POLL: FSD usage Poll

[Docedward]

FSD was an amazing surprise as I started with VS 13.2.8 in my CT as my first experience with it. I use it almost exclusively for getting around! But what has been your experience? Trust it? Enjoy it? Nervous with it?

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[ChiTownCT]

Most drives, especially to work and back (about 45 miles a day).

 

[MICyber]

Who is doing these polls? Skeptical of the motives...

 

[Oden's Beast]

I use it almost all the time, especially going to and from work. My destination list has grown dramatically. It’s really awesome that Google Maps and Apple Maps on your phone can so easily send destination addresses to the Tesla app in the truck. This makes me use it even more. It’s just literally seconds to add and send destinations to it.

Now, when in a car without it, I truly miss it. I now wish the FSD CT build had true destination auto leave and park (like S3XY), but confident it’ll be here someday. There are still specific scenarios that I know it still can’t handle properly yet, but man has it come a long way.

I used to consider myself a drivers driver, loved stick shift cars, and have had (and do still have) some great purpose built drivers cars. I’m very surprised, at just how much I really don’t miss actually driving. When non supervised rolls out, it will be even more awesome.

I also consciously use it as much as possible, specifically to help train the model.

 

[Ken in Miami]

I use it almost all the time, especially going to and from work. My destination list has grown dramatically. It’s really awesome that Google Maps and Apple Maps on your phone can so easily send destination addresses to the Tesla app in the truck. This makes me use it even more. It’s just literally seconds to add and send destinations to it.

Now, when in a car without it, I truly miss it. I now wish the FSD CT build had true destination auto leave and park (like S3XY), but confident it’ll be here someday. There are still specific scenarios that I know it still can’t handle properly yet, but man has it come a long way.

I used to consider myself a drivers driver, loved stick shift cars, and have had (and do still have) some great purpose built drivers cars. I’m very surprised, at just how much I really don’t miss actually driving. When non supervised rolls out, it will be even more awesome.

I also consciously use it as much as possible, specifically to help train the model.

I love to drive period. Now my confidence in Tesla technology has finally reached a level that my blood pressure only goes up half as much as it did several months ago.
This month in downtown Miami I let it drive me in spots that because of scaffolding and parked cars I would not have attempted. So close on both sides I could not see the fenders to judge distance.
Then in the same week one of the roads I take at 4 am and very dark I let it drive. Cement barricades along the edge of the pavement for 20 miles on a narrow stretch of road many trucks use. Visually it appears to be so close I always hug the double yellow line and many times go over the center lines.
Well no scratches on the truck.
since this is my first Tesla but not my first truck, I think it is unreal. My problem now is my wife uses self drive on it and assumes it is hers every day!
My 96 year old mother in law who still drives and lives by herself always wants to ride in it. I have not put a tank of gas in my Hummer in over a month now. I just realized yesterday I am driving my wife’s Lincoln more than she is because I go to get in the Tesla and it’s missing! Self drive is the cats meow.
I really want a robot taxi so maybe, just maybe that will be the “it” car that gets all the miles on it.

 

[Docedward]

Who is doing these polls? Skeptical of the motives...

The way this works is there is an "OP" on the original poster. That is who is doing the polls. As to motives, I could say that I find polls easier and a more accurate (although still not completely accurate) form of data gathering than reading all the comments and trying to create my own mental summary. But motives are a always difficult to communicate if there is a lack of trust. I, too, have experienced the single finger salutes in my CT and have seen the biased media towards Tesla and especially the CT. So I do not expect that my stating motives will be what convinces one to believe my motives.

 

[Docedward]

I love to drive period. Now my confidence in Tesla technology has finally reached a level that my blood pressure only goes up half as much as it did several months ago.
This month in downtown Miami I let it drive me in spots that because of scaffolding and parked cars I would not have attempted. So close on both sides I could not see the fenders to judge distance.
Then in the same week one of the roads I take at 4 am and very dark I let it drive. Cement barricades along the edge of the pavement for 20 miles on a narrow stretch of road many trucks use. Visually it appears to be so close I always hug the double yellow line and many times go over the center lines.
Well no scratches on the truck.
since this is my first Tesla but not my first truck, I think it is unreal. My problem now is my wife uses self drive on it and assumes it is hers every day!
My 96 year old mother in law who still drives and lives by herself always wants to ride in it. I have not put a tank of gas in my Hummer in over a month now. I just realized yesterday I am driving my wife’s Lincoln more than she is because I go to get in the Tesla and it’s missing! Self drive is the cats meow.
I really want a robot taxi so maybe, just maybe that will be the “it” car that gets all the miles on it.

