Electroman
Well-Known Member
I didn't really notice much of a difference when I used Tesla's Autopilot on my Model 3 test drive.
Because you only did a test drive, and these features need a bit of driving to get used to it and get comfortable with it.
There is a reason why as much as 70% of folks (my guess) pay $5k premium to get AP across the three models. That is a huge uptake.
There is a reason why there are, I guess over hundreds of owner YouTube videos of AP driving.
And i will postulate as to why there have been some accidents with Tesla AP whereas there have been none on the others.
- it is a very widely used feature. Why? Because it is so damn good.
- it is so good that often it lulls people into complacency that they forget it is only driver assistance and it still needs their partial attention at least.
- the other car systems, I would guess are rarely used for a good reason. They are useful and work good in a narrow set of use cases.
I have a friend who has Nissan pro-pilot. He rarely uses it for the same reason.