The Thread for People Paying $800/yr for BlueCruise

[SonicBlue]

Is anyone paying $800/yr for BlueCruise? If so, please tell us why? And what other things do you blow exorbitant amounts of money on?

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[ChasingCoral]

Sounds like you need to do some reading:

 

[EELinneman]

A more suitable question is this: What did you finally negotiate the cost to be?

 

[hybrid2bev]

I paid $600 for 3 years. But once that is up I think I could justify paying $800 per year for BC for my use case.

I do about 6,000 miles per year of BC driving (that's just my commute to/from work not including any additional roadtrips). So using just my commute it's $800 / 6,000 miles which is only about $0.133 per mile.

Granted that's not as good as my current deal of $200 / 6,000 miles at $0.033 per mile.

 

[Crystal05]

I paid $600 for 3 years. But once that is up I think I could justify paying $800 per year for BC for my use case.

I do about 6,000 miles per year of BC driving (that's just my commute to/from work not including any additional roadtrips). So using just my commute it's $800 / 6,000 miles which is only about $0.133 per mile.

Granted that's not as good as my current deal of $200 / 6,000 miles at $0.033 per mile.

How did you get it for $600/3 years did you negotiate or was it an offer? I have searched all over and it just comes up with the $800/year.

 

[RickMachE]

How did you get it for $600/3 years did you negotiate or was it an offer? I have searched all over and it just comes up with the $800/year.

He has a 2021.

 

[hybrid2bev]

How did you get it for $600/3 years did you negotiate or was it an offer? I have searched all over and it just comes up with the $800/year.

Because Job 1 2021's did not come with BC installed at the factory we had to wait about a year to get BC installed via OTA. Ford gave us Job 1 2021 customers a one-time deal to subscribe at $200 for 3 years as compensation. After those 3 years are up we have to subscribe at the normal rate.

 

[Space_Pony]

Because Job 1 2021's did not come with BC installed at the factory we had to wait about a year to get BC installed via OTA. Ford gave us Job 1 2021 customers a one-time deal to subscribe at $200 for 3 years as compensation. After those 3 years are up we have to subscribe at the normal rate.

Considering you were stuck with BC 1.0, I would say you were overcharged.

 

[jeffMachE]

He has a 2021.

Note that this doesn't seem to apply to Job 2 '21's. I have a job 2 (Blue Cruise worked from day 1 of ownership) and I've not been offered the $600/3 years. My initial 3-year trial is up at the end of November. I'm curious if there will be a pricing change, especially since the all the Job 2 '21's will hit the end of their trial period over the next 6 months (starting in about 3 weeks, I think). Nothing like real sales data (e.g., what is the uptake rate for Job 2 '21's on the $800/year price) to inform pricing.

 

[TRP]

My Job 1 2021 was paid at $600 for 3yrs recently, back when the new BC hype started. This will likely be the last for me as I plan to move on after 100-150kmiles

 

[RickMachE]

Note that this doesn't seem to apply to Job 2 '21's. I have a job 2 (Blue Cruise worked from day 1 of ownership) and I've not been offered the $600/3 years. My initial 3-year trial is up at the end of November. I'm curious if there will be a pricing change, especially since the all the Job 2 '21's will hit the end of their trial period over the next 6 months (starting in about 3 weeks, I think). Nothing like real sales data (e.g., what is the uptake rate for Job 2 '21's on the $800/year price) to inform pricing.

They got 1 year free, then 3 years at $600. You got 3 years for $600. That's all you get for $600.

 

[DYohn]

No one is forced to pay the subscription fee. But if you want the functionality, you pay for it. Just like navigation. It's not blowing money; it's purchasing something you want. If the price is too high for you, don't purchase it.

 

[Crystal05]

Because Job 1 2021's did not come with BC installed at the factory we had to wait about a year to get BC installed via OTA. Ford gave us Job 1 2021 customers a one-time deal to subscribe at $200 for 3 years as compensation. After those 3 years are up we have to subscribe at the normal rate.

Ooh ok. Thanks ? if I used bc a lot it would be worth it but I wfh and road lines in Indianapolis are so uneven and under construction it doesn’t read right, so it’s a complete waste of money for me.

 

[pikepilot]

I think the question should be is BC really 3x better than SuperCruise (75 vs 25 bucks a month)? I have less than a year left on the original 3 year subscription (bought the car used). Once it lapses I'll see if I can live without it. If I can't live without it and the price remains ridiculously high, I'll go to a SuperCruise vehicle most likely. Not a fan of Teslas currently, their products don't enter the conversation for me personally. There also might be some other similar options out by that time too.

 

[dwst480]

Has anyone paid for BC on the monthly plan? $75/month vs. $800/year. I don't drive BC highways often enough to justify $800/yr for me, but I could maybe see paying $75 for a month if I were going on an extended road trip and knew I'd be on BC highways a lot.

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