A gun rights activist of no national importance was a friend who passed several years ago. The Bible teaches us to look after widows and orphans. His widow is not financially in need but being there as a friend is important. (They had no children. You may think children are an impediment to your lifestyle at 35 or 40 but that will look different at 60 or 70 or 80.)
Anyway, we drove from Boise to Silver Springs, Nevada. This is a road that goes through Middle of Nowhere via Next to Middle of Nowhere. Desert, scrub, areas so desolate that their only economic value is lithium mining. Even with speeds consistently above 70 (in places above 90) the Cadillac averaged 28.0 mpg, quite a bit above the advertised highway mileage for the AWD supercharged V6.
SuperCruise performed perfectly even on two lane roads where I was not expecting it to have data. Would it operate at high speeds? At one point in Oregon, I needed to pass on a two lane road. Put your foot down in the Cadillac and the experience is utterly incomprehensible. There is power that I have never experienced before. Even with car set to not pump exhaust noise back into car, there is very satisfying sound of a revving engine, and burbling noises as it upshifts through several gears.
As I was saying, I was in Oregon and shortly after blowing through 100 mph, SuperCruise disengaged. So, a very unsurprising adult behavior imposed by GM.
A few miles later, I was in Nevada, which has much higher speed limits (especially on Interstates) and well north of 100 on these amazing passes, SuperCruise remained in operation. I suspect that it treats disengage speeds based on state maximum speed limits.
On rough roads, the stiffness of the suspension reminds you that this car can pull 1g lateral acceleration. On smooth Interstates, it is astonishingly smoth.
UPDATE: While passing, I had great confidence that the governor-limited top speed of 154 mph is entirely plausible.
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