I could not agree more 4Vman.
I am rather proud of the fact that when I taught my two daughters to drive we spent a lot of time on learning how to hold a consistent speed, using audio queues like the transmission whine and tyre noise. It took them awhile, with dark mutterings that their old man is a loony, but now they are both adroit at holding a constant speed without resorting to the speedometer. We also had lots of fun gunning the FG down various onramps so that we could spend more time safely merging at 100 kph.
As for setting the cruise control ... Falcon drivers have been spoilt in this area for a long time. The FG is brilliant in how is has a tight 3kph deadband before actively downshifting to control excessive speed. Not sure of the current VE, but, my old VZ fleet hack, when set on a nominal 100, on anything but a billiard table flat road, would drift anywhere between 90 to 120. Ditto with the current model Aurion that I recently drive in Tasmania, the control systems feedback loops associated with the cruise control is abysmal.
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