Highway driving discussion

BigMF · Aug 20, 2025

laughnpup said:
On the downside, there are some weird things about the passenger side though like the lack of a nearby volume control and the fact that it’s almost impossible to see anything on the dash.

I consider these benefits! This way my wife can't control the stereo and also she can't see how fast I'm going.

Altitude said:
For me, the lane trace assist is a bit of a toy. It does work - surprisingly well in fact - but there are so few situations where I can chill for any extended period of time and let the car do the driving. Even on long highway trips I find myself passing semis where it’s easier to self-steer. So if that feature were to disappear from the truck I would not lose any sleep.

Traffic jam assist on the other hand is amazing. I have the honor of sitting in I-70 ski traffic all the time and I use it. Last year on one trip it took me 2 hours to get from Silverthorne to the entrance of the Eisenhower tunnel eastbound, which is 11 miles. If you drive it at the wrong time of day it’s a shitshow, and in this case there was weather and an accident. The traffic jam assist worked a charm: I barely touched the wheel or pedals the whole time. Love it.

I'm ambivalent about the lane assist in general but I have a 'friend' that uses the lane assist on those rare occasions where this 'friend' has to look at their phone for something.

I'm also a big a fan on the traffic jam assist. Love not having to touch pedals or steering wheel when in stop-and-go traffic on the interstate. Relieves a lot of stress and cramping of the leg.

Sugarloafer80 · Aug 20, 2025

What they can't see...all good...........

HWMOldster · Aug 21, 2025

I use adaptive cruise all the time. It's awesome the vast majority of the time. I hate how hard it brakes when someone jumps into your lane, though. When that happens, I usually cancel it and then reestablish after a minute.

I don't like the lane tracing. It seems to fail a lot and can be jerky. My 2019 Ford Ranger had lane keeping, and it did a much better job.

Just drove from N Florida to the UP and back last week, so I got lots of recent highway time. Love this thing.

Defender-LC · Aug 21, 2025

EOD Guy said:
That monitoring camera is a pain in the arse! Even when I was looking forward it was yelling at me, opening a soda bottle, yelling at me, adjust my glasses in the bright sun, yelling at me............. that camera needs to die a quick death!

That was the first thing I turned off. I noticed it during the test drive and said that’s being disable at the next stoplight.

BigMF · Aug 21, 2025

Defender-LC said:
That was the first thing I turned off. I noticed it during the test drive and said that’s being disable at the next stoplight.

Same here!

HWMOldster said:
I use adaptive cruise all the time. It's awesome the vast majority of the time. I hate how hard it brakes when someone jumps into your lane, though. When that happens, I usually cancel it and then reestablish after a minute.

I love it as well. My biggest problem with the adaptive cruise is that I'll be tooling along in the right lane and suddenly realize that i'm doing 60 (in a 70MPH zone) because the adaptive cruise was so smooth in slowing down to match the speed of the other guy in the right lane that I didn't realize it.

teghogh · Aug 21, 2025

TLC said:
I’m looking for feedback on how well the LC handles highway driving. All models come with Adaptive Cruise and Lane Trace Assist, but in particular I wonder how well those work to make for a comfortable ride and reduced fatigue. Also, how is the cabin noise with the stock tires? No dealerships will let me test ride a LC on the highway so this is impossible for me to learn in a test drive.

My wife and I like to do a 2000 mile road trip a couple times a year. Day one we typically travel 1000 miles in about 16 hours of driving. (We switch back and forth as driver so we don’t tire). Our current road trip vehicle is a 2017 Pacifica. The Pacifica has Lane Edge Warning (where it gently nudges you back into the lane if you’re close to the line) and adaptive cruise control which both go a long way to make a comfortable ride. The cabin is fairly quiet, but you do get noise from the tires on the road.

The features I’m most excited about in the LC is the Lane Trace Assist and Traffic Jam Assist. Has anyone driven long highway miles in a vehicle with Lane Trace vs Lane Edge Warning?

All depends on your point of reference. Better than wrangler and bronco . But that’s about it

EOD Guy · Aug 22, 2025

BigMF said:
Same here!

My biggest problem with the adaptive cruise is that I'll be tooling along in the right lane and suddenly realize that i'm doing 60 (in a 70MPH zone) because the adaptive cruise was so smooth in slowing down to match the speed of the other guy in the right lane that I didn't realize it.

My experience exactly!

Carolina Cruiser · Aug 22, 2025

I have been enjoying the LC on the highway. Road noise on Nitto Ridge Grapplers not bad.

My biggest complaint with the ACC is that after about 12 seconds, a prompt with dinging lets you know to make sure your hands are on the wheel. Kind of annoying on a long highway drive with straight roads. Many times I will have my hands on the wheel, eyes on the road and it will still put up the warning, dinging and cuts out the audio. I hate when my car micromanages me

. I've considered trying a steering wheel weight for long trips for this reason to see if it helps reduce the frequency of the prompts and the need to "jerk" the wheel every 12 seconds.

EOD Guy · Aug 22, 2025

Carolina Cruiser said:
I have been enjoying the LC on the highway. Road noise on Nitto Ridge Grapplers not bad.

My biggest complaint with the ACC is that after about 12 seconds, a prompt with dinging lets you know to make sure your hands are on the wheel. Kind of annoying on a long highway drive with straight roads. Many times I will have my hands on the wheel, eyes on the road and it will still put up the warning, dinging and cuts out the audio. I hate when my car micromanages me. I've considered trying a steering wheel weight for long trips for this reason to see if it helps reduce the frequency of the prompts and the need to "jerk" the wheel every 12 seconds.

Just turn off the "Driver Monitor Camera".

