When I mentioned to Chevrolet that I was planning a road trip from SoCal to Berkley for my kid’s graduation and bringing back all her stuff, the idea of taking a Suburban with the Super Cruise came up. I had planned to take something less thirsty for the trip – not a 6.2-liter V8-powered body-on-frame SUV – but I was convinced when it was pointed out that this is exactly the kind of thing the Suburban is designed for. And with an update to GM’s Super Cruise driving system, the Pacific Coast Highway would now be covered, too.
I’m not going to lie, the idea of not having to pack the kid’s stuff into a smaller vehicle was massively appealing, and the idea of an eight-hour drive being mitigated by Super Cruise sounded fantastic – if it was going to be consistent. My previous experience with it on a trip to Las Vegas in 2022 wasn’t. Also, the High Country trim is pretty luxurious, and my wife was going on the trip as well.
On the downside, an eight-hour drive with a colossal Chevy SUV that’s powered by a 420-horsepower 6.2 liter V8 wasn’t going to be cheap at the pumps – and the price of gas is high in California.
Still, we picked up a Suburban in High Country specification and set off on our journey, wondering if Super Cruise was up to the 900-mile round trip. I had my doubts about whether a cruise down Northern California’s Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) would result in bankruptcy, how comfortable the Suburban would be on a long freeway ride, and how it would handle the tight streets of Berkley. Also, it was hard to tell whether the kid’s assertion that “It will all fit” would be accurate.
