BlueCruise year end recap: how much did you drive hands-free?

[markboris]

What is a Titanium Mustang Mach-E?

In most other countries except ours, Ford uses the Titanium model trim name instead of Premium.

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[doogie63]

Maybe I'm the minority here, but about 5 min of BC was enough for me... the stress of wondering when it might malfunction & self destruct was much greater than the stress of just driving! ?

I quite honestly don't get the obsession with hands-free driving. ? But then again, I'm border line OCD with control issues, so.... ?

When I first tried out BC someone ask how was it? I told them it's like riding with your teenager. Do you see that truck moving over? Do you see them breaking? Do you see that are starting to slow down. Watch out for him. Expect it's not your teenager you are asking it's BC.

 

[ChuckA]

My ‘21 Premium AWD ER has driven 17,800 miles in 3 1/4 years. Even at the special $600 for 3 year discount I decided I don’t need BC.

 

[music_cities]

Calgary -> Banff is BC enabled and it turns out I spend a *lot* of time on that highway. I guess I mostly just ski and hike.

 

[snowdoggie]

I keep getting bluecruise disabled camera fault errors once a week, left my mache at dealer for a day to see if they can figure it out, nope they were not. So with that I am not trusting it for any driving longer than 2 minutes to see if it still works. Wife loves her tesla version of this, me I just love the art of driving, why do I want a robot to take away the joy of it?
I do see the use case though, if you are fatigued, drunk, doing make up, sleeping, reading a book etc (joking, not joking) We all see the news where someone was driving with autopilot and have their sun shade up, or reading a novel, or doing a zoom call

 

[Guss-E 2021]

I've actually been "forcing" myself to use it regularly because my subscription ends in May and I'm not likely to renew at current pricing.

My drive home from work is short and includes eight miles of driving on a straight stretch of highway. Not at all exciting. Perfect for BC.

However, I have put it to the test on longer drives. I like it and think it works just fine for what it is. I'm obsessed with keeping my glasses and sunglasses clean. BC gives me the opportunity to do that when needed. The majority of my experience with BC is akin to using lane assist with ACC without Sheeba yelling at me for not holding the steering wheel.

I enjoy active driving on secondary roads with lots of curves and stops and starts. Long highway drives are boring AF. BC take it away.

 

[dalola]

I’ve driven across Missouri before without needing to slow down or pass another vehicle for over 5 hours. Straight and flat…unless BC is going to randomly decided to turn into a corn field or chase a cow, not a lot to worry about on a drive like that.

Yeah, I get you. I just can't focus on anything but the "unless" part..... And besides, I enjoy "driving" ? I know there will come a day where I can no longer, so I'm not gonna skip a single mile. ?

 

[Snakebitten]

https://fordauthority.com/2024/12/ford-bluecruise-recap-launches-as-blue-ovals-spotify-wrapped/

 

[EasyPass]

I keep getting bluecruise disabled camera fault errors once a week, left my mache at dealer for a day to see if they can figure it out, nope they were not. So with that I am not trusting it for any driving longer than 2 minutes to see if it still works. Wife loves her tesla version of this, me I just love the art of driving, why do I want a robot to take away the joy of it?
I do see the use case though, if you are fatigued, drunk, doing make up, sleeping, reading a book etc (joking, not joking) We all see the news where someone was driving with autopilot and have their sun shade up, or reading a novel, or doing a zoom call

Ford Hands Free BlueCruise is not Robo Driving. It is not intended for operating a vehicle when fatigued, drunk, doing make up, sleeping, reading a book, with a sun shade up, or reading a novel, or doing a zoom call. For further details consult the below link regarding ADAS. To date there is no production Robo Driving that is legal or even fully functional in any automobile product.

That said I am pleased with the decision I made about a year ago to decline the offer for the "low cost" three years subscription on my '21 Premium as it was unuseable at version 1.0 and to this day has not advanced to a newer release.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_driver-assistance_system#ADAS_levels

 

[DoubleDribble]

I laugh at all the white knuckles I see. I get it though, I graduated from Bob Bondurant's driving school twice and I went through a stupid motorsport autocross phase. But I am completely over it (driving) now. Blue Cruise for life baby. Lol

 

[Kamuelaflyer]

Titanium is a premium metal, so there’s that.

It also turns a blue grey when lightly oxidized or when lightly anodized. IIRC he has an infinite blue Mach-e. All of which means absolutely nothing. But we could start a rumor.

 

[dgilles428]

The obsession isn't with actually using Bluecruise.

Nobody actually uses it. ???

Too expensive
Chevy is better
Tesla is better
Kia is better

They just want the update cuz.......
Well I don't really know why. ?

Sorry. Couldn't resist
Really good coffee this morning

Note: I'm a Bluecruise fan. Just not in the Mach-E, which rarely sees Bluecruise travel

We have 24,000 miles on our 21 GTpe and have used Bluecruise very little because I have never had it more than 60 miles from home charging. I would love to have it on my Transit 350HD class B, especially in Oklahoma, West Texas and East N Mexico where winds are hellacious ..

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

I'd like to get such a report. We have almost 44,000 miles on the Mustang and almost 12,000 miles on the Lightning. I expect the Mustang has 50-75% highway miles and the Lightning has 80% highway miles.

 

[azerik]

That's a pretty high average speed, too - 70mph! Not too much stop & go in traffic I guess?

Phoenix highway speeds are posted 65.
You'll get mowed down by landscaping trucks at anywhere under 65
You'll get tailgated in the HOV by Tesla's and those that shouldn't be in the HOV at anything under 85
You'll be passed at ~95 if in any of the left 2 lanes (not the HOV lane)
You'll have you life flash before your eyes if in the rightmost lane at every on and off ramp as people will either do 100+ to merge or come to a complete stop and merge.

It's really just what we have to do to survive as in all my time on the highway around here I've seen patrols less than 5% of the time, and they're usually doing 80'ish as well.

 

[TheSteelRider]

What is a Titanium Mustang Mach-E?

This is a clear sign from ford about BlueCruise 2.0, code-named Titanium. Probably going to be 100x better. It's bulletproof, with nothing to lose. Fire away, fire away. You can shoot it down, but it won't fall. Because it's Titanium.

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