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Autopilot Experiences in Australia
- Thread starter Astroboy747
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Blue heaven
Fair Dinkum Tesla
She's telling you her middle finger is the one she uses for text messaging while looking down at her phone and not realizing her 4wd is about to run up the rear of a semi, hopefully her phone survives the carnage and she can update her facebook status.
Wave with both hands presumably!
I've found if I gently grip the wheel with my left hand and extend a finger to activate the turn signal, it changes lanes just fine. I havn't found a need to apply any rotational force to the wheel.
Keiron
Member
Gudday Paulp
The rotational force needed to convince the system your there is very small. If one drags on the wheel at a higher rate the autopilot disengages thinking you want to take control.
Its best described as a little tug.......
Yes I do wave with both hands- look like a dick- feel like a dick but proud I am in Model S and they aren't.:biggrin:
The rotational force needed to convince the system your there is very small. If one drags on the wheel at a higher rate the autopilot disengages thinking you want to take control.
Its best described as a little tug.......
Yes I do wave with both hands- look like a dick- feel like a dick but proud I am in Model S and they aren't.:biggrin:
TesAus
Member
It must be an incredibly small force, as I'm convinced I only have to squeeze the wheel to change lanes. I know how to disengage AP:wink:
Drove P85D loaner today. Gave the Kids a insane moment (only about 100m). After the screams of glee ended they decided the days of ridiculous loud ICE vehicles attempt at acceleration we numbered. EV's are just cooler faster safer & more practical. The Tesla today pulled at least 4 G's
Keiron
Member
Gudday Davide,
Yep. I note its an interesting technique to get you into the prima P85D as a loaner to get you hungry for the new model.......... Are you planning on the Sydney run before Christmas? I am being nudged into the idea of visiting family over Christmas new years- maybe.
Yep. I note its an interesting technique to get you into the prima P85D as a loaner to get you hungry for the new model.......... Are you planning on the Sydney run before Christmas? I am being nudged into the idea of visiting family over Christmas new years- maybe.
Hey Keiron Yes it was nice to get the Insane Loner, felt smaller... I would love a Sydney run just looking forward to an excuse.
As I know you do the bendigo run do you find that the AP likes to try to take right hand (U turn) exits when the car is in the right lane?
As I know you do the bendigo run do you find that the AP likes to try to take right hand (U turn) exits when the car is in the right lane?
I have been trying the Autopilot around Adelaide. On the Freeway it is fantastic. On major arterial roads it works well but I agree with Paul that it is best to be in the right lane because I am never confident that it 'sees' cars parked into the left lane. I found that the Autopilot gets very confused at intersections as the lane markings dont cross the intersection and it tends to throw a bit of a wobble so I like to take over the steering before entering the intersection. I also found that any lane merges (eg. two lanes become one) throws the Autopilot into disarray.
Dborn
Confirmed
It also does not like concrete medians. Unless they are complemented with a painted white line, it does not see them!
That is exactly right and so you run the risk of the car mounting the median strip at high speed. It also doesn't see the sides of tunells but the sonar senses certainly detect them and cause the car to give them a wider berth than normal.
But the car being programmed to see the median strip as a lane would be the first most important update to autopilot in my humble opinion. There are many more adventurous suggestions out there but this one is basic and essential and really should have been implemented in this version from the start.
Mine has no problem detecting concrete medians. Maybe the medians in adelaide are a different profile to sydney.
Dborn
Confirmed
In Sydney they have a severely tapered side, so if you do mount them it is not hitting a vertical "wall".
In adelaide we have the wheel destroying vertical wall type. Some suburbs have the angled type you have described, but these are generally on skinny suburban streets where you wouldn't activate AP, so can't really test that type.
AP isnt designed at the moment for intersections and traffic lights so I would be a bit careful with them at the moment. But on the open road it works great!
WhiteStar
Member
I agree it’s fantastic on freeways. I’ve only been in a car for a few days but I am getting a feel for Autopilot.
As I was going into the Harbour Tunnel a few evenings back, I thought I’d try a AP activation. A challenging one in retrospect. The southern side narrows a lot & has a quick tight deviation at the entrance. AP decided to take no notice of the lane markings and follow the car in the adjacent lane. I obviously took over & corrected.
Thinking about it a few seconds later, I checked TACC distance and it was set to up close & personal at 4. Shortly after that, I increased the distance to a stand-offish 8 and it feels more comfortable now and though not sure, but maybe less likely to follow a vehicle in another lane instead of the lane markings. It’ll be interesting to see how it does next time. Then again, maybe that isn’t the best place to activate AP.
As I was going into the Harbour Tunnel a few evenings back, I thought I’d try a AP activation. A challenging one in retrospect. The southern side narrows a lot & has a quick tight deviation at the entrance. AP decided to take no notice of the lane markings and follow the car in the adjacent lane. I obviously took over & corrected.
Thinking about it a few seconds later, I checked TACC distance and it was set to up close & personal at 4. Shortly after that, I increased the distance to a stand-offish 8 and it feels more comfortable now and though not sure, but maybe less likely to follow a vehicle in another lane instead of the lane markings. It’ll be interesting to see how it does next time. Then again, maybe that isn’t the best place to activate AP.
But......if you go through an intersection once or twice correcting if needed, the system learns, and is then fine. Quite remarkable.
alpal
Member
Hi All
I'm a new owner (S85D - Black), and new to this club. You can recognise me from the smile :biggrin: I just can't seem to wipe from my face. I've used the autopilot feature driving Melbourne to Metung (306 km) on open highway and just love being part of this historic next step into what will be the future of driving.
It's a little freaky when you first do that double tap, but WOW! My car drove itself!!! Yes, I kid you not. Just call me George! (Jetson to those not grasping my meaning).
I know it's early days, but a problem I did experience while trying AP, was with 'overtaking lanes'. The AP got confused (maybe just perplexed) when both lanes merged into one. My son tell me Victoria's overtaking lanes are different to everywhere else.
Has as anyone else had this experience?
I'm a new owner (S85D - Black), and new to this club. You can recognise me from the smile :biggrin: I just can't seem to wipe from my face. I've used the autopilot feature driving Melbourne to Metung (306 km) on open highway and just love being part of this historic next step into what will be the future of driving.
It's a little freaky when you first do that double tap, but WOW! My car drove itself!!! Yes, I kid you not. Just call me George! (Jetson to those not grasping my meaning).
I know it's early days, but a problem I did experience while trying AP, was with 'overtaking lanes'. The AP got confused (maybe just perplexed) when both lanes merged into one. My son tell me Victoria's overtaking lanes are different to everywhere else.
Has as anyone else had this experience?
Welcome!
AP likes to see a line each side. If you can't see a line (or other barrier) each side then its time to be ready to assume control.
If the line each side of you starts to taper to nothing, then I would have thought AP would struggle.
