612 cruise control

I assume you could find some sort of aftermarket cruise control-- probably no need to try to retrofit the factory one. You could probably get one designed and built from scratch for what the factory would charge you!

 

Ferrari isbeing that unresponsive? I would imagine that they would be all too happy to service this since they'll charge a ridiculous amount for it.

 

Has there ever been a Ferrari with cruise control?

 

I was stunned, but it is available now on the 612. It is some idiotic amount of $ IIRC. Lots of trickle down/up from maser QP. Memory seats, better Nav, Buetooth, now cruise. It needs to be available, I guess, Bentley/CL owners have expectations. Glad 599 doesn't have it. Since 612 and 575 have same throttle bodies, electronic, it could have been offered awhile back.

Ha! You implied Ferrari would be responsive...you're gooned on Nyquil again, aren't ya, ya hop-head

 

I have cruise control on my 612. Works fine. What's your problem with it?

The 612 is made for long trips, and cruise control is pretty nice when you're driving 500-1000 miles in a day.

 

A car that costs almost (or more than for the new ones I guess) does NOT have Cruise control? That is idiotic. Now, if you don't want to use it don't, but for 300 large the car ought to freakin' drive itself if you want it to. I am always stunned by what some car makes get away with. Any Honda you buy has a cruise control... And in particular for a car like the 612 or the 599 that are made for eating up HUGE chunks of road for breakfast cruise and all those other niceties should be stock and on the car in its absolute most basic sense.

 

Don't have a problem with it, was shocked they actually put it on a car.
Only been standard on many cars for years. Porsche and Ferrari resisted for a long time.
I have had it on many cars, rarely use it. Usually won't work over 90. I have laser sense cc in my DD, at the distance it leaves, even the shortest, people cut in front of you constantly. Cannot override to conventional cc, so I use it even less.
I do 500-1000/day trips, do 300 often, don't use it. Personal belief is that it leads to less attention than usual, I drive fast, and eyes work better than V1's at times. I like all the "regular car" stuff you can get now on Ferraris, but I truly was shocked to see it on sticker. Lord, we'll start a stick/F1 debate on cc.

 

My 612 is a 2008 OTO.

I don't usually let it sit on cruise control for long periods of time, but I do like to put it on and be able to move my leg around a bit.

And Sfumato, Porsche has had cruise control for many, many years. My 85 911 has it, and my 79 911 did as well.

 

Don, don't want to argue, I had 74 CIS S that had cruise. Never used it once, paid extra though. It hasn't always been standard. Never mind.
Don't know why my original post got everyone all worked up, I just said I was shocked they offered it. Oh well. 612 I saw cc on was a pre-OTO car, BTW.

 

hi there i have an 05 aswell
and the factory said that it was no one wants a CC on a Ferrari!
so that was that

 

Not just cruise control. How many other 300K+ GT cars don't come with heated seats as standard or the homelink garage door opener ????

 

It's a Ferrari, and a "one to one," so questions of what is "standard" and what is not are kind of silly. My 612 has heated seats, homelink, and cruise control. All installed at the factory.

I have to say, if you are going to quibble about the option pricing, the 612 is probably not the car for you!

 

Germans and Japanese tuners love to modify these cars, have you tried them?

Perhaps ask the shop that added on the air damm, side skirts and valence bodywork and other modifications to your 612 in this thread
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=223307

 

I suspect that the problem is the integration with the electronics and the e-throttle. Probably not trivial to do. Unlike conventional throttles, I think the 612's cruise control is all implemented in software (I was using it yesterday, and don't recall the accelerator pedal moving to change speed, but I could be wrong). Thus, putting it in after the fact would be difficult unless you had access to the code.

 

The 2005 does not have the provision in the wiring harness to add the cruise control and the software file (PROXI) is not available for the car. The Proxi file is critical on these cars as it is the equipment profile for the entire car and involves all the control modules it would also require different software and possible hardware in the Engine control units. The late model 2007, OTO and Sessanta have the provision within the harness to add the cruise and most came form the factory with it. The switch is wired directly to the RH engine control unit pins 38,57,75,76 and the RH and LH control engine control units physicaly operate the throttles to maintain the spped which is recieved from the ABS unit after processing by the instrument cluster. Deactivation is by the off switch, or brake input which is supplied by to switches one through the ABS unit and the other through the Body module and any ABS gearbox or engine management fault involving the throttles or accellerator pedal would dissable the system.
It could be done. It would require adding the switch and wiring and then getting a PROXI which ferrari would not likely supply and there may be other problems encountered with a incorrect proxi in the car.

The easiest and most cost effective solution at this time is to purchase a car with it. If Ferrari recieves enough requests they may put a kit together. I would suggest submitting your request through a dealer as it will likely be better recieved by the factory.

Hope this clears things up. Good luck

 

Ver yinteresting data, thanks for that.