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  1. M

    Software update 2018.26 3bbd9fd

    I'm sure this is a benefit, but it's very easy to use version numbers (lay down a tag in github, for example). I suspect it has more to do with obfuscating the development process - when version numbers are used, lots of forums like this one descend into numerology (how many versions since the...
  2. M

    Bluetooth Echoing

    Ditto. Garbled or echoing of my voice when I use my iphoneX. If I do a reset, it gets better for a while. I thought I was the only one. Having to use a headset in my $120k car is enormously annoying, even embarrassing.
  3. M

    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    I always take over control before that particular divide - with 10.4's penchant for driving in the middle of wide lanes, it is entirely possible it got confused here.
  4. M

    Model X Crash on US-101 (Mountain View, CA)

    Tesla catches fire, driver seriously injured in Highway 101 crash Anyone on here know more?
  5. M

    How Happy Are You With Your Tesla?

    The Model S is a great car - comfortable-ish, peppy, and I am very much in tune with its minimalist design. It's a good mobile meeting room. Personally, I think driving it is pretty boring, though. I can understand the excitement if you came from a BMW sedan, or a Volvo, etc, but it's just...
  6. M

    Seriously. Where’s our annual update

    Sorry, what? If a millenial pays for a hamburger, and demands a hamburger, are they being "self-entitled"? A $130,000 hamburger, at that. Tesla isn't doing you a favor, it's fullfilling a sale. Poorly. (not that I'm a millenial. i wish)
  7. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    Because Civics are cars, and drivers expect to be able to park over curbs if they want to. To make the "don't park over curbs" restriction more stark - imagine if Tesla had a bug where the AC switched to heat when temp went over 105F (actually not hard to imagine, is it?) - is the proper...
  8. M

    Seriously. Where’s our annual update

    Um, yes they do. My car still doesn't do what I paid for.
  9. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    I'll address your last point first: the MS is a long-assed car, and if I don't overhang a foot or so, it's butt sticks out inviting swipes. I park in the same spot every day, and know the clearance. The car *did* go into jack mode all by itself, and if you look at the pictures, it just *thought*...
  10. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    So, a few responses, rolled into one post: Forums tend to surface problems, not highlights, and my post is an example of that. For example, TACC works great (except for the brake checks, and that may only happen when AP is engaged, I don't have enough sample data to know), and it actually has...
  11. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    I should clarify (and rereading my title, I realize it was a bit incendiary) that I do like my Tesla. It's the best electric car you can buy, and I chose to buy electric. If I got a do-over, I wouldn't make the same decision, but I'm not entirely unhappy with it. To be frank, however, it'll...
  12. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    You would think, but then it wouldn't be a bug.
  13. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    I'm on 17.40. It did get a bit better, especially the lane changes. All the problems I listed happened post .40, fwiw.
  14. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    This is exactly how I drive. I take over many times during my commute (and consider it normal to do so), for everything from lane drift corrections to moving aside for lane-splitting motorcycles. If I didn't drive this way, you'd be reading "Tesla Drives Itself Into Roadside Barrier" and "Tesla...
  15. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    No, of course my other EVs didn't drive themselves. They didn't claim to, and I didn't pay for the feature. I only use AP on the highway, BTW. I occasionally use TACC on surface streets when I'm feeling lazy. Used AP on surface streets just enough to know not to.
  16. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    It's an AP2 - I ordered after I saw the AP2 self-driving videos, cuz I'm an idiot. I did a lot of research, which all concluded "don't believe Elon". Like I said, I knew what I was getting into. I still think I have the right to be angry about paying $5k for buggy functionality.
  17. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    I don't expect it to be an L3 system, despite the BS Tesla was selling last November. A competent L2 would be acceptable. But lets be clear: competent L2 requires your intervention when unexpected things happen (car pulls into your lane, or you drive through a puddle, etc). All those things...
  18. M

    I need to vent - this car is going from bad to worse

    It seems like there is a post like this every few weeks, but I need to vent somewhere. In the last few days, my $130k car has tried to crash at least once, tried to drift into concrete barriers multiple times, tried to drive into my garage door sills, brake-checked a car behind me multiple...
  19. M

