Recent content by primedive

Depends on where you are? I’ve always gotten one, usually old model 3s though.

Happy to see that Canadian Model 3s are Chinese. While my Y only has minor imperfections, I did have a lot of service visits for various sensor issues and similar, and I also have one weird vibration from the dash. Hopefully build quality at the US plants can continue to improve.

+1. I feel I’ve become a much more chill driver even when not using one of the assists. I have it in sport but even then, it’s so easy to modulate the car, where with most gas cars if it’s an automatic it’s a chore to brake, and if it’s a manual then it kind of wants you to race it a little. It...

interestingly enough, I’ve been using autosteer and tacc again, and I had zero nags — not even flashing blue, when driving normally. However, when I looked at my phone, it nagged me with a “boop” after a second. I guess that’s a good balance. It seems Tesla has already been moving toward this...

As an aside, I always preferred European aesthetics and road design. We have nice landscapes here in North America, but we don’t have the same focus on aesthetics. Those trees would be clear cut here for sure, and with wide ditches and shoulders too. Probably some car dealerships and crazy LEDs...

I feel the difference is that Autosteer takes over steering entirely, while lane assist in the Korean cars steers the wheel with you. It’s a different experience and in some ways superior, such as being able to steer around obstacles without disengaging and being able to set whatever speed you want.

Is it known why the overrides aren't allowed? Is a regulator forcing Tesla and only Tesla to do this? Other manufacturers let you set whatever speed you want even with their equivalent of Autosteer active.

As an N=1 viewpoint, I personally would pay more for Robotaxi than for Uber, even if due to economics the pricing is likely to be less. Some reasons why: * Standardization of quality and maintenance. No more getting picked up by beater Toyotas or Hondas. * No bull*sugar* about the driver rating...

After taking a lot of Uber rides during a vacation, I'm more bullish about the future of Robotaxi and honestly can't wait for it to be deployed in more cities. I'm also rooting for Waymo as healthy competition is always good. There are just so many potential advantages, and too many...

It’s embarrassing if accurate. Some open source thing that you have to wire in shouldn’t be working better than the car’s own software. Hopefully Tesla steps it up.

Seems to me like this kind of thing should really be covered by map data instead of having to rely on OCR reading of signs. Map data can't cover temporary changes (well, actually it could if it was planned and coordinated) but it should be able to capture the regular situation. Why isn't Tesla...

Robotaxi is going to have a hard time competing with Uber for speed. Had to use it, and both drivers today were rolling through stops at 15, though the second was really good about driving exactly the limit around schools. FSD plus regen in general have “trained” me to slow down more at stops...

Now that my trial has ended, here’s what I’m hoping for in a future FSD: 1) Not knowing when the thing is going to change lanes is very stressful. Most of the other FSD behaviors don’t bother me that much as I can always just take over, but I find this alone is reason enough to just drive...

there are still a lot of dead zones in Canada so hopefully not slowing down too much. It’s nearly 2025, it should be possible to go just about anywhere by EV at this point.

Coming from a previous car that was off by nearly 10%, I was impressed when the Y said I was going 120 and gps indicated 119. That’s close enough for me!