Blue Cruise offer

[Gimme_my_MME]

From what I've seen here, the number of people that say they're willing to pay $800/yr is close to zero.

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[generaltso]

I'm still hypothesizing that this whole $800/yr fiasco is just to make it seem like it's a fantastic deal when they switch back to $600 for 3 years. It's working so far since nobody is complaining about the old price anymore.

 

[jhalkias]

I'm still hypothesizing that this whole $800/yr fiasco is just to make it seem like it's a fantastic deal when they switch back to $600 for 3 years. It's working so far since nobody is complaining about the old price anymore.

Yup. I totally agree.

 

[echeck]

I may be a minority here, and I know that the thread is about pricing. But I have literally used the BlueCruise once or twice just for novelty, and never felt the need to or want to use it again. Ever. If they take it away, I wouldn’t even notice it. It is honestly only somewhat useful, mainly on straight roads in its current version IMHO. Isn’t the car a sheer pleasure to drive manually?

For long trips on highways, the adaptive cruise control with lane keeping assistance was more than enough to reduce the driving fatigue.

With all due respect, I genuinely don’t understand the obsession / fascination with signing ourselves for autonomous driving beta testing on real roads. And paying for it. Most cars are overpromising and underperforming in this regard, aren’t they? Why is everyone running behind this? To be able to check texts and reels while driving? I am genuinely curious.

Same was the case when I had the Tesla, just the basic adaptive cruise control was more than enough (well, even that didn’t work well with all the phantom braking events, so I ended up almost never using it) with lane departure assistance, which I did use. And my friends are wanting to buy their first Tesla with $15k FSD as if it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

Is BlueCruise 1.3 really that groundbreaking for daily driving that it is worth subscribing to and enrich Ford’s neural network on our dime?

Everyone has their own preferences. I love BC. I’ve gone on two 500+ mile roadtrips and both times BC made the drives SOOO much better. I couldn’t care less about my phone, but what I do absolutely love is having the ability to actually take in the scenery around me while I’m driving. And not having to bother nudging the steering wheel every five seconds.

I also use BC for half of my hour long commute each way three days a week. It makes sitting in traffic a little more bearable.

Also, while you can opt in to providing additional data to Ford, drivers aren’t beta testing anything. Ford tests this BEFORE releasing it. Tesla is who costs people’s lives to beta test software.

That all being said, there’s no way I will ever pay $800/yr for BC in its current state. Ford better drop the price dramatically, or increase the features dramatically. I’m good until 2026, so hopefully Ford figures it out by then.

Although at this rate we may not even have 3.1 by 2026. ?

 

[Haydn12]

I've used BC while on trips although my wife uses it the most for driving to work. I prefer HDA2 in my Ioniq 6 even though it isn't hands free although you can take your hand off for a minute here and there. The main thing with HDA is I can look at the scenery for longer than BC without it prompting me to look at the road after a few seconds. That prompting gets irritating after awhile.

 

[Maquis]

Just a clarification -- this was mentioned earlier in the thread (or another thread). The subscription transfers to the new owner of the vehicle. In theory, you extract your remaining subscription in resale value.

Correct….by ”not transfer” it means you can‘t transfer the subscription to your next vehicle.

 

[Mablanc]

Job 1 2021 here, I also got the offer in Canada and am stuck on 6.1.0. If I pay to extend my BlueCruise, does that mean I will suddenly get all these new updates after 6.1.0?

For info - Job 1 2021 Premium Ext Range. Just got 6.2.1 a few days ago. I see nothing in the update description that has made its way into my vehicle, even with a successful update. Example - no record feedback button ... I now have feedback on your lack of feedback button Ford!

 

[macchiaz-o]

For info - Job 1 2021 Premium Ext Range. Just got 6.2.1 a few days ago. I see nothing in the update description that has made its way into my vehicle, even with a successful update. Example - no record feedback button ... I now have feedback on your lack of feedback button Ford!

You should see record feedback in either settings > general (pre-6.2) or in the apps tray (6.2.1).

If it's still in the old location, maybe your software updated but hasn't swapped over to the new update yet? Let it sit, off for an hour or two and recheck?

 

[Shikkins]

After reading through this thread I think my local dealer made a pricey mistake on their part. I took in my car (21 rwd extended job 1) last week to install some missing modules to hopefully start receiving OTA updates, car is still on 4.2.

I explained to them that I was still on BC 1.1 and was hoping the missing modules would help in getting 1.2 at least at some point.

My trial was set to expire next month, but after reviewing the dealership paperwork, they had listed that my BC was not functional (its fully functional), they said they installed the missing control module updates. When I checked my BC status, it seems they added an additional 3 trial years at no cost to me.

 

[kennan]

I might be interested depending on how good 1.3 is (indeed, if it ever actually rolls out to me...). On the other hand, it so far has disengaged telling me to watch the road every time I take a sip of coffee, so no big loss in its current state.

 

[Ravensfan1996]

I wonder why the window sticker on my 2022 shows that the Connected Built-in Navigation is included for 3 years but Bluecruise is included without limit.

Thats just saying you car has the hardware for BlueCruise, you need a subscription to use it.

 

[RonOinAZ]

Thats just saying you car has the hardware for BlueCruise, you need a subscription to use it.

Actually, Connected Navigation and BlueCruise are both functional; I haven't subscribed to either.

 

[tjk]

Why is my 2021 1st Edition BC offer $100/month or $750/3years?

any orher Canadian’s getting same offer? Is this a currency thing?

I cant even enter a Canadian address in and cant renew. Ford can't even get this working.

 

[Ravensfan1996]

Actually, Connected Navigation and BlueCruise are both functional; I haven't subscribed to either.

It’s still a subscription, if you go into connected services it will show your expiration date. Same with connected Nav, its included for free for now But also has an expiration date.

 

[Beege]

Hmmmm, Connected Nav… so does that mean the built in Navigation will expire at some time?

And then Nav will become a subscription?

I suppose I’ll just use the Apple Map service through my iphone and Carplay.
I am really not a fan of subscription to enable your vehicles built in functionality… unless its a drop dead optional feature.

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