    Hard braking with TACC in stop-n-go traffic

    I've had this happen too. It sounds like it gets into a zone right between braking using the pads and braking using back EMF. Someone at Tesla needs to take a metastability refresher course.
  20. M

    2017.28

    After about 40 miles of commute driving: much, much better than 17.26 and 17.17. Stop and go is better, the steering wheel is much more stable during straight and slightly curved driving. Impressively, it even handled the 87-to-101 overpass at full speed (harrowingly, but successfully). I was...
  21. M

    17.26.76

    After a few more days of stop-and-go commuting with this FW, the verdict is "worse than 17.17.4", which is saying a lot. Biggest Problems: Embarrassing: Speed behavior in stop and go traffic is atrocious. It waits too long after front car starts moving, then accelerates like mad, then hits the...
  22. M

    17.26.76

    On a slow overpass (87 to 101N in traffic), my car now edges closer and closer to the concrete barrier. Driver's side wheel is on the right side of the lane marker, and proximity indicators are both solid orange. At first I was like "nice! giving motorcycle lane splitters space!", until it...
  23. M

    17.17.4

    Yup, drive under it every day under similar conditions. Never had a problem. That doesn't prove its the FW, though. Traffic, car sizes, etc, all change too.
  24. M

    17.17.4

    My MS came to a hard near full stop with in busy traffic today, crossing under a bridge. Car behind me stopped in time, but the one behind it had to dodge to the side. The car in front of me wasn't near, and my car kept braking even as it continued to speed away. Dangerous.
  25. M

    Summon usefulness-less

    My typical arrival at home involves 3 dogs running out to welcome me. Before Summons, the ritual was 1. park outside garage and hit opener, 2. receive dogs, tussle, 3. lock them inside, walk back to car, 4. park car. I now walk inside with dogs and play with them while the car parks itself :)
  26. M

    Firmware 8.1 - Autopilot HW2

    I don't think anyone has remarked on this yet, but I noticed lanes to either side of mine are now faintly outlined...
  27. M

    17.9.3

    [pure speculation follows] The speed limit arises as a function of safety: I'm sure Tesla could lift the limit, but the reaction time the SW can muster would lead to unsafe driving. It might be useful to think of the speed limit as the point of 'constant safety'. If you stuck to 50mph on the...
  28. M

    Lets characterize AP2 "Feature Unavailable" - poll

    I see this exact behavior. It doesn't seem to be universal, though.
  29. M

    Lets characterize AP2 "Feature Unavailable" - poll

    Yes, was referring to the morning sickness "Driver assistance features disabled" errors. Thanks for the clarification.
  30. M

    Lets characterize AP2 "Feature Unavailable" - poll

    I'm pretty fed up with my AP2 randomly deciding not to work. The last week or so, it hasn't worked in the morning at all. Maybe if we pool our experiences, we can figure out what the hell Tesla is up to. OTOH, it seems to consistently work on my commute home. In my case, I figure it could be...
  31. M

    EAP upgrade in my tesla

    So here is the $4000 question: given Elon's recent comments regarding the possibility of requiring a HW upgrade for 'true' FSD, is it worth paying for this now, even though we know it won't work for a while, on the possibility that if you already paid for it, you get the HW for free?
  32. M

    Couple of thoughts on Quality Control on new Teslas

    I didn't have many day 1 defects (misaligned brightwork, non-functioning steering wheel heater), so I considered myself lucky. BUT I just had a SC work on those issues, and the chrome is now less misaligned, but still visibly off. And the steering will 'fix' note? "Reconnect Airbag". O.o. How...
  33. M

    TACC on AP2 experience

    I've noticed it really doesn't like following certain cars - gets very jerky for me. This is repeatable, I can change lanes to another and things smooth out, then change back to behind the original car and it goes back to jerkiness. Also, the icon for the car seems too far (so maybe it isn't...
  34. M

    17.5.28

    They've always worked for me, since day 1.
  35. M

    Autopilot for HW2 rolling out to all HW2 cars today!

    I had the 'unavailable' error this morning, and it persisted the whole way to work. Tried all the resets and power cycles, to no avail. I drive 400 miles under TACC on Saturday (on previous version of FW) and upgraded yesterday.
  36. M

    Model S 90D vs P100D - Which to buy?

