Confused about AP 2 vs 2.5 - Buying a CPO Model S

[olozbal]

I'm looking to buy a 2017/2018 Model S with FSD and I'm confused about whether AP 2.5 is something that's worth focusing on or should I just get a 2.0? There are more cars to choose from with the AP2.0 cars on the site and I'd have to make some slight (but not huge) compromises to get a AP2.5 car.

I think I understand both these cars I can pay $2500 at some point to get the better MCU, but is there anything about 2.5 that makes it worth holding out for? Thanks.

 

[croman]

2.0 has RCCC cams. So fewer colors. Matters somewhat for dashcam and sentry. Must get hw3 to even get sentry or dashcam recording.

2.0 has no redundant steering power and different radar. The radar is mostly a non issue and the steering matters little right now but FSD might mandate hardware redundancies and 2.0 is deficient.

2.0 also has the ability to be updated to fsd and MCU2 as you indicated but those listed differences will still exist.

 

[olozbal]

Thank you croman.