MattMac
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We were enrolled in FSD Beta on our 2020 MXLR recently and the answer is "it depends on where you plan to use it." I've found that on divided highways it is excellent. City streets without too many turns, it is pretty good, and on undivided two-lane roads it is more trouble than it is worth. We happened to get it half-way through a road trip and were able to compare standard AP on the way out vs. FSD Beta on the way back. Mostly 2 lane undivided roads in the Colorado Mountains and the amount of phantom braking caused so much stress for my wife that unless I was babysitting (i.e. foot on the pedal, hands firmly gripped on the wheel trying to anticipate problems), I wouldn't use it. The real problem is that once you upgrade to FSD Beta your AP also upgrades which means you'll get phantom brakes with just AP/cruise control. That sucked.FWIW I've had the same 4 week range (december 3-31) for a long while now. What was unusual to me is that I was one of the very few (at least at that time) that had a 4 week range versus a more typical 3 week range. that tells me (right or wrong) that i was soft "slotted" for production say, 3 weeks before in November - so again, that tells me that Tesla planned on blue/whites roughly the first or second week of november and I was pointed in that general direction.
My working theory is that when you're down to 3 weeks it's more serious, and then 2 you've actually been soft matched to a car.
I fully expect to see february or march at some point, possibly even april, as it SEEMS to me that is a place holder right before a VIN gets assigned.
i think also with shortages, it's not impossible that it really will slip into next quarter or later.
I want a 2022, and i'll be away x-mas week, so although i'm checking 27.5 times a day, i won't pull the trigger until it's what i want.
i'm also hearing you can remove FSD and not get dinged, though i'm nervous. i also have FOMO, but a lot of folks are telling me it's not worth it, and some are saying it is.
the betas seem to be improving, so there is that, and as long as i don't sell to tesla, it should transfer to the next guy. not sure the delta will be $10k when i sell, but maybe "something" - ditto if i get a decent deal on PPF
BTW, I'm a huge believer in the idea of autonomous driving (hell, I happily paid for it after watching the AI day video) and believe that if anyone is going to solve this in the next few years it will be Tesla. However, unless you are mostly doing divided highway driving I'd sit tight until it matures (maybe version 11?)