I forgot the initial nerve racking fears I had about how close it seemed to come to other cars an obstacles and turning corners, etc.. I have trained 4/5 of my kids through learning to drive and it felt just as scary as that! But now, I have 90% confidence in it (I still disengage at every school zone and whenever there are accidents or emergency vehicles). I in no way feel confident enough to not pay attention during FSD, but I use it> 98% of the time.

 

[Cybertruck2024]

I used to like how FSD managed it's speed better, it has gotten much worse in the last year. When I said "drive 60mph" it would just do it before. Now I find it picks random speeds. It either drives 5mph below where I had it set for no reason, or it decides to floor the accelerator as I'm approaching a school zone or where a cop may be hanging out on the highway. I find myself continuously needing to manually override the accelerator just to keep the truck at the speed I want it set at. I turned off the option to go with the flow of traffic, so it shouldn't do that.

I used FSD much more in my M3 in 2023 than my CT in the last six months. Maybe I'm an outlier, but the experience is far worse than what I was accustomed to and it is one of the biggest issues with the CT. I'm not sure if the current FSD version is a step back, or if the CT just isn't where the M3 is in terms of FSD capabilities, but it is noticeable.

 

[seussiii]

I use it exclusively but I typically have to take over 2-3 times for every drive due to the below reasons...

1. I need to in order to prevent pissing people off and getting honked at. It is extremely slow to turn into traffic with the highway I live on. Both turning off of or on to. Sometimes there isn't a car for 3-400 yards. Doesn't happen at all points on the same highway either.

2. It just fails to recognize green lights sometimes.

3. Road construction. A rather large road construction project has eliminated 3 medians that allow u turns... It still tries to slow down and take these even though it recognizes the cones. I end up taking over as it will slow down to 5 mph in a 45-50mph left lane.

4. Outdated or incorrect maps - There is a coffee shop i'll go to that incorrectly has its location set as the physical address of a completely different business in the same shopping center. The real address is non existent. I have to use a business near it and take over. Also, for some reason, the trip route has changed in the past month and no longer uses a direct route... it makes me skip the normal light and u-turn at the next one... Another local mentioned the same problem. No idea why.

 

[ferrellcharles]

Mine is un-usable thanks to being on mostly rural roads here, and on two-lane roads, it hugs the center line (and crosses over it) even when traffic is oncoming, that it's unsafe and unusable. It also makes left turns "too tight" in that it crosses over the oncoming lane. I've tried recalibrating, nothing matters, this needs to be fixed. Otherwise, it's perfect on mutliple-lane highways.

 

[Oden's Beast]

I used to like how FSD managed it's speed better, it has gotten much worse in the last year. When I said "drive 60mph" it would just do it before. Now I find it picks random speeds. It either drives 5mph below where I had it set for no reason, or it decides to floor the accelerator as I'm approaching a school zone or where a cop may be hanging out on the highway. I find myself continuously needing to manually override the accelerator just to keep the truck at the speed I want it set at. I turned off the option to go with the flow of traffic, so it shouldn't do that.

I used FSD much more in my M3 in 2023 than my CT in the last six months. Maybe I'm an outlier, but the experience is far worse than what I was accustomed to and it is one of the biggest issues with the CT. I'm not sure if the current FSD version is a step back, or if the CT just isn't where the M3 is in terms of FSD capabilities, but it is noticeable.

I don’t think you’re an outlier. The CT FSD is not where the S3XY FSD build is at right now. There are definitely scenarios I still do not trust it (HOV lane handling on I- 95 in South Florida, multi lane turn intersections and its ability to always remain in its proper lane, speed as you mentioned, school zones are 80-20 in my experience, emergency vehicles, and then there’s no ASS, and no destination park yet). I chalk all this up to that it’s clearly still a must be supervised product, and it’s also unfortunately a lower volume vehicle (so reality is a lower priority for Tesla resources). By me using it consistently and disengaging it as required, then sending in a voice memo, I feel this is likely helping how it will get better over time. It’s seems to be working, as the CT FSD really has seen dramatic improvements since launch. Plus, to me, it’s just fun. It’s amazing when you are in traffic, and see it handle a new and tough situation like a seasoned driver. The amount of work and engineering gone into this technology is just mind blowing. I enjoy using it because of the improvements that I keep seeing. It’s not marketed as unsupervised, and the CT build is clearly not ready to be unsupervised. This to me, is the reality. I am confident based on my experience with using it over time though, that day will come, and likely sooner than I first thought.

