Cascadia New Club Member

They’re built just as good as any. The new one they gave me has lane alert. Farts if you cross the line. I went to pass a Truck on the right. He was in the hammer lane, swerving into my middle lane. Probably half asleep. Had a 4 wheeler beside Me in the right lane. I had it under control, went to pass and rattle his cage to wake him up. Figured I’d use my horn if I had to. The Cascadia disagreed. It slammed on the brakes, getting itself out of potential danger. It was weird. Lucky there wasn’t any ice, and no one rear ended my Trailer. I felt it wiggle a bit. Downright dangerous. Could easily cause a jackknife. Seems the Truck has become the Trainer. The only benefit I can see is teaching a Driver to avoid its taking over. Just knowing that can happen is enough to avoid those situations. I guess it’s good if a Driver’s falling asleep. I tested it at 60 mph, cruise set, coming up on a back up. It slowed down to a stop all by itself. Getting closer to self driving Trucks. I can just hit the gas, hold the wheel. Truck stops itself. I see the potential for developing bad habits. Never touch the brake. Normal Driving, it downshifts with the jakes, comes to a stop. Without the driver or Truck itself applying the brakes. Next week I’ll be in an older ragged out Cascadia W/ 10 speed manual. I’ll clean it up, make it mine. Only thing nice about the automatic is backing up,

 

I think so. However it won’t go back into drive unless foots on the brake.

 

There’s a big disconnect between the fuel pedal and engine. The technology isn’t exact. One good feature is jakes must be off to set cruise. The bad, is trying to get it back up to speed on the highway. 55 back up to 65/70 is sometimes impossible. Cruise can be set at 65, and it is set, but stays at 55. I can drop a gear using manual, even though it’s on auto, and says manual mode unavailable. I don’t get it. I’m sure it’s the driver. Lol

 

According to an Engineer at Detroit that works on emissions R&D, 2017 and newer are better. It took 10 years to work out the bugs after complying with the Government mandates. I remember thinking high performance cars were history, back in the mid 70’s. Lol. Now they have cars with 2x the horsepower. Little 4 cyl engines with more power than old big blocks. It’s amazing.