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Car is fine and fun. Just FSD is worthless. No harm in leaving it off as a reminder of a very expensive lesson learned. Saw another thread that the free trial conversion rate was like 2%, so it seems like I’m not alone in my assessment of FSD.

Maybe V12 is just different from V11. I wouldn’t consider it better - broken and useless is still broken and useless, it just feels a bit different. But having to disengage like every other mile isn’t fun or encouraging.

Perception is a big deal. The danger of the most recent free month is that since it wasn’t perfect, the majority of new users will now never use it in the future at any price because the “trauma” is now locked in. For myself, I almost never use it because it is so stressful constantly...

No bets, but there is no such thing as a simple fix for ML. The challenge is that outcomes are probabilistic and not deterministic so the best you can hope for is that the inference is probably correct. Also, I think even the smartest minds have significantly underestimated self driving as a...

I bought it exclusively for the curb smashing

Dojo was a waste of money. Building chips in house is both difficult and expensive. And rarely necessary since NVidia, Intel, and AMD do custom IP designs for various clientele which would allow the use of decades of architectural experience that Tesla did not have at the time (and does not...

Feels more like another sales lever. Will probably be as effective as the others. Imagine if Tesla had a real, full time CEO…

Tried it. Failed out as expected. Still doesn’t like making left turns. Or right turns. Likes to hug the right white line for some reason. Highly not recommended. Counting down until V13…

Mind blown like Elon said…

I wonder how many people tried it, hated it, and aren’t likely to use it again any time soon. I would think that would be most people, but who knows.

Samsungs semiconductor division isn’t known for high yielding high performing nodes as of late. But they have offered really good pricing if you are willing to give up best in class performance at any given node.

Tried FSD again today, and as per usual disabled it within minutes because I just can’t deal with the erratic and simply incorrect / inappropriate behavior. And this was in not particularly difficult conditions. It makes me wonder if Tesla is even doing simulations before releasing. It doesn’t...

The way FSD works, probably closer to 3 to 4 years to hit 10 K of self-driving mileage. I basically only use it on highway trips. Anything else is asking for an accident.

I’d love to see some model S action around a decent portion of southeastern PA, but that might actually result in loss of life in certain scenarios so I can’t actually recommend anyone try.

I don’t think it is so much that they have a special build for influencers so much that in order to keep their jobs knowing Elon is around they just overfit the data to the influencers that Elon pays attention to. Probably why no breakthrough progress is being made on any number of remedial...

Get Smart 😎

3 version updates away maybe, 6 version updates definitely…

Yesterday I found out that FSD will happily try to run over people walking their dogs. Neat. Nothing like trauma all around from all parties…

FSD Beta is completely unable to handle south eastern PA without losing its mind. I’d say interventions every mile are about average to avoid actual serious accidents. Based on the rate of progress for the 50 miles around me, we are still 5 to 10 years away and probably multiple hardware...

Tried it. Maybe 5% smoother lane changes on the highway. Otherwise still very underfit for southeastern PA. I think they are overfitting CA, TX, and popular YouTube routes. Issues still include not staying between the lines for sharper turns, not understanding the appropriate level of speed...

Autopilot was advertised in association with the video in question with an explicit statement that you would have what was shown in December of 2016 with the sole exception being that regulators might not approve of such a solution. Implicit is that the software was done, fully functional, and...

I will agree that I am almost certainly overriding the car too aggressively. That said, since I’m fully liable if anything should go wrong and there is only limited amount of time to react, I’m not sure what else is left for me to do with it right now. Is there value in me continuing to...

OK, so this didn't go the way that I intended it to, so I will apologize for perhaps coming in too emotional and too hot. Instead, I will recalibrate my thoughts as follows (to be more facilitative of discussion and less personal back and forth over irrelevant nits): FSD doesn't meet my...

Source is the original FSD video to the tune of paint it black. (moderator edit) Also, this is a new release (moderator edit)

I’m not a troll and it isn’t your place to try to moderate me. I’m providing my experience and frustrations with something that Tesla said was completely finished in 2016 and then every single year since then. I have a background in machine learning and know more about it than your typical...

Honestly if you are going in a straight line, it is mostly OK. Anecdotes of good performance are a combination of mostly straight drives with maybe some intentional non counting of manual disengagements for whatever reason. The most optimistic anecdotes (I.e., Whole Mars Catalog) are essentially...

