Recent content by COS Blue

On a recent road trip, I met a guy with a BMW i4 at an EA charger. We were comparing notes on our cars. I asked him if he knew what phantom braking was. He was like, "well I've heard of the concept I guess." I told him about my experience with PB while using TACC and he said "Oh I just turn...

I tried the 4-finger reboot a couple of times and it did not help. Then I got mobile service to come out and replace the switch assemblies (includes scroll wheels and the buttons surrounding them). My service guy said that they've had issues in dry climates due to static electricity, and he...

I had the same problem on my MS yesterday / today, running 2023.6.8. Reboot seems to have fixed it, fingers crossed.

Here's what was sold in 2016 for FSD. But I read it again and it does not say "We promise." Also from Tesla's blog post in 2016... but again, they did not pinky swear: So, yeah, I guess if you actually believed any of that, it's on you. Source: Tesla announces all production cars now have...

Well the article did not only deal with FSD, even though FSD is in the title. Disabling radar affects autopilot (TACC) as well as FSD. If the strategy is to ruin Autopilot (TACC) because it makes FSD better (which I'm skeptical of), that's not a good strategy. I find it hard to believe that a...

It blows my mind all the people defending the removal of radar, saying this was just a hit-piece, etc. Since the removal of radar, I cannot even use cruise control if the sun is in front of me, lower than the roofline. It just says it's lowering the speed due to "poor visibility", even though...

2021 MS LR (Raven)

I have my car set to alert me if I'm going more than 10mph over the speed limit. The other day it was chiming at me to warn me, and even this chime was the victim of the audio loss! Half-way through the chime, it paused for half a second, then continued with the rest of the chime. So lame!

Well, I can no longer say that I don't experience PB when there is a car in front of me. Had my worst PB event yet yesterday afternoon, driving home from a ski trip. I was in a line of cars on CO Hwy 9. My daughter was having a pleasant nap and I had TACC engaged. Bam! Hard braking while...

Yes.

That, in a nutshell, is my general overall complaint with TACC. It tries to do so much, that it cannot consistently get the basics correct. Most of the time, yes. To me, that's not good enough.

My expectations are simply that the car doesn't stab the breaks at unexpected times. Yes, when it happens, i apply the throttle and take over. Nothing else I can do. By then my passengers (and myself) have already been freaked out and annoyed. I suspect we are just having different levels of...

Yes, this matches my experience. PB mostly (perhaps always) happens when there is no one else near me, or at least not in front of me. I believe your assessment is spot on.

Not sure if that's a serious question or not. I live in Colorado Springs. Majority of PB events have been outside of town. I 25, US 24 west of town, I 70 west of Denver. TACC slowing down below speed limit due to low sun in town.

Autopilot, specifically TACC, increases the stress of driving for me on a somewhat regular basis. It has hit the brakes hard for no reason (phantom braking) on rural 2-lane highways. It has also done it on the Interstate. Curvy ones, straight ones. There is no situation where I fully trust it...