Not sure if you are joking? Adaptive means the cruise will track the speed of the car in front. It is not enabled on the non-AP Tesla. My car does not have auto pilot. Like every other $50k vehicle IN THE WORLD has adaptive cruise.
I think he means regular cruise (with AEB) I'm right there with you. Right now I'd be happy with lane keeping and adaptive cruise for highway, After that I'd pay for FSD once the bugs are out . They should have 3 buckets of AP pricing.