 

[BeFamousVideo]

For your number 1. Depress the GO pedal (accelerator) and your truck will make its move forward without delay.

 

[Ken in Miami]

I use it almost all the time, especially going to and from work. My destination list has grown dramatically. It’s really awesome that Google Maps and Apple Maps on your phone can so easily send destination addresses to the Tesla app in the truck. This makes me use it even more. It’s just literally seconds to add and send destinations to it.

Now, when in a car without it, I truly miss it. I now wish the FSD CT build had true destination auto leave and park (like S3XY), but confident it’ll be here someday. There are still specific scenarios that I know it still can’t handle properly yet, but man has it come a long way.

I used to consider myself a drivers driver, loved stick shift cars, and have had (and do still have) some great purpose built drivers cars. I’m very surprised, at just how much I really don’t miss actually driving. When non supervised rolls out, it will be even more awesome.

I also consciously use it as much as possible, specifically to help train the model.

How do I learn to send destinations to the Tesla? Is it in an app?

 

[ecotrials]

I use it exclusively but I typically have to take over 2-3 times for every drive due to the below reasons...

1. I need to in order to prevent pissing people off and getting honked at. It is extremely slow to turn into traffic with the highway I live on. Both turning off of or on to. Sometimes there isn't a car for 3-400 yards. Doesn't happen at all points on the same highway either.

2. It just fails to recognize green lights sometimes.

3. Road construction. A rather large road construction project has eliminated 3 medians that allow u turns... It still tries to slow down and take these even though it recognizes the cones. I end up taking over as it will slow down to 5 mph in a 45-50mph left lane.

4. Outdated or incorrect maps - There is a coffee shop i'll go to that incorrectly has its location set as the physical address of a completely different business in the same shopping center. The real address is non existent. I have to use a business near it and take over. Also, for some reason, the trip route has changed in the past month and no longer uses a direct route... it makes me skip the normal light and u-turn at the next one... Another local mentioned the same problem. No idea why.

I agree with both bad map data and strange navigation decisions. I VERY rarely do not use FSDS. It is getting annoying somewhat, but I would rather be annoyed than not use it.
The very first time I headed towards my house FSD got in the wrong go left lane. I turned into the correct go straight ahead or turn right lane and FSD forever more automatically does this, so it learned. This turns out to the exception however, as other locations I repeatedly move to my preferred lane but FSDS does what it pleases. In these cases it isn't doing legally wrong, but are not my preference as I know what is coming up and put the CT in the ideal position to handle it.

Lots of map errors in my neighborhood and surrounding area. Particularly dislike turning from a 25 mph road to a 50 mph road and FSDS usually wants to go 25 until the next 50 mph sign, requiring me to goose it to prevent cars closing in fast. I assume this is also bad map data but I don't know for sure. I also don't like that when I stop accelerating it goes into regen braking dramatically slowing down again even though the truck shows the 50mph speed limit.

One map error would not let me turn right at all, though signage showed right turns not allowed fron 7 to 8:30 am (trying to solve neighborhood commute traffic). Interestingly I complained to Google Maps about this and a couple of months later it started allowing the right turns. Occasionally it still objects???

I have also have to intervene when it misses a legal turn but insists on going down to the next stoplight and u turning. Could be map or navigation or both but it doesn't learn. Arrrggghhh!

Still... I love FSD and continue to use it although I have to drive a few hundred at the beginning of every drive from/to my house. The sacrifices I make....

 

[Ken in Miami]

Mine is un-usable thanks to being on mostly rural roads here, and on two-lane roads, it hugs the center line (and crosses over it) even when traffic is oncoming, that it's unsafe and unusable. It also makes left turns "too tight" in that it crosses over the oncoming lane. I've tried recalibrating, nothing matters, this needs to be fixed. Otherwise, it's perfect on mutliple-lane highways.

Sounds like you could rename the truck Michael Keaton from the movie multiplicity! Every copy down stream is closer to the short bus syndrome
Mine will not hold speed on long stretches of low traffic roads, like it is sightseeing!

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