How often do you use FSD?

[Gaximus]

I really don’t understand why they haven’t done that.

Because if you want a good electric car with decent self drive, there isn’t any competition… yet. So in teslas eyes, there is no incentive. once a car comes out with reviews where they say “This is a better car, even for road trips, and self drives just as good as a Tesla“. Then we will see Tesla start to act more competitively.

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[wshunter]

In speaking with a Tesla rep during a recent service center visit, I learned that FSD can be bought at any time after purchasing a Cybertruck. With an $8k price tag, it definitely adds lot to the final price of the vehicle. How often do you use FSD? 1-10, mostly never to every time you drive.

Autopilot seems to work just fine for the use case of keeping one's lane and reducing driving fatigue on the highway. Wondering what the community's thoughts were.

I use it

In speaking with a Tesla rep during a recent service center visit, I learned that FSD can be bought at any time after purchasing a Cybertruck. With an $8k price tag, it definitely adds lot to the final price of the vehicle. How often do you use FSD? 1-10, mostly never to every time you drive.

Autopilot seems to work just fine for the use case of keeping one's lane and reducing driving fatigue on the highway. Wondering what the community's thoughts were.

I use it every time I drive more than about a mile. V13 is almost perfect except it usually needs help in parking lots and driveways at the beginning and end of trips. I was amazed when it recently drove nicely on our snow covered unmarked one lane road.
I have a CT and a M Y. Have FSD on both, and can’t imagine having a Tesla without FSD.

 

[kingq]

In speaking with a Tesla rep during a recent service center visit, I learned that FSD can be bought at any time after purchasing a Cybertruck. With an $8k price tag, it definitely adds lot to the final price of the vehicle. How often do you use FSD? 1-10, mostly never to every time you drive.

Autopilot seems to work just fine for the use case of keeping one's lane and reducing driving fatigue on the highway. Wondering what the community's thoughts were.

Was doing FSD all the time during my daily commute. But, found that I became a very dumb driver after a while without it, so I ended up doing all-manual at least once a week now.

 

[dalton108]

Was doing FSD all the time during my daily commute. But, found that I became a very dumb driver after a while without it, so I ended up doing all-manual at least once a week now.

I have definitely had concerns along the user or lose it variety.

 

[rtfitch]

Since v13, I'm probably at 8 or 9. 90% of the time, only taking over in parking lots or complicated situations. Though I do "help" with the accelerator pedal a fair amount.

Part of my FSD usage might be fascination with the fact that it works at all, and the fun I have rooting for it.

That said, I'm getting to the point where I think I might trust it more than my old eyes at night on our dark country roads.

I also take it over a very narrow, somewhat intimidating, bridge each day and it does better than most drivers at staying centered in the lane there.

My wife, now insists, that I use it exclusively at night because my night vision isn't the greatest. Before Christmas, and several updates back, it took us from our farm 45 miles north of Houston right to the heart of the city, at night, in a horrible traffic jam. I just sat back and watched.

I use it ALL the time with few interventions, feeling that the more data and information we can supply to the NeroNet the better. Plus, I have the distinct impression that it is learning. Our community is off from a 55 mph state road and our Speed Limit is 20 mph. Blitzen used to roar in until he saw the speed limit sign about 100 yards into the community. Now, with no prompting, he eases in at exactly 20 mph without any input from me. Call me a goofy old man, but I do think the AI component is more active than we give it credit for.

 

[Danger]

I use FSD 95-99% of the time thru NYC over the George Washington bridge, thru tolls, or just to a local store. It’s amazing! Well worth the money.

 

[WormtownKris]

Have had the truck for 6 weeks and have yet to use my free FSD trial. I enjoy driving this truck too much to stress about whether or not FSD can figure out my screwy local roads. I imagine that when I'm in my 70s I'll enjoy having the truck drive me around. But not yet.

 

[rtfitch]

Have had the truck for 6 weeks and have yet to use my free FSD trial. I enjoy driving this truck too much to stress about whether or not FSD can figure out my screwy local roads. I imagine that when I'm in my 70s I'll enjoy having the truck drive me around. But not yet.

Hey, Hey, hey...easy on the 70 thing. The Beast is the most dynamic and fun vehicle I have ever driven but there is a degree of earned decadence about sitting back in the driver's seat, sipping on a cup of coffee and being chauffeured about while you still are in control. It's like having a silent Uber driver, except you are sitting in his/her seat.

 

[rlhamil]

9 or so on that scale. I take over when I know it won't take the route I want, like if I'm going to be parking by the side of the street and want to be approaching from the other direction. And it's not very useful in or out of parking lots yet. I may also take over more in unfamiliar places, school zones, construction zones, etc. But it handles even bad traffic well enough to do a lot of the work, making that less stressful.

On something easy like a long stretch of lightly traveled freeway, I'll take over once in awhile just to keep myself attentive.

 

[spamy42]

I use it almost every drive and all the time on my morning and evening commute. 13.2.4 is just so good. It was fantastic this morning when I got in my truck and really didn't feel like driving to work. I set FSD and didn't intervene until I got to work 20ish miles later. If you plan to keep your truck for a long time buy it. Otherwise monthly is the way to go.

 

[Cyber Man]

Hey, Hey, hey...easy on the 70 thing. The Beast is the most dynamic and fun vehicle I have ever driven but there is a degree of earned decadence about sitting back in the driver's seat, sipping on a cup of coffee and being chauffeured about while you still are in control. It's like having a silent Uber driver, except you are sitting in his/her seat.

Exactly! I’m in my prime age, and I use FSD whenever I don’t care about unleashing the Beast. It’s very hard to not drive like crazy when you have a Beast. I swear I would have got multiple speeding tickets by now if FSD wasn’t there!

 

[Carnut12]

On a scale of 1 (mostly never) to 10 (every time you drive), 0 (didn't buy FSD for any of my Teslas and turn it off when a free trial pops up).

Same here, my wife and I can’t stand it. It might be unique to the places I’ve tried it, but it constantly reads speed limits wrong, slows down when I don’t want to, and changes lanes when I don’t want to. When it reads speed limits wrong on highways it’s extremely dangerous because it slows down so fast. The only place I could imagine using it is a city with terrible traffic.

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

In speaking with a Tesla rep during a recent service center visit, I learned that FSD can be bought at any time after purchasing a Cybertruck. With an $8k price tag, it definitely adds lot to the final price of the vehicle. How often do you use FSD? 1-10, mostly never to every time you drive.

Autopilot seems to work just fine for the use case of keeping one's lane and reducing driving fatigue on the highway. Wondering what the community's thoughts were.

City: I use it on the same routes (2) once per release to note improvements or backtracking.
Highway: most of the time, especially on riad trips ‘out of town’

 

[Jhodgesatmb]

I use it literally everywhere I go, mostly so that a) it can get some time in the pilot's seat, and b) so I can get familiar with its capabilities and limits.

It's also been a relief to let it drive after a recent shoulder injury.

Get well soon!

 

[65SoYoLO]

10 I use it ALL the time, except I have to intervene many times. It wants to change lane for no reason, or it waits too long to change lane when it does need to.

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