Ah, I understand your accordion traffic now, thanks for clarification. I, too, can't make myself scream up on someone from 50+ mph--it's just too unnatural, even with adaptive cruise set to 4 car-lengths. That said, BC works great in bumper-to-bumper, up to maybe 25 mph or so for my sensibilities.
Perhaps I'm not understanding your "accordion traffic," but I've found BlueCruise quite effective in bumper to bumper interstate traffic. It matches the speed of the traffic, even coming to a complete stop if needed, and I just patiently wait. It's easier to wait if you don't have to use your...
Installed these same ones and didn't need to jack up the car/remove wheels. At any rate, I'm happy with them. Interesting that all the responses to this thread so far come from NE Ohio!
PSA: In case you are talking with your Italian-speaking friends, it's pronounced LOO-chay ("light" in Italian). This is somehow relevant to all of you, I'm sure.
Both of my yearly activations (I have two, in the Mach-E and an F-150) took less than an hour, so fingers crossed for you to get it soon. Let us know how it worked out.
I agree, but I'm sure they've done testing and found that "Gemini" sounds too much like some word that's commonly used in English (can't imagine what it is). I remember reading that "Alexa" and "Siri" were chosen because they have nearly unique sounds and are not triggered easily by other words.