How often do you use FSD?

[cyberstocker]

99% of the time. I get uncomfortable driving now, I now dislike driving and love fsd. I like having to pay attention and no texting or being distracted

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[Amuma]

multiple times a day.. I now only drive when I miss driving lol

 

[yrekabaker]

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.

Very similar experience. Probably an 8.

 

[wusch]

I use it every day, I tell you one of the best use cases, is driving home after arriving at the airport. Off the plane and into a chauffeured car ride home. Nothing like it.

 

[RAY INGRASSIA]

1 or 2. Hardly ever use it. Still on free version. Won't buy it. Retired and don't put many miles on it. Love driving the CT myself. It ain't hard .

 

[jeniferkey]

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.

Every drive. Some disengaging on blind country turns and construction.
I didn’t realize lane assist had been added. Mine only did the auto cruise control before the FSD was downloaded. I’ll have to go test it out. It’s all I used with my Model 3.
Going downtown for an event I like FSD for not missing a stoplight or a turn when traffic is already difficult in an area I’m not familiar with. I’m still watching on the highway to be over in time for exists or freeway changes, but I’m more comfortable going to the big city with the assist.

 

[jbuijk]

Nearly 100% of the time.

 

[Furiosa]

I commute so FSD is great, the previous versions without a cabin camera were much better for my situation as I was able to be very productive and safe on my commute. However, the cabin camera is so strict I can barely change a song on the screen without it hating on me. However, the value to a commuter is insane even if it’s just for the stop and go traffic. FSD in my opinion is safer than the majority of drivers on the road.

 

[Kevin Burns]

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 don’t drive any where without putting in the address of the destination and themn
pushing the FSD button. This FSD blows my mind. FSD pulled into the parking lot of my destination and found a parking space! I thought, “Oh, OK, this parking spot will do.” It parallel parks. It perpendicular parks. And it just keeps getting better. You still have to supervise, but I enjoy sitting back and watching what the CyberTruck can do.

 

[gooshjkc]

Honestly speaking, I like to drive so I seldom use FSD. Plus, the drive I usually go on is short (less than 8 miles) and has narrow streets. If I had to put a percentage I would say about 5%. I wish Tesla had offered for FS owners gave the option for lifetime supercharging instead of giving FSD. Even that I seldom use it. I charge at home 99.8% of the time.

 

[Jimo]

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.

Due to the recent update, I'm using is less in the city and mostly on the highway just for the cruise control and lane guidance.
I used to use it to maintain speed in school zones and on city streets; but when I select it, it's a struggle to scroll the speed down to where I want it! I haven't taken the time to research the settings, so that may be by problem. It's not like it was. I am an old geezer who liked it the way it was before it was "improved"!

 

[CyberLucky]

At a minimum, take a Tesla with FSD for an overnight test drive and see how you like it.

I'm very surprised to find myself using FSD about 90% of the time. Surprised because I love driving and the truck is a blast to drive. But FSD is so good - better than I am - and it feels so magical, that I inevitably turn it on. I drove from Jasper to Edmonton in about -19C and had FSD on, going about 120 kmh on the icy highway. I couldn't tell if was icy until I decided to take over for a stretch and immediately realized the highway was essentially a sheet of ice. The truck still handled well, but it was mentally consuming. I put it back in FSD and gave my sorry brain a rest.

It's not perfect: I almost always have to take over when we get near the destination, as it leaves the truck in strange places or overshoots the destination (including at superchargers - just rolls right past and keeps going). Sometimes it wanders out of the lane to the left side - just starts drifting left until it's a little in the other lane, even if there's a car there. You have to pay attention. Just not as much attention, and in my experience, it fails slowly - it doesn't veer into incoming traffic; instead it slowly makes a compounding error.

I got FSD with my FS AWD and probably would have subscribed, rather than purchase outright, otherwise.

 

[Nice2CTu]

Maybe. There's some that believe FSD will be added for free to Teslas. The take rate is still really low on FSD, despite the improvements and while that will change with unsupervised (whenever that comes) there's a price point where it will price most out. That could be $10k or maybe even as high as $20k.

For the foreseeable future the subscription is the best deal.

Basing recommendations to subscribe or purchase on forecasted estimates (for both timing on full autonomous capability as well as economic estimates) surely cannot be a one-size fits all, IMO.

For example, if one is 70 years old, believes they have 5 years left of safe self driving (which is also an unpredictable outcome for many), but by then unsupervised will give them extra freedom and travel years, plus the certainty of pay now at known economics vs. take a risk of unknown economics, then the decision to subscribe vs purchase is very different than someone 40 or 50 years old.

Each of us will vary on risk profile, I love Roth IRA vs traditional IRA because, even though a common economic advisor says to consider lower tax rate on retirement vs one's current work status tax rate, not me, hooey on that, give me a tax free future and I sleep better now.

Personally I love the Tesla accomplishment, am a stock investor, the CT is an amazing engineering and industry-changing paradigm, and believe $8k is a worthwhile investment of participation in the future good for humanity. That probably sounds a bit over-the-top, but philosophically that's just me. The CT and FSD gives me joy every time I drive it.

Ok, to answer the OP, I use FSD 95% of driving time on trips (just completed 1,500 mile trip), and 40% in-town driving (about 10k miles per year).

 

[macosr]

I am to the point that I am using FSD well over 90% of the time. Tesla FSD is a complete game changer and not just for long trips but even short trips to the stores.

 

[Avery21]

99% of my drives are with FSD. Love it!

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