GEN 2 First long interstate road trip

04Ram2500Hemi said:

I like the ACC when in lighter traffic on the highway. If there’s 3 plus lanes and lots of traffic, I shut Cruise off completely.

The lane departure warning drove me nuts. I gave it 2,000 miles and then shut that off. Quit vibrating my steering wheel!

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How’d you shut the vibrator off?

Braaaaptor said:

Grandparents live in Lehighton, nice and quiet up there. Wanted to do Glen Onoko falls but people keep dying up there so it's closed apparently.

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Mom and husband were in Northumberland until a few years ago. My dad has a chunk of land not far from Ricketts Glen. College in Lewisburg. Go back less and less.

My first long interstate trip was 2000 miles from NH to CO. Some dirt roading from Silverton to Moab then home.
Plain Jane cruise control served me well.
A very enjoyable trip.

Mister Pinky said:

The Raptor motor shares very little with the Ford GT motor other than the name and displacement.

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And the block and cylinder heads...

OP you probably have people trying to race you bc you drive like somebody out looking to race? You can take the driver out the STI, but you can't take the STI out of the driver

The ACC is great for light traffic, but is limited in heavier traffic bc even in the closest setting people will pull in front of you. The truck will then brake to maintain distance whereas a human would probably just lift off gas to get some distance. ACC also brakes way more aggressively sometimes than someone driving beyond you would expect.

Mister Pinky said:

How’d you shut the vibrator off?

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I pushed the button next to the shifter to shut it all off.

BrttClne22 said:

I've had 2 F250s try to race me at stoplights in the last week, I have a newborn in the backseat... Not happening.

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your location says NC. I’ve never been in a more binary driver state; it’s either some woman putting on makeup while texting and doing 50mph in the left lane OR... driver thinks because there’s an Earnhardt, Petty, Childress or Johnson that is a 3rd cousin, they are NASCAR material and want to show everyone.

Braaaaptor said:

a cool 9hr trip each way without NOVA/DC traffic along Satan's taint aka I95.

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I have felt that pain and lived it for many, many, many years. Few vehicles make that mess tolerable.

Braaaaptor said:

At speed ACC can be slightly annoying specifically if you're cruising, the person in front of you brakes to turn, and you switch into the fast lane to maintain your speed. I had the truck panic brake, nose dive, drop from 75 to 60, and then since it was still in 10th gear, it lugged its way back up to speed.

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realjones88 said:

The ACC is great for light traffic, but is limited in heavier traffic bc even in the closest setting people will pull in front of you. The truck will then brake to maintain distance whereas a human would probably just lift off gas to get some distance. ACC also brakes way more aggressively sometimes than someone driving beyond you would expect.

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You ‘twos’ aren’t doing it right. You can leave ACC engaged but as mentioned before, it’s a driver AID, not a driver substitute. You still have mind your gaps and watch for soon to be lane jumpers. Drive like you’re a biker.

12 o’clock slow mover about to selfishly jump over because they don’t want to stay behind a tractor trailer, but they’re only going 1mph faster? Gas it.

traffic’s too tight for normal ACC? close the gap with the ... you guessed it, the GAS pedal.

If you lift, you lose.

realjones88 said:

And the block and cylinder heads...

OP you probably have people trying to race you bc you drive like somebody out looking to race? You can take the driver out the STI, but you can't take the STI out of the driver

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Put the DCCD in rear bias, turn off traction control, and engage track mode and the STI can do amazing things. I probably need to learn to drive the Raptor in truck mode.

Would make things a lot easier.

I just had to LOL at the fact you called a 3 hour drive a long road trip.

I have a trip from SoCal to Minnesota, then down to Tampa Florida coming up in January. 3500 miles of fun times! I can't wait.

Big Blue said:

I just had to LOL at the fact you called a 3 hour drive a long road trip.

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My 2018 Raptor has 27k miles and I am sure some on here have 2 to 3xs that much