Hey folks,
I have a December 2016 Model S 90D which was right after they introduced AP2.0. I did *not* purchase autopilot back then. I recently bought the software update for base autopilot, and I'm looking to upgrade it to both have MCU2 and also be FSD capable (as a subscription since I probably won't keep it for more than a couple more years).
Right now, I cannot subscribe to FSD unless I request a hardware upgrade for $1000 according to the app. It's not clear to me what exactly that upgrade does. I also heard that it's a bad idea to do that upgrade without also having MCU2, since my MCU1 is slow and I'm already having issues with it. That means I'd also need an infotainment upgrade.
So there are three upgrade paths I can see:
1. Do the infotainment upgrade (which is $2250 for cars with AP2.x; the upgrade includes HW3 according to the service quote). Then afterwards wonder if either FSD subscription would be already available (because maybe the FSD upgrade was just for HW3), or be at a reduced price (because maybe the FSD upgrade also included colored cameras?), But then maybe it would be the same $1000 price and then that's a bit of a loss for me.
2. Do the $1000 hardware upgrade that enables FSD, and then come back to do the infotainment upgrade and hope that it would now be $1750 because it's now presumably AP3.0, and infotainment upgrades are cheaper for AP3.0? But then maybe not, because maybe they meant for AP2.0 "cars"?
3. Request both upgrades at the same time but not sure what Tesla service would give me. (They are a bit slow and sometimes I wonder if they know what they are talking about...)
Anyone more knowledgeable about this? Thanks!!
I have a December 2016 Model S 90D which was right after they introduced AP2.0. I did *not* purchase autopilot back then. I recently bought the software update for base autopilot, and I'm looking to upgrade it to both have MCU2 and also be FSD capable (as a subscription since I probably won't keep it for more than a couple more years).
Right now, I cannot subscribe to FSD unless I request a hardware upgrade for $1000 according to the app. It's not clear to me what exactly that upgrade does. I also heard that it's a bad idea to do that upgrade without also having MCU2, since my MCU1 is slow and I'm already having issues with it. That means I'd also need an infotainment upgrade.
So there are three upgrade paths I can see:
1. Do the infotainment upgrade (which is $2250 for cars with AP2.x; the upgrade includes HW3 according to the service quote). Then afterwards wonder if either FSD subscription would be already available (because maybe the FSD upgrade was just for HW3), or be at a reduced price (because maybe the FSD upgrade also included colored cameras?), But then maybe it would be the same $1000 price and then that's a bit of a loss for me.
2. Do the $1000 hardware upgrade that enables FSD, and then come back to do the infotainment upgrade and hope that it would now be $1750 because it's now presumably AP3.0, and infotainment upgrades are cheaper for AP3.0? But then maybe not, because maybe they meant for AP2.0 "cars"?
3. Request both upgrades at the same time but not sure what Tesla service would give me. (They are a bit slow and sometimes I wonder if they know what they are talking about...)
Anyone more knowledgeable about this? Thanks!!