Recent content by Puddles

I’m working on a theory that “safe” is not the target demographic. I think they are after people who are willing to accommodate and tolerate FSD’s contemplative pace. If you are not willing to creep around corners and patiently wait for FSD to work itself through problems, you’re not a good...

Many people are saying that actions while driving using autopilot or cruise are being counted against them, despite Elon and the documentation being clear that this would not be the case. What gives?

I’m not understanding why OP’s insurance should be out of the loop. I was rear ended while stopped in traffic on the highway, & my insurance company handled everything. Full payout for my totaled vehicle, and legal action against the other party to recover the part of the payout his insurance...

If those RCMP were a bit more clever, they would have gone in front and slowed down. Or maybe that's what they mean by "pulled him over."

I add a tiny bit of my car wash detergent to water and mix well before adding, & have had no problems. Water alone should do fine, but it's nice to have something to disrupt the surface tension. Sudsy ammonia (again, tiny bit) should work also, but ammonia does dissolve some waxes. I'll...

Let's crunch some numbers. I just checked my 500 GB SanDisk SDD after having it in place for a week. It has accumulated 2GB of data, so at this rate it would be full in 250 weeks. That's 5 years of letting it sit, in use, and the entire drive would have had ONE write cycle. You're arguing...

You may not be using the brake often, but autopilot does.

I did have trouble getting Summon to wake up yesterday, which might have been the first time since iOS14, but I thought it was something I said.

Since I know *nothing* about this, it's safe to assume you know more than I do, but I have never seen anything from Tesla indicating this would be happening. Plus, if it looks like a zebra, I'm going to call it a zebra. Why would they devote resources full time to an activity that could be...

I find it unlikely that all eight channels will ever be made available for recording. But while we’re on (or near) the subject, I often see reference to “frequent read/write cycles“ when talking about video storage. I don’t see why this should be the case. A video stream is just one large...

After burning up a memory stick, I went this route: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07S1PCSV5/ So far it's working great, and as far as rewrites... It's so big that it'll only rewrite after I erase it, which will probably be every 6 months. Although write cycles are so carefully managed...

How does a nut get "warped?" I'd send the covers to Rich Rebuilds. He can epoxy them onto his new Audi.

I have a theory about sampling. I feel like if I flick any stalk, odds are the action will not register, but if I do more of a momentary hold, at either the soft or hard stop, it does much better. I wonder if it needs more than an instantaneous contact in order to register.

I KNOW it is. It was a rhetorical question :mad:

In my enthusiasm to nit pick and armchair engineer, I clean forgot that version 11 will be out “soon” and will completely reshuffle the deck. It’s not surprising that I would make this mistake, but it is very surprising that Tesla is releasing new, insignificant, features on the eve of...