    I went through a similar thought process - p100d or 90d? The bottom line is the P is good for one thing only; bragging rights. You'll likely have the fastest car in your circle of friends, and all your buddies will line up for that thrill-ride launch. Once. It's all launch, though. Nothing else...
  37. M

    Off tacc issue today ap2

    Does this to me 2-3 times per commute, in stop and go traffic, both with autosteer and TACC. I haven't been able to discern a pattern. Following the same car, sometimes it'll ask for the foot, and sometimes it won't.
  38. M

    If you had $150k for a car, but the p100d didn't exist, what would you buy?

    AMG GT-S + Fiat 500e lease (this was my alternate plan, sometime feel a twinge or two of regret I didn't do it).
  39. M

    Autopilot for HW2 rolling out to all HW2 cars today!

    My autosteer didn't let me engage at all this morning. It was drizzling, so I thought that might be the reason, but it does sound like something changed at the head office, which is interesting: it means there is some functionality that can change without an explicit software update.
  40. M

    Thoughts while washing my car (aka MS vs RRS)

    The "+" in the "P85+" was tuned dampers and geometry. I drove one for about a month and loved it. The 90D SAS is never going to feel like that (because the AWD system is bias towards efficiency and stability, not 'fun'). This is a downside to a 2 motor EV vs. a traditional AWD ICE - with the...
  41. M

    Thoughts while washing my car (aka MS vs RRS)

    Not slow at all :) I get about 15 around town and 18-20 on freeway. If I drive it like the S, I'd probably get 10...
  42. M

    Tesla moments

    The 'skin' on the frunk is still paper thin, but there is underpinning structure now. You feel it wobbling when you wash it, though.
  43. M

    Thoughts while washing my car (aka MS vs RRS)

    Regarding driving dynamics: it doesn't really 'waft' - it goes where you point it, it takes a 'set' very predictably (i.e. in a corner, it will shift its weight predictably and keep that geometry), and it behaves very well at the limit. I was able to take cloverleafs confidently, repeatably...
  44. M

    Thoughts while washing my car (aka MS vs RRS)

    I've had harsher cars, and no complaints. For the CLS, my family complained about motion sickness. My suspicion is that it was a combination of the ride and the cocoon-like cabin.
  45. M

    Thoughts while washing my car (aka MS vs RRS)

    I know I came across as someone who casually drives 100+, but I'm not (outside the track). I'll usually take a new car to its limiter soon after buying it, on a nice, safe, abandoned highway, but I rarely drive faster than 85 or so. The Roadster never saw 100, and I had it for three years, and...
  46. M

    Thoughts while washing my car (aka MS vs RRS)

    So, I washed my Model S (for the first time ever! woot!) over the weekend, and then washed my wife’s Range Rover Sport right after. As I washed each car bit, it occurred to me that the two cars were very similar, and that in many ways, the cheaper Range Rover was technologically superior, more...
  47. M

    CA HOV White sticker

    I got pulled over in my Roadster once (with all three stickers) - cop said he didn't realize I was an EV until he'd turned on his lights, so he had to pull me over. Had a nice chat and he sped off to stop some ICE cheater. No MS stickers yet, so I'm sticking to the slow lanes and playing with...
  48. M

    My car is learning a lot but.... what? and how?

    I was driving through the recent California storms, dodging tumbleweeds at one point and reacting to a serous accident a little later while trying to avoid getting in one myself, and I realized the full L5 is probably going to take a very long time. At one point the road was closed and an...
  49. M

    My car is learning a lot but.... what? and how?

    One last point: the engineers doing all the labeling of our collective video and data have to be very selective: deep learning operates on data sizes of a few terabytes at most, and 8 cameras multiplied by tens of thousand of cars can produce petabytes. This means they are probably looking for...
  50. M

    My car is learning a lot but.... what? and how?

    OK, so... Inference You can think of 'inference' as the execution of the 'program' you created by training your neural network. In effect, it is almost the same process as training, without the feedback part. In inference, you show the neural net some data, just like in training, but you don't...