I looked a bit and could find some. I figure I would go through the Delaware valley club (which includes NJ). I'm in your area too so sure interested for car wash and tires.
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Considering a Model 3 in NJ
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We do — it’s primarily in the DVTO Slack channel, not on TMC, but I agree — would be a good thread here, too.
It does indeed include NJ. Come join us! (I lead the northern NJ chapter so if I’m a little passionate about it, I apologize.)
upcoming Zoom meeting - excellent opportunity for new owners to learn about their car
- Thursday, August 19, 2021
- 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Quite well in my opinion! I've driven pretty much top to bottom of both the tpk and gsp on Autopilot and very rarely have an issue... except at the 280/gsp entrance. Do that manually.
Does your car …
- go from the left lane to the right lane, only to reverse the steps, on an open highway, for no apparent reason?
- decide to slow down on highway, for no apparent reason?
- wait until the last moment to take an exit, at an aggressively sharp angle, or does it gradually drift onto the deceleration lane?
- enter a cloverleaf at highway speed, or does it slow down?
- get confused when a new lane is added, then it does a last second aggressive maneuver that the other drivers must love?
- drop navigation availability for no apparent reason?
- blast nerve shattering warnings when no reason to do so exists?
- make you feel confident going around a curve when there’s a nearby wall or divider (Taconic Parkway, Goethals Bridge, 1-9 covered roadway) or do you white knuckle it?
- allow you to drive for an hour and let the car do its thing, or do you have to (frequently) override, or take control?
IMHO, it is not ready for prime time highway driving (defined as being suitable for any driver to utilize).
Do you drive with confirmation on navigation, or do you let the car take complete control?
Would you let a younger driver use navigation without confirmation if you were in the passenger seat?
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Do you drive with confirmation on navigation, or do you let the car take complete control? Confirmation - I'm in control, always.
- decide to slow down on highway, for no apparent reason? - yes, occasionally. Less than it used to, but yes.
- wait until the last moment to take an exit, at an aggressively sharp angle, or does it gradually drift onto the deceleration lane? - no.
- enter a cloverleaf at highway speed, or does it slow down? - slows down - but I also manually adjust the speed with the scroll wheel.
- get confused when a new lane is added, then it does a last second aggressive maneuver that the other drivers must love? - no
- drop navigation availability for no apparent reason? - no
- blast nerve shattering warnings when no reason to do so exists? - no, I'm used to them by now, so my nerves don't shatter.
- make you feel confident going around a curve when there’s a nearby wall or divider (Taconic Parkway, Goethals Bridge, 1-9 covered roadway) or do you white knuckle it? - I specifically mentioned gsp, tpk - wouldn't use it on the covered roadway!
- allow you to drive for an hour and let the car do its thing, or do you have to (frequently) override, or take control? - yes I've done many many hours of uninterrupted autopilot, depending on where.
Would you let a younger driver use navigation without confirmation if you were in the passenger seat? - no. Don't use it myself, either.
gigawatt1010
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I've driven the entire length of NJT on AP with NOA several times now and my experiences are more in line with @dmurphy. One of those times I had zero interventions. Early on I've had a few experience where it was slowing down when there's an overpass or bridge casting a shadow on the road, but I've not seen that happen in a while.
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