Sterring wheel "arrow" buttons
"Vehicle Settings" - Push and Hold “OK” to adjust
"DMC" (Driver Monitor Camera) Recording - (On or Off)

I've attached a cheat sheet for the abbreviations and settings that I put together and find very helpful............ and available dash layout options. (I don't know if all layout options are available on the 1958)

Midwest Duo · Aug 22, 2025

EOD Guy said:
Just turn off the "Driver Monitor Camera".

Sterring wheel "arrow" buttons
"Vehicle Settings" - Push and Hold “OK” to adjust
"DMC" (Driver Monitor Camera) Recording - (On or Off)

I've attached a cheat sheet for the abbreviations and settings that I put together and find very helpful............ and available dash layout options. (I don't know if all layout options are available on the 1958)

Thank you!

alohabs · Aug 22, 2025

Carolina Cruiser said:
I have been enjoying the LC on the highway. Road noise on Nitto Ridge Grapplers not bad.

My biggest complaint with the ACC is that after about 12 seconds, a prompt with dinging lets you know to make sure your hands are on the wheel. Kind of annoying on a long highway drive with straight roads. Many times I will have my hands on the wheel, eyes on the road and it will still put up the warning, dinging and cuts out the audio. I hate when my car micromanages me. I've considered trying a steering wheel weight for long trips for this reason to see if it helps reduce the frequency of the prompts and the need to "jerk" the wheel every 12 seconds.

A 16.9 oz or .5l water bottle stuck in the steering wheel gap at the bottom of either side of the steering wheel fools the system in to thinking your hand is on the wheel. Still need to turn off the driver camera but the car will “drive itself” with the acc and lane monitoring engaged. Not that I am endorsing or encouraging this I am just telling you it will work.

Doggman1525 · Aug 22, 2025

Yeah, what could go wrong...

Captain Trips · Aug 22, 2025

alohabs said:
A 16.9 oz or .5l water bottle stuck in the steering wheel gap at the bottom of either side of the steering wheel fools the system in to thinking your hand is on the wheel. Still need to turn off the driver camera but the car will “drive itself” with the acc and lane monitoring engaged. Not that I am endorsing or encouraging this I am just telling you it will work.

A Costco bottle of water is your friend

Carolina Cruiser · Aug 23, 2025

EOD Guy said:
Just turn off the "Driver Monitor Camera".

Sterring wheel "arrow" buttons
"Vehicle Settings" - Push and Hold “OK” to adjust
"DMC" (Driver Monitor Camera) Recording - (On or Off)

I've attached a cheat sheet for the abbreviations and settings that I put together and find very helpful............ and available dash layout options. (I don't know if all layout options are available on the 1958)

Thanks for the info! I looked through the settings available on the gauge cluster. Its seems quite a bit different on the 1958. Not sure I have a driver monitor camera to disable. Attached some screenshots.

I also did a test drive after adjusting a setting but no change. Resting my left hand on the top of the wheel while in adaptive CC, the “put your hands on the steering wheel” warning prompt pops up every 10-12 seconds or so. Holding the wheel at around 7pm seems to make the prompt pop up less frequently but still does often on straight roads. The steering wheel is always seeking resistance in order to confirm your hands are on the wheel, leading to the “jerk” to prove your hand is on the wheel when warned, or it will turn off on you.

Lately I just use traditional cruise mode to avoid the prompts and use ACC when in traffic. Seems like some sort of weight added to the steering wheel between 7-10pm might be my best option - may try the water bottle first. If it works well maybe a sleeker weight for long road trips to “fool” the system.

EOD Guy · Aug 23, 2025

Carolina Cruiser said:
Thanks for the info! I looked through the settings available on the gauge cluster. Its seems quite a bit different on the 1958. Not sure I have a driver monitor camera to disable. Attached some screenshots.

I also did a test drive after adjusting a setting but no change. Resting my left hand on the top of the wheel while in adaptive CC, the “put your hands on the steering wheel” warning prompt pops up every 10-12 seconds or so. Holding the wheel at around 7pm seems to make the prompt pop up less frequently but still does often on straight roads. The steering wheel is always seeking resistance in order to confirm your hands are on the wheel, leading to the “jerk” to prove your hand is on the wheel when warned, or it will turn off on you.

Lately I just use traditional cruise mode to avoid the prompts and use ACC when in traffic. Seems like some sort of weight added to the steering wheel between 7-10pm might be my best option - may try the water bottle first. If it works well maybe a sleeker weight for long road trips to “fool” the system.

I'm not familiar with the settings on the '58, on the FE the cameras are located on the top side of the steering wheel air bag, and the nanny is very annoying. As far as the ACC, the FE also requires "hand on wheel" (sorry if I misinterpreted)...... I have found two fingers resting on the outside of the wheel works well. I tried the water bottle trick, but couldn't get it to work for me.

alohabs · Aug 23, 2025

EOD Guy said:
I'm not familiar with the settings on the '58, on the FE the cameras are located on the top side of the steering wheel air bag, and the nanny is very annoying. As far as the ACC, the FE also requires "hand on wheel" (sorry if I misinterpreted)...... I have found two fingers resting on the outside of the wheel works well. I tried the water bottle trick, but couldn't get it to work for me.

EOD Guy · Aug 23, 2025

I tried that, couldn't get it to work for me, nanny kept yelling at me.

alohabs · Aug 23, 2025

EOD Guy said:
I tried that, couldn't get it to work for me, nanny kept yelling at me.

Weird . I have used it on long stretches when I am by myself on the road. LCLC Premium. No mods. Monitor camera off.

vcs111 · Aug 23, 2025

I just fished my first highway drive and couldn't be happier with the way my LC performed. Plenty of power very quiet cruising at 70-80 mph even on 275/p60/r20 BFG KO3 tires. The best part was seeing the 22mpg even with a trailer hitch rack and 2 EMTBS on the back after I got home.