I got my first Skoda, a new Octavia 2.0TDi Elegance Estate, last week and have a question about the cruise control. Is it OK to leave the cruise control switch in the On position all the time or should I be switching it off when I'm not using it? The manual isn't clear on what is OK.

Edited 11 December, 200916 yr by Phil Lee

I leave it on 99,9% of the time, I did on the Golf too.

It never seemed to do any harm, even if you do activate it by accident just touch the clutch or brake pedal & it disengages.

I have only ever switched mine off by mistake. It is on all the time, whether using the cruise control, or not.

I leave mine on all the time too. You can turn it off by moving the switch part way towards the off position and then letting it drop back to the on position too. Very handy when you want to coast for a bit to match the speed of traffic in front. Hit the down button to turn it on again set to your current speed, hit the up button to turn it on and accelerate/decelerate to your previous set speed.

Same as Simbo

Useless post, but same as Simbo and fireftrm.

Mine's on all the time, unless someone else is driving the car that has never used CC ie SWMBO

I switch it off, but then I've got OCD

Are you sure it's switched off? ...best go check, eh? :rofl:

You're making me laugh today Simbo, first time for everything eh? :clap:

must admit thats quite funny :p

and yes switched on again

Odd. I leave mine switched off when I'm not using it, but I only ever use it on long journeys when driving on Motorways.

I've got so used to cc being on all the time in our Scout that when driving my Focus where you *have* to turn it on each time you want to use it, I find it a pain and tend not to use it as much! Leave it on and you'd be amazed how much more use you get out of it.

Not quite got over the novelty of having CC. So tend to use mine for the shortest straight. My justification to myself is saving fuel.

I leave it on all the time, tend to use it alot as i find the fuel consumption alot better when its on.

Dont think i could go back to a car without cruise control after having it.

Thanks all for your feedback. I'm used to using CC a lot from my previous car in 30 and 40 zones as well as on the motorway so, having read your comments, I plan on leaving it on too.

Particularly useful where SPECS cameras are in operation. Set at the correct speed & forget until the end of the restriction.

Just leave it on all the time, I turned it off once, went to use the cruise and thought it was busted for a few seconds until I realised I had flicked the switch.

Is there some law or regulation that states CC systems must have the ability to be completely switched off? other than that I can't see the point of the off part of the switch.

Particularly useful where SPECS cameras are in operation. Set at the correct speed & forget until the end of the restriction.

Spot on.