) and prevented the car from moving out of the lane, but the sudden sharp move to the right was disconcerting, to say the least.Oops, I meant Cherry Hill NJ not NY.
Ok, a little more.
All the quirks were minor. The trip was so much more enjoyable and stress-free that it has ever been in an icemobile that the only word I can use to describe it I already have - fantastic.
- I used autopilot probably 99% of the way each direction. That's not hyperbole or exaggeration. As soon as I got onto the interstate, into autopilot. Every time. It makes driving SO much less stressful.
- I was surprised that autopilot didn't lull me to sleep (I was really worried that it might).
- The peculiarities of the USB music playback system can be annoying, especially on longer trips. Want to know what those peculiarities are? There are plenty of threads that discuss them.
- TACC / Autopilot sharply decelerated several times when I was passing large vehicles on their left. Not a panic stop, but for a second or so the car seemed to think something was slowing in front of it. Dashboard showed that the computer thought the vehicle to be in its lane to the right of me (which it was), but for some reason TACC applied the brakes. This happened several times, and was more likely to happen when in a left-hand curve. Filed a bug report on that one.
- On two occasions Autopilot decided it wanted to go four-wheeling off the road to the right. Not at an exit ramp, but just right in the middle of straight stretches with no cars in close proximity - a sudden sharp attempt to move to the right. I grabbed the wheel (oops, excuse me, I always have my hands on the wheel
- Autopiloted cars will make maintaining lane markings much more important. North Carolina and Virginia don't pay enough attention to theirs, and sometimes the markings were so bad Autopilot couldn't see them. On I-95.
- GPS did a curious thing - as I was southbound approaching the SC state line, I switched from "trip" display mode to "North up" display mode. The route changed! Instead of taking I-95 to I-26, which it had indicated was the preferred route, now the car wanted me to take US highways and secondary roads to get home. Maybe a one or two mile distance savings, but a 50+ minute increase in travel time. I did not take the newly selected exit and stayed on 95. The route changed back to I-95 to I-26. Weird. I've seen it do this before on a shorter trip.
- I saw only two - count them, TWO - Teslas at superchargers during the whole trip, both on the way north. One was in Lumberton, NC, and the other was in Rocky Mount, NC. Otherwise, zip.
- I had no idea the word "TESLA" on the top of the supercharging pedestals lit up at night. Saw that at the newly expanded Newark, DE site. VERY cool looking!
- Having to sit and charge cost me all of maybe an hour more end-to-end time than driving my pickup used to. Not at all onerous.
+1 I've actually found that the charger stops make trips more enjoyable. Previously I'd been focused on miles and keeping stops as short as possible. Having to stop for a bit of time every few hours helps me stay awake.
Did the "off road" attempts correspond to poor lane markings, curves, etc.?Oops, I meant Cherry Hill NJ not NY.
Ok, a little more.
All the quirks were minor. The trip was so much more enjoyable and stress-free that it has ever been in an icemobile that the only word I can use to describe it I already have - fantastic.
- On two occasions Autopilot decided it wanted to go four-wheeling off the road to the right. Not at an exit ramp, but just right in the middle of straight stretches with no cars in close proximity - a sudden sharp attempt to move to the right. I grabbed the wheel (oops, excuse me, I always have my hands on the wheel
- Autopiloted cars will make maintaining lane markings much more important. North Carolina and Virginia don't pay enough attention to theirs, and sometimes the markings were so bad Autopilot couldn't see them. On I-95.
Urk! To be honest, I never thought about it. I better get one of the repair kits!
That was the odd thing. It didn't seem to correspond to any irregularity at all. Lanes seemed clearly marked and road surface was dry. I was also on straight sections of the road both times. Perhaps something was reflecting just right into the camera so that it thought that was the lane marking (oil crack repair, maybe?) - something I either couldn't see or unconsciously dismissed as not worth noticing.
