musicious
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You have to keep this in perspective, no other car on the market has anything that functions even as well as AP 1.0 yet, and no other manufacturer promises to improve the features over time with OTA updates.
I was in your same situation when I ordered my 85D late 2014 after the anouncement of AP 1.0 with Autosteer, they expected release of the feature to be around March 2015 when I received my order (3-months to deliver). That alone is what pushed me to get a Tesla 4x the pri e of the Subaru Legacy with 2nd Gen Eyesight that I was considering.
The autosteer functionality didn't get officially released until late October 2015, 7 months delayed. It took numerous updates every 1-2 months over the following year to tweak it for improvements as it was also scary at first. It works very well since 8.0 and 8.1 coming in a few weeks will likely be the last major update for AP 1.0 with it working nearly flawlessly in most conditions.
I do not regret for a moment ordering early despite the delays the ultimate functionality did come as promised and was well worth it! I even got an OTA update shortly after receiving my car that improved the 0-60 time by more than a second for free. I look forward to my 2 Model 3 reservations next year and am expecting Tesla to be close to level 4 autonomy with their software by then but am thinking late 2018 for full autonomy. I don't expect the Tesla Fleet Mode (where it earns you money like an uber) to be approved by regulators till 2019+.
I was in your same situation when I ordered my 85D late 2014 after the anouncement of AP 1.0 with Autosteer, they expected release of the feature to be around March 2015 when I received my order (3-months to deliver). That alone is what pushed me to get a Tesla 4x the pri e of the Subaru Legacy with 2nd Gen Eyesight that I was considering.
The autosteer functionality didn't get officially released until late October 2015, 7 months delayed. It took numerous updates every 1-2 months over the following year to tweak it for improvements as it was also scary at first. It works very well since 8.0 and 8.1 coming in a few weeks will likely be the last major update for AP 1.0 with it working nearly flawlessly in most conditions.
I do not regret for a moment ordering early despite the delays the ultimate functionality did come as promised and was well worth it! I even got an OTA update shortly after receiving my car that improved the 0-60 time by more than a second for free. I look forward to my 2 Model 3 reservations next year and am expecting Tesla to be close to level 4 autonomy with their software by then but am thinking late 2018 for full autonomy. I don't expect the Tesla Fleet Mode (where it earns you money like an uber) to be approved by regulators till 2019+.