I just requested a refund on my fsd today. There is no way we will see robo taxi Teslas in NY. We don't allow anything here. We don't even allow turo.
I bought fsd and used it for the past two days. I drove about 140miles. My conclusion is that it doesn't really help with anything.
Autopilot is great but we already have that
Nav on auto pilot meh it required help merging multiple times. It almost stops on the highway trying to merge. It also missed an exit almost I had to take over. It's amazing but def a beta.
Lane changes are impressive that it does that when you ask but its really not that hard to do myself. Not worth 7 or 8k
Speed based lane changes are bad. It doesn't make good decisions. You are better off not using it.
Summon is flat out horrible. It's hilariously bad at routing. It's crazy slow. Get ready to watch your car drive all over the parking lot. Randomly hits the brakes hard over and over. Again your better off not using it. It's scary to use.
Auto park works but it's so slow I would just park myself. Perpendicular parking you need a car on each side which is meh. For some reason it parks sideways sometimes in spots or randomly gives up and says unavailable half way in.
Parallel parking works good actually but I cant justify 7 or 8k for that. I had a rental Prius that parallel parked itself just as good. This should be standard on a car like this.
Lastly stopping at traffic signals. Its not a feature it's a hindrance while driving. Really makes the driving experience annoying because it stops at everything even green lights. You have to keep hitting the gas or confirm stalk. The car will randomly slow before you hit it. It will also randomly think things are traffic lights. Bridges and overhead objects. While it's amazing the car doesn't run reds, it creates a bad driving experience. Your passengers will complain.
Conclusion I requested the refund and if there is some amazing update that makes it worth 8k in the next year I will think about it then.
It has to make my life easier though not harder.
Side note I love the model 3 but FSD is overpriced as it is. When this becomes worth using in 3-5 years there will be a lot of competition and much cooler cars. There may even be a new model 3.
100% agree with you, FSD is NOT worth the money. I only wish I could request a refund, but I have had the car since April '19 (bought it with FSD package).
I have had it on a few road trips, and have tested Nav on AP on local freeways. First off, it WILL fail on EVERY engagement... and absolutely
has (there has not been a single time I have tried to use it where at some point it had to dis-engage). The worst case was a time when I was showing a passenger (I warned him it will probably fail at some point in the trip); Nav on AP route took us to a point where it needed to exit one freeway and merge to another... all seemed to be going well, but last second it aborted and spit us into the bus lane of the first freeway (fortunately, the extra lane existed and was empty of traffic). Other times it failed when it encountered overpass shadows on a bright day (couldn't resolve the road anymore? Lots of issues when cameras try to deal with bright sun or other bright light sources.). A few times, it failed when a Semi Truck was just ahead and in the right lane. Yada, yada, yada...
I received the HW3 upgrade yesterday... it will be interesting to see if anything improves. However, I doubt I am going to regain and level of confidence no matter how well it performs. I will test for novelty, and on high alert... but no way will I ever trust. The extra stress of using it, in itself defeats the purpose.
FSD will not (I repeat, WILL NOT) happen in the life of this vehicle. Tesla is SO FAR away from Level 4 automation, I can't see Robo Taxi or any other FSD application happening in the life of this vehicle.
FSD option was biggest waste of CAD $9,200 ever. And Tesla, if you are listening, the focus on games and farts doesn't get me there..!!