GM Super Cruise - 15,000 mile review

[alarmguy]

GREAT detailed and informative review.
I wish my wife new 2025 equinox had it. I doubt it's offered on it though. The vehicle is loaded however.
I get what you are saying about the adaptive cruise when behind a slow car, as soon as you change lanes the car hits the gas peddle pretty hard to get back to speed. (sometimes I almost cringe) It will also hit the brakes abruptly if traffic slows in front of you.

The car has steering and brake assist as well. It wont let you back up over a person. *LOL* We tested it.
It's GM's steering assist that makes me now want the Super Cruise that you have. I think it's a perfect solution. With her car for fun I do let go of the steering wheel and the car will self correct so it doesn't run off the road. However it waits until it just about runs off the road before it corrects and not made for self driving to keep you in the middle of the lane. You would look like a drunk driver. Anyway, now I certainly see how much fun Super Cruise can be.

My nephew has a Navigator with Fords Blue Cruise. Says he drove from NY to SC and for about 8 of 10 hours didn't need to steer the vehicle. I honestly think these systems are the way to go. Even my wife's rudimentary system prevents the car form going off the road but a true cruise like you have is a slam dunk in my book. There is no doubt that one day this type of system will be on almost any vehicle much like electric windows are today... maybe

 

[Jetronic]

Yes and this is an interesting point.

The system shines infra-red light on your face from two emitters in the top of the steering wheel. Without sun glasses you can cover one eye and the system will allow you to use Super Cruise. With sun glasses if you cover one eye, the sensor will not receive enough reflected infra-red light and Super Cruise will turn off.

polarised sunglasses aswell?

 

[wwillson]

polarised sunglasses aswell?

Yes, my sunglasses are prescription with polarized lenses.

 

[Jetronic]

Yes, my sunglasses are prescription with polarized lenses.

Thanks, I've just seen your picture of the IR emitters and it makes sense it work with polarised glasses. If the emmiters were above the windscreen I'd have doubts

 

[redhat]

Great review, cool feature. Automatic cruise control is one thing I wish my 24 Z71 had, I guess it's on the next model year for this trim.

These are some nice trucks. Definitely satisfies my daily driving habits and dry/covered IT cargo that I need to transport from time to time. Then weekends it has no problem hauling trailers.

 

[Pew]

Not practical, but you can try to starch the roof material or headrest to reflect IR. Clothing with starch reflects infrared like a aim9 sidewinder sees the sun.

 

[loneryder]

What is that gauge on your windshield to the left?

 

[wwillson]

What is that gauge on your windshield to the left?

Banks iDash, very informative device. This picture was taken during a DPF regen. Take a look at the EGTs in the exhaust system past the turbo, the turbo is "EGT1/1".

 

[loneryder]

Banks iDash, very informative device. This picture was taken in a DPF regen. Take a look at the EGTs in the exhaust system past the turbo.


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That should burn off any crap in the DPF.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

 

[wwillson]

That should burn off any crap in the DPF.

Yes, the differential pressure across the DPF goes from about 2.0 to 0.5 PSI and the regen in the LM2 takes 12 minutes.

 

[Cujet]

That's a great review. I have the similar 'Blue Cruise' on my 2024 F150. I am not paying for the subscription. It is limited to 80mph and if set there will kick off constantly, so really the practical maximum is 78 indicated or 77 actual. Here in FL the result is that people cut in front and the cruise speed is reduced. Leading to holding up even more people and a stream of cars passing. I've even had it 'decide' to put the flashers on and bring my truck to a stop. Which of course, results in me flooring it to keep it going.

The system may work well in states where traffic is slower. Also infuriating is that I paid for equipment I can't use. The subscription is expensive.

 

[CapitalTruck]

Somebody on here a while back published a tale of their auto cruise control slamming into the back of a large, unloaded flatbed semi trailer because it read the rear of the
cab as the object/distance. It didn’t see the trailer. So add that to your mental directory. I’m scared to turn over driving to any software directed, mechanical device. I say this while acknowledging that humans make errors all the time behind the wheel.

 

[Brons2]

My point to the above discussion is that these systems, that nobody seems to want, are a lot less helpful than we're led to believe.

Nobody seems to want? Nobody you know, maybe. Meanwhile there are other web forums where fanboys are practically salivating over the latest FSD features.

This seems extracted from social media, where it is all the rage to discredit things that people are opposed to by stating that "Nobody wants it" whether it is true or not.

 

[wwillson]

Somebody on here a while back published a tale of their auto cruise control slamming into the back of a large, unloaded flatbed semi trailer because it read the rear of the
cab as the object/distance. It didn’t see the trailer. So add that to your mental directory. I’m scared to turn over driving to any software directed, mechanical device. I say this while acknowledging that humans make errors all the time behind the wheel.

The adaptive cruise control in the Tahoe is very well refined. To the point that it also watches for human sized objects in front and behind the vehicle. When driving the cruise control will even adapt to a motorcycle in front. I have seen zero issues with it not "seeing" anything in front of me and like I've said, I have used it a ton. I even us it in town to keep my in a hurry mind from forgetting about speed limits. It adapts perfectly to any vehicle in front of me.

 

[UncleDave]

Out of spec reviews just did a new model 3 ride along using FSD and it was pretty awesome to watch.

Maligned as it may be I've not seen anything that works better.

Watch from 35Min when they switch drivers.

 

[JohnnyG]

Nobody seems to want? Nobody you know, maybe. Meanwhile there are other web forums where fanboys are practically salivating over the latest FSD features.

This seems extracted from social media, where it is all the rage to discredit things that people are opposed to by stating that "Nobody wants it" whether it is true or not.

I suppose people are a lot lazier than I think.

 

[wwillson]

I suppose people are a lot lazier than I think.

Lazy why?

 

[JohnnyG]

Lazy why?

Well, because they don't REALLY want to drive, just sit back and play with their phone or something.

 

[wwillson]

Well, because they don't REALLY want to drive, just sit back and play with their phone or something.

Kind of like pilots flying airliners. They must be lazy because they use automation that manages a ton of tasks, flies and lands the airplane, does sanity checks on systems many times/second. I think pilots like @Astro14 and @Just a civilian pilot should man up and shut the automation off and hand fly the airplane from takeoff to landing. Now we have to ignore the fact that since the advent of CRM and automation in airliners, the accident rate has declined 90%, but pay no attention to that fact because these pilots need to be doing the flying by hand all the time instead of sitting back and being lazy.

Of course you understand I'm being sarcastic, right?

Automation in cars are making cars safer as well. How many front end collisions do you think forward collision avoidance system have already prevented? When automation keeps the person for rear-ending me, frankly I don't care why the human driving the car didn't brake, I care that I didn't get rear-ended. This is just one example of why I'm a big fan of automotive automation.

If you think people with GM Super Cruise are playing with their phones while using Super Cruise, you're wrong. You must either be looking forward or the system will shut itself all and warn you that you have to pay attention to the road. It knows if you are looking down at your phone. Seems to me that when people are using Super Cruise automation they are by default much safer because they have to pay attention.