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Autopilot/Navigate on Autopilot are actually really useful, especially during highway driving. Other lane-keeping systems do nothing but try to keep the car in
by nunez 4y ago
Autopilot/Navigate on Autopilot are actually really useful, especially during highway driving.
Other lane-keeping systems do nothing but try to keep the car in the lane (and some do a poor job of even that). Autopilot is rock solid in this regard. Like "I now actually prefer road-tripping 700+ miles instead of flying" rock solid. (I never road-tripped in the past because driving long distances wipes me out. Not so with Autopilot.)
Navigate on Autopilot is also super reliable in automatically changing lanes and exiting highways, and works on highways that SuperCruise and BlueCruise Hands-Free do not.
Traffic Aware Cruise Control is rock-solid in detecting and acting upon traffic lights and speed limit signs, though some systems already do this. This used to require purchasing FSD (it was a $7,000 option when I purchased our Model 3), but now you just need Enhanced Autopilot to enable it (which is $6,000).
I can easily see people asking for at least a downgrade to Enhanced Autopilot (a $9,000 difference), and I don't blame them. For example, my wife would NEVER use FSD Beta in its current state, but she loves Autopilot and uses it all of the time.
Given that FSD is included in the final price of the car that is used for car registrations, I'm wondering how those refunds will work.
- warunsl 4y ago> Like "I now actually prefer road-tripping 700+ miles instead of flying" rock solid. I am completely uneducated on the state of EV charging right now. But for a 700+ miles, you would have to fully charge 2+ times? And how does it compare to a gas car given the availability of superchargers, excessive demands on long weekends, etc? Not trying to dismiss EV because of these factors, just genuinely curious of the compromise.
- nunez 4y agoGas cars have more refueling options, and refueling them is much faster. It takes about 45 minutes to refill our Model 3 at an average supercharger, of which there are many, but not as many as gas stations. However, gas stations tend to be very spartan. Maybe you'll be fueling up at Bucee's or Wawa or Publix or something like that, or maybe you'll be filling up at Rod's Country Store which is a murder house that happens to have gas. Superchargers are usually located at the back of malls (which are useless if closed, but very useful when they are not) or large stores. Sometimes they are right in the city center, which is great because you can walk around and explore while you charge. It forces a break, which is great during road trips. On a 700 mile road trip, we'd probably stop three times or so. However, Tesla Navigation is really really good at route planning with its superchargers. The nav can tell you when a charger is full or about to be full or if it has broken stalls or not. It will actually re-route you if a supercharging station fills up, if possible.
- moistly 4y agoThe idea of needing the car to know how to keep me in-lane is bizarre to me. Never in my life have I found it difficult to stay in my lane. The day that I need a car that helps me stay in my lane, is the day my license needs to be revoked and my decrepit ancient ass settled into an old age home.
- bahama_mama 4y ago> Other lane-keeping systems do nothing but try to keep the car in the lane (and some do a poor job of even that). This is simply not true. Drove recently in BMW, Audi, and Volkswagen and all had a very reliable adaptive cruise control + automatic lane change assist. I have two cars, one of them being Tesla, and Tesla does not have advantage in basic cruise control.
- Gud 4y agoAgreed! I drive a lot of rental cars and was pleasantly surprised by the Toyota Corollas and Volvo V60 lane assist features.