I decided to save the $2500 and just request the HW3 upgrade since Tesla gave me a new MCU1 and it works great. I won't play games or use the browser in my car anyways and I only wanted MCU2 to "future proof" my vehicle and keep it on track for all the updates. I was also unclear what "enhanced" driving visualizations were and wrongly thought stop lights and signs might be displayed differently.
After seeing HW2.5 owners with MCU1 getting the HW3 hardware and FSD features, I believe FSD will be adequately implemented on MCU1 for the near short term (3 years or so). I believe there is no need to spend $2500 to not spend time with my family on road trips (we always enjoy each supercharging stop and with older batteries, we will definitely need to maintain that attitude) or have fancy walking people on my IC (or lane markings).
As long as it functions the same, I see little benefit to MCU2 as compared to my MCU1 for the next 3 years. As Tesla has curtailed many unnecessary logging functions, I expect the new MCU1 to last longer than my prior one.
That being said, I am curious how many agree that MCU1 is all they need or how many are thinking of upgrading their older cars to be more like factory new vehicles being produced today. It is great to have that option.
Tesla's Full Self Driving retrofit site declares "late may" as when HW2 vehicles are eligible for the upgrade and I book my appointment for June 5.
After speaking with my service advisor for my failed infotainment upgrade, I understand my car's VIN is "grayed out" for HW3 at the moment. I believe they think it will be available in June but I am prepared to be told to wait another month (or more!).
I believe no one has gotten a HW3 computer working with a HW2 vehicle without MCU2, so I am interested in creating a thread for HW2 owners to share their HW3 upgrades when they opt to maintain MCU1.
Hopefully we can share part numbers and experiences to coordinate a service center response much like with MCU2 upgrades (which is still uneven and rocky). I also wanted to see how many people got mobile service to do the work as I believe FSD computer retrofit only is mobile capable for S/X HW2.5 cars.
Another part of this thread is to express some frustration with this entire process. I bought my car because of the infamous misleading FSD video.
Hopefully there are lots of owners, like me, that sunk a lot of money into FSD and want to coordinate together to finally get what we paid for. Tesla owes this to us (without another $2500 for those that don't want the infotainment upgrade benefits).
This is the definition of entitlement because we are legally entitled to it but Tesla has delayed us to the end. I believe there is nothing technical from Tesla retrofitting our vehicles but I also think they've had our money for so long they might not remember or appreciate it. That's how I feel and I want to just get the hardware and stop being left behind.
After seeing HW2.5 owners with MCU1 getting the HW3 hardware and FSD features, I believe FSD will be adequately implemented on MCU1 for the near short term (3 years or so). I believe there is no need to spend $2500 to not spend time with my family on road trips (we always enjoy each supercharging stop and with older batteries, we will definitely need to maintain that attitude) or have fancy walking people on my IC (or lane markings).
As long as it functions the same, I see little benefit to MCU2 as compared to my MCU1 for the next 3 years. As Tesla has curtailed many unnecessary logging functions, I expect the new MCU1 to last longer than my prior one.
That being said, I am curious how many agree that MCU1 is all they need or how many are thinking of upgrading their older cars to be more like factory new vehicles being produced today. It is great to have that option.
Tesla's Full Self Driving retrofit site declares "late may" as when HW2 vehicles are eligible for the upgrade and I book my appointment for June 5.
After speaking with my service advisor for my failed infotainment upgrade, I understand my car's VIN is "grayed out" for HW3 at the moment. I believe they think it will be available in June but I am prepared to be told to wait another month (or more!).
I believe no one has gotten a HW3 computer working with a HW2 vehicle without MCU2, so I am interested in creating a thread for HW2 owners to share their HW3 upgrades when they opt to maintain MCU1.
Hopefully we can share part numbers and experiences to coordinate a service center response much like with MCU2 upgrades (which is still uneven and rocky). I also wanted to see how many people got mobile service to do the work as I believe FSD computer retrofit only is mobile capable for S/X HW2.5 cars.
Another part of this thread is to express some frustration with this entire process. I bought my car because of the infamous misleading FSD video.
Hopefully there are lots of owners, like me, that sunk a lot of money into FSD and want to coordinate together to finally get what we paid for. Tesla owes this to us (without another $2500 for those that don't want the infotainment upgrade benefits).
This is the definition of entitlement because we are legally entitled to it but Tesla has delayed us to the end. I believe there is nothing technical from Tesla retrofitting our vehicles but I also think they've had our money for so long they might not remember or appreciate it. That's how I feel and I want to just get the hardware and stop being left behind.
