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July 2023 and AP1 is still a better driving experience on Interstates than FSDb


I’ve been road tripping my FSDb MX for the past 9 months or so and it’s aggravating at times but I felt it did as well as AP1. Just road tripped with my AP1 MX and wow is it better than FSDb.

No phantom braking
Selectable and relatively consistent following distance
Doesn’t change lanes for no re...

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The Right Way of Fixing Chips on My Model 3 Paint using Dr. Colorchip

Hello,

I have created this guide to help those who like me found out about Tesla paint weakness after purchasing the vehicle.

I purchased a used 2020 White Pearl Model 3 with Tesla directly and found out later after giving a manual and thorough wash that a lot of rock chips were present on the f...

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First Cybertruck from GigaTexas


This is earlier than I thought... There is a decent chance like 10 real customers will get a Cybertruck on December 31 of this year.

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SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 6-15 - SLC-4E

Launch Date: July 19
Launch Window: 9:09pm PDT (12:09am EDT, 04:09 UTC both on the 20th)
Launch site: SLC-4E, Vandenberg Space Force Base, California
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS
Booster: B1071.10
Fairings: Reused - 6th time each
Mass: 15 v2 Starlink satellites
Orbit: SSO - Polar LEO
Yearly Launch Nu...

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My Two Week Review - Heading towards 300,000 Miles

Hi All,

I really appriciated this forum for all the help and guidance as I was looking to make my purchase. I’ve been the proud owner of a 2023 Model Y LR for just over 2.5 weeks (Yep, weeks). I have logged about 2,500 miles. I drive over 30,000 miles per year, mostly for work. I live in cold W...

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Midwest to East Coast - again

Stats first: 2986 mi avg 283 wh/mi.

3rd time making this trip in a 20 MYLR from just West of Minneapolis to relatives house near Concord NH via another relative’s place in southern Vermont. Used new superchargers each time and this trip visited magic dock locations for the first time. Batavia NY:
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Dirty Tesla provides perspective on the Gerber - O'Dowd FSD controversy



We discuss the Ross Gerber - Dan O'Dowd FSD Beta video controversy, and Dirty Tesla provides some much needed perspective on it.

This is a clip from Tesla Motors Club Podcast #45:

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Cybertruck spotted driving around Portola Valley, looked smaller than I expected

I just saw the funky camouflaged Cybertruck driving on Alpine Road in Portola Valley. That's one city over from Tesla's Palo Alto HQ. Here is a quick video below from my Model Y's cameras so it's not super high quality. I was most shocked that is seemed a lot smaller than I expected in person. Looks...

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I towed a 4x8' U Haul trailer from Kansas to Washington state in my model Y

Just got home from a cross country trip from Salina, KS to Vancouver, WA (1755 mi). We towed a small U-Haul (4x8') trailer with my model Y. It was fairly easy to hook up the trailer. I had Tesla install the trailer hitch after I bought the car. The Tesla service guy in Vancouver told me the sel...

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FSD Beta (11.3.6) with no cell coverage on mountain roads

I spent two days at Gila Hot Springs, NM. I drove from Silver City but I took the long way through Mimbres to avoid some of the really twisty parts of the road. On a previous trip FSD worked like a champ on the really twisty parts but I was not comfortable trusting it with my life.

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