I'm trying to love FSD I really am and I give it every chance to succeed but it is no way close to any human driver I would want to drive with.
I would guess and hope that you've experienced at least a couple of drives on the latest v12.3.x branch. I would pretty much agree that your statement, about not being close to human driving, was quite defensible prior to mid-March of 2024.
Assuming that's the case, of course there are some Tesla users all over North America who remain unimpressed or even hostile. But a shockingly high percentage are willing to say that it really exhibits far more of the characteristics of a decent or even a very good human driver, in the vast majority of situations encountered. I've seen no one who says it's flawless or complete or finished, but most agree that it's far better now.
With you being in Hawaii (which unfortunately I've never visited), I have no sense of whether the road and traffic scenarios might be somewhat different, the way they really are across various regions and states on the mainland. Even before the first v12 release to the user fleet, Elon mentioned that it was too specifically trained in California and also in that typically fairer weather. They're clearly aware of these issues and it seems that they are already closing the gap, with the last release deployed across the USA and Canada. Still, I think it's reasonable to think that Hawaii could need more attention and you'll see notable improvements upcoming.
It now makes sense why FSD isn't valued at anything upon trade in at dealerships, I wouldn't pay anything for this and I can't believe anyone would pay $5 - 15k for it.
This is a longstanding argument, and valid, but ignores the forward-looking considerations. FSD has been and for now remains a thing for early adopters, not for the general user population. The whole idea is that it will get there, and someday people will muse over the notion that such a thing didn't even exist for over a century.
For now I will keep trying it everyday, leaving comments for Tesla about why I disengaged, but man this hype is really a let down, I'm actually sad at how bad it is.
Well that's the right attitude and that's exactly why Elon wanted to push it why using the free trial program. Far too many people on TMC have missed this point, thinking that it's all about a revenue pump, and that Elon expects the take rate will skyrocket overnight. This timing is all about getting disengagement data and real world video plus telemetry.
I hyped it up to my friends before I got the trial, after I got the free trial they asked me how great it is, all I could say was "its ok" lol
Even with the prior versions which were not nearly as good, it was very common for people to feel that the software got better after a week or two of use. Give it a little time, get used to it and if you've got any open-mindedness at all you'll probably enjoy it more after a little use. Also don't give up on it to the extent that you won't give the next version, and the one after that, a decent trial and learning curve to see what's happening. In any case thanks for the report and for continuing to work with it as long as you can.