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I had a feeling this was coming. I bought FSD in 2020. It was $10K, and they were claiming in one year you could summon the car to come to you from across town

by Lendal 2y ago

I had a feeling this was coming. I bought FSD in 2020. It was $10K, and they were claiming in one year you could summon the car to come to you from across town or rent it out as a self-driving taxi service. I figured it might work, and in the meantime would be a fun toy, so I bought into it as a speculation. On an individual basis this was just poor judgement on my part, but when you multiply that by how many other customers thought similarly to how I did, maybe it does become a government issue then. Unfortunately for me, I soon discovered that I did not like the car driving me around. No matter how good it got, I would almost always have made a different decision in most traffic situations. So it was a huge loss, but for me it doesn't even have to do with the fact the technology doesn't do what their hype claimed. It has to do with the fact that letting FSD drive is more stressful than if I just drive the car myself.

jaxomlotus 2y ago
There isn't even a point to it if it requires you to keep your hands on the wheel and not look at your phone. I would want to use it so I could conduct business while the car took care of driving. If it still requires me to pay strict attention to the road and keep both hands on the wheel, then it's just a novelty to show off to passengers for a quick giggle, but not actually solving a problem.
Sparyjerry 2y ago
None of those claims were claims by them, they were claims you hoped for. If you look at what was actually said it was all at random interview or podcasts, rarely if ever even at a Tesla release or event. PLus it was all "I Think.." if you want to fault a CEO for being optimistic, literally every CEO in the world should be in jail. Do you know how many "World's Best Burger" restaurants there are? The only actual claims that could be considered valid are those by the website when the purchase of the car was actually taking place, which promised exactly none of that.

by Lendal 2y ago

jaxomlotus 2y ago

There isn't even a point to it if it requires you to keep your hands on the wheel and not look at your phone. I would want to use it so I could conduct business while the car took care of driving. If it still requires me to pay strict attention to the road and keep both hands on the wheel, then it's just a novelty to show off to passengers for a quick giggle, but not actually solving a problem.

Sparyjerry 2y ago

None of those claims were claims by them, they were claims you hoped for. If you look at what was actually said it was all at random interview or podcasts, rarely if ever even at a Tesla release or event. PLus it was all "I Think.." if you want to fault a CEO for being optimistic, literally every CEO in the world should be in jail. Do you know how many "World's Best Burger" restaurants there are? The only actual claims that could be considered valid are those by the website when the purchase of the car was actually taking place, which promised exactly none of that.