I'm weird.

I prefer manual transmission and never use cruise control. Automatic trannies are more convenient, sure, but it makes me less in contact with my vehicle. I don't get bored driving with manual... well, except for those long, boring, flat places I might encounter in the middle of the US.. :)

Automatic tranny? Like, you press a button and you're suddenly in a black leather corset and ridiculous make-up? O.o

that would be AWESOME. I don't have a car, though..

Oh, man... I so want to draw that.

Well I sure as heck ain't stoppin' ya. >.>

Hee, I knew someone would take that opening. :>

There's that... other... possibility:

"With our new, convenient Tran-O-Matic feature, you can gendershift with the touch of a button! Spandex clothing is suggested for maximum convenience."

I will never get another car without cruise control.

But I get annoyed at people who treat it like a Ronco Rotisserie. Set it and forget it.

Those people just cruise in the left lane, unaware of how they trap cars in the right lane behind trucks, causing them to come out of their cruise control in order to slow down and get behind them.

All they would have to do is simply speed up a bit. Watch how annoyed they get when you realize that you are going to get trapped, and pull into the left lane to get around the truck without touching your cruise control.

Fortunately I don't do that. :}

It's funny because it's all so painfully terribly true. :D

GRRR FOR NEXT TWENTY-FIVE MILES

I can't decide which tickles me most...
-Angry rock
-Rackity-coon roadkill vs. happy rackity-coon
-Cop chilling on the windshield

Right now, Angry Rock is in the lead (I think I've met a few of his cousins).

ANGRY ROCK IS ANGRY!

Knowing you, I half expected a pic of Tom Cruise in a straitjacket.

Also, happy pupilless raccoon is cute.

Also, I'm apparently the first to notice the Cars reference. Is that Sheriff or Hudson?

Neither, just a generic anthropomorphic cop car.

Actually... Oh shit!! It's Barricade!!! RUN!!!

Which one's Barricade?

This fella.

I concur with Haystack. Even on long, straight roads I never use my cruise control. One nice thing about having a car with a manual transmission is that you always know how fast you're going.

Of course, I choose to go about 20MPH+ above the speed limit on the expressway, but that's a different issue. ;)

Right now, I'm using a truck with automatic transmission and broken cruise control. Even after 1-1/2 years, I still find myself speeding unless I keep one eye peeking at the speedo. Would much rather be watching the crazy drivers around me.

My old VW Fox broke its speedo about a year before I bid that good old wagon farewell. Knowing my shift speeds let me stay under speed limits in town. My two long freeway trips were no problem, either. I timed the first few miles using the instrument cluster's nice, large, well-placed analog clock and mile markers until I found the right engine note in top gear, and stuck with that. 52 seconds/mile = just under 70 MPH. :)

Very much so! I loved borrowing my mom's car (with cruise control) to go on trips.

Hehe, I like the 'without cruise control' pic better.

Cruise control may be fine for huge empty long straight highways, but it's not safe
whenever there's other cars around. I never use mine.

Fortunately mine is easy to override by pressing the pedals, or change my speed by pressing the COAST or ACCEL buttons.

I love the happy cop back there. Such a great touch.

LOL! KT, you are one of the last true cartoon cartoonists! ^_^

Last?! I hope not!

*One* of the last. <=) Not quite endangered-species yet, but plain ol' fun toons (and the toonists that draw them) are a vanishing breed.

So very very funny, and so very very true!

After driving from Ohio to Chicago in a car without Cruise, this pic totally means more ^^

the best part is the ROCK!

So true. :<