Hi all, I did my first long drive using autopilot, 6hrs from Aberdeen to Chester in my AP2.0 Model S.
This was my first chance to really test the system. Overall AP was really good to have and felt like the journey was less tiring, but outside of the obvious limitations there were a few "issues" I noticed -
1.) About 5-6 times on the trip while driving on what looked like clearly marked lanes with excellent weather / visibility, I would suddenly get the message "Cruise not available" and autopilot would disable.
2.) The car hugs the left side of the lanes, this is visible in the mirrors and on the picture of the car on the display. Its not at the point where its touching the line but feels quite uncomfortably close especially when overtaking trucks.
3.) Phantom braking at bottom of hills / dips in the road. On quiet stretches of motorway with no cars in front at all, the car would slow down near the bottom of dips in the road, this was reproducable quite a few times. It was almost as if the radar was detecting the upwards slope of the road in front and slowing in case it was an object in front.
Im wondering if these are normal or not and if others have experienced these? Thanks!
This was my first chance to really test the system. Overall AP was really good to have and felt like the journey was less tiring, but outside of the obvious limitations there were a few "issues" I noticed -
1.) About 5-6 times on the trip while driving on what looked like clearly marked lanes with excellent weather / visibility, I would suddenly get the message "Cruise not available" and autopilot would disable.
2.) The car hugs the left side of the lanes, this is visible in the mirrors and on the picture of the car on the display. Its not at the point where its touching the line but feels quite uncomfortably close especially when overtaking trucks.
3.) Phantom braking at bottom of hills / dips in the road. On quiet stretches of motorway with no cars in front at all, the car would slow down near the bottom of dips in the road, this was reproducable quite a few times. It was almost as if the radar was detecting the upwards slope of the road in front and slowing in case it was an object in front.
Im wondering if these are normal or not and if others have experienced these? Thanks!