Tried this sorry mess of a release again. It failed 100% of attempted left turns and right turns and botched stopping distance for one stop sign. So basically still pre-alpha level software where work hasn’t really begun in earnest for the car to make its own turns.

New beta tester as of this week, using 2022.20.17. Quick summary, grade is F minus. Tried it briefly, but it so thoroughly tried to kill me and wreak havoc across multiple straight-forward, non edge case situations that it isn't something I'll be using again until the next major version...

It doesn’t understand how to make either right or left turns correctly. It will recklessly hesitate and risk the likelihood of being rear ended. It has a turn radius that is way too wide for these turns. Acceleration and deceleration is alarming when you can’t be sure if it will stop in time and...

Got it the other day. Tried it for 90 seconds today. Will not turn it on again until the next major release and then only with no one else in the car, with zero traffic around me, and in very controlled conditions. It is currently not fit for purpose and has yet to reach a suitable beta level...

Will update to say that service was completely successfully within 24 hours and I feel like that is a reasonable timeframe given what was required knowing all the parts were already there. I need to give credit where it is due and Tesla left me with a good impression all said and done.

When I first got my Model S, they cracked the roof due to the end of quarter rush. Because they lack a logistics system it took them 3 months to replace it. Just took it in for a onboard charger fix and all service is now a 24 to 48 hour turn around time due to staffing shortages. No rental cars...

The problem with hard breaking and the safety score is that driving non autopilot and using regen breaking as designed is always considered hard breaking which is hilarious. I think the score is less about driver safety and more about finding a reason to keep cars in difficult driving areas out...

I think alpha is just a roughly shelled out version that mostly touches on each of the critical components with at least some of them not working ideally or possibly even as intended but far enough along to be tested internally and allowing for rapid iteration in preparation for beta releases...

This is the same software that considers regen braking to be hard braking against your safety score…

If KBB is anything to go by, Tesla does not actually give you more money for having FSD vs. not. However, it does sound nice and I’m sure they will continue to say that they do. But right now I’d say Tesla is effectively valuing FSD at $0.00 if the trade in is anything to go by. Since Teslas are...

No chance in hell I’d run something with a list of warnings that long. Just not even going to risk it, so no data from me. Takes too long to go through the parts replacement process to risk the damage this will cause. And since Tesla assumes no liability, sorry but no thanks I’m not a multi...

I have HW 3. I find auto lane change very frustrating from poor timing to dangerous aborts. Every now and then it does well, which feels great. But it isn’t reliable or consistent and I would avoid using it in heavy traffic.

Tesla may have a problem because as far as I know there are no production Model S Long Range vehicles that charge to 373 mi under any circumstances. It is not physically possible. Someone should consider litigation to get them to correct the website as litigation seems to be treated as casual...

I’ll post in here and hope for some good luck for my Model S Raven to get an update.

Still waiting for V10 on my Model S Raven Long-Range with FSD...

Wipers seem to work well during the day in good lighting. They are not effective at night with poor lighting.

Congrats! To be fair, as far as I can tell, auto-park is currently not a working feature on Ravens right now. I came from a 2016 75D with FSD to the Long Range Raven and I find that auto-park can only see 1% of legitimate opportunities vs. the HW 2.0 model maybe closer to 50% to 75%. Although...

Just to close the loop on this, finally had the roof replaced today!

So pretty much 2020 at this point, which makes sense. HW 3.0 can’t even auto park yet so this is not a surprise. I’d expect another 8 week delay in January or February at minimum. If Elon was being realistic he’d push to 2nd half 2020...

Same issue in the US. Tesla doesn’t have internal logistics to route parts from the factory to the service centers yet. My roof was cracked on delivery and I still have no ETA 3 months later...

Still waiting, but at least there is hope...

This is normal. The range is a fleet average and there will be variation from pack to pack within an acceptable margin (as determined by Tesla). It hasn't really degraded at all yet so there is nothing to be concerned with. Over 2K miles, my 90% is consistently 324 - 326.

Still waiting for a replacement roof for a Model S Raven which had a crack in it on delivery. A month and a half wait with no ETA because Tesla hasn’t invested in even a remedial logistics system...

I think the question is better phrased more generally as " is a resolution of 1280x960 sufficient for any level of FSD?" Followed by "is 36 fps sufficient at any given resolution for reliable highway FSD?" For the first, I'm highly confident that no, 1280x960 is not sufficient for either Level...