Afternoon people, So last night i was coming home from a trip quite late and the roads were completely empty, which made for a great drive. Anyways, my issue that i can't seem to find any answers for is; Is there a top speed for cruise control? I'd click the "on" button but when i'd hit the "set" button it would not activate. Is that cruise control having a maximum speed? Or is something wrong with my system?

 

How fast were you going when you were trying to set the cruise control?

 

I'd like an answer to this too. I went 90-110 on the atlantic expressway on a late night drive down the shore with cruise control on for 20-30 miles

 

95

 

NINETY FIVE? Wow Nissan. I had almost 100 Miles of completely empty Interstate. My foot was killing me after it all, Not used to having it pressed down that far. Being a 2000 4AT slushbox, surprised me hitting 135MPH. Just would of liked to set cruise at 110 ish.

 

Yeah I think its 90 in mine but def under 100.

 

It's def under 100.. It sucks. My mom's G35 is at least 120.

 

This really sucks. How does Nissan know that nobody perhaps shipped the car to Germany and are driving it on the Autobahn? >100 is ridiculous.

 

Cause its a nissan maxima.

As much as I am a nissan fan boy, I would have to say you would have to be an idiot to ship a usdm maxima overseas

 

That's not my point... I drive it here in the states. In fact i've never been to Germany. My point was when there's empty roads, and you can easily cruise at 110-120MPH it'd be nice to have cruise.

 

90 mph on my 4at.

 

Surprised the State Cops didn't get you ..they are usually all over the AC Expressway.

 

There is a lot of state troopers in UT but about 80miles out of the major city they don't really radar. There is also a lot of speed limit test areas that allow 85mph speeds. I always travel at least 95-110 when I'm visiting my mom 350miles away. I feel like if you have tires rated for those speeds with the tread and your car can safely maneuver at 100mph I don't see the harm in going that fast with little to no traffic.

 

2000 5mt = 90 mph
2000 I30 = 90mph
2002 SE 6mt = 130 mph

I believe it has to do with the speed rating of the tires that were installed at the factory

 

I wish cops shared your point of view . Driving through Kansas recently I was stopped and given 'warning' for driving 78 in 75 zone. I had GPS on and was using cruise so my speed was definitely not higher. I believe, I got 'warning' and not a real ticket simply because I had out of that state driving license. The cop was driving in the opposite direction of the hwy and still went into trouble to chase me. I liked driving in Utah, BTW- judging by other car's speed there was no ongoing war against drivers.

 

I'm not sure if you think these are top speeds or maximum speed at which cruise can be used, but they are wrong.

To the best of my knowledge, cruise control on ALL recent Nissan vehicles - including the G35 - is limited to speeds between 25 to 89 MPH (40 to 144 km/h). It is in the owner's manual For a slightly optimistic speedometer, this looks like 90 mph.

Why? Nissan decided, "CYOA." Two [imo] obvious answers:
1. It is not needed on any public roads in the USA, as all speed limits fall under 89 mph.
2. Using cruise control at speeds above 89 mph is not wise/safe.
And it's not all it's cracked up to be.

How can I say that? I have an E39 BMW 530i and drive it regularly on the Autobahn.

Cruising at 200 km/h with cruise on an open stretch is nice but stupid, because it doesn't last long. A very likely scenario is that a family in a small diesel wagon driving 140 km/h pulls in front of you as they try to pass a slightly slower French POS with 75 PS in the center lane who is trying to pass a [semi-]truck driving slightly above the legal 90 km/h limit in the right lane, going uphill. With cruise control on, your reaction time is slower, which is critical when you have a 60 km/h (37.5 mph) closing speed. You rapidly decelerate behind the wagon, impatiently telling them to get out of YOUR lane, using your left blinker and or high-beams to communicate. By the time they move over, and you accelerate back up to 200, you are warned that there is an upcoming tunnel, and the speed limit will be 100 km/h. Having irritatedly driven through the tunnel at 120 km/h, ever leery of getting your picture taken by a speed camera, you blast up to speed when you see the "no limits" sign. Only to be slowed down to 130, then 100, then 80 km/h as you descend the steep (8%) grade on the other side of the mountain. Of course, that only last 10 min before you enter the third construction zone in the last 100 km. Where you are required to "safely" drive 60 km/h. And the lanes are barely wider than your car.

Like I said, it's not all it's cracked up to be. Now maybe you can understand why it was the German car manufacturers that first introduced adaptive cruise control... btw. I can set the cruise in my BMW at anything above 20 mph

 

^^this

In my 02 6mt, the cruise will work til just over 140 km/h