include it with every cruise control that we order from this point on.

We think that is a great idea. We have restructured the pricing, but instead of charging an additional $25 for every LED Module (like before) we have simply included them and increased the price by $10. This is less than our price increase, but we felt we could take a little bit of a loss due to the volume of these units we have been moving.

Thank you again for your continued support.

[John_H]

Great step by the manufacturer! The cruise control experience is so nice when it's shows on the instrument panel in front of you! I'm happy to see it will be harder for people to not add this level of enjoyment from their new cruise. Kudos on the pricing, too.