The place Tesla FSD Nonetheless Fails (One 10-Mile Case)

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Editor’s word: Paul posted this on X and tagged me. It’s principally an article, so I’m posting it right here with minor edits. Get pleasure from. —Zach

5 interventions in 10 miles v12.5.4.1 on a 4 12 months previous Mannequin Y, north of Tampa.

#1 — after 6 years of improvement, it nonetheless can’t reverse out of my storage, however we’re instructed this characteristic is coming quickly.

Navigated to a restaurant 5 miles from my dwelling. FSD was clean and did a fantastic job with a u-turn.

#2 — I bought to an intersection that solely the left lane might go straight (and we would have liked to go straight) and it picked the suitable lane after which tried to chop in entrance of 20 automobiles that had been within the left lane. I disengaged, since I didn’t wish to rudely pressure my manner into the left lane or if no one let me in block the suitable lane for somebody eager to take a proper flip, so I turned proper and needed to reroute to the vacation spot.

The subsequent 3 miles had been nice till

#3 — I wanted to be within the left lane to show into the restaurant. There was loads of time to get within the left lane, nevertheless it stayed within the heart lane too lengthy and missed the flip (as a result of there was a automotive in the way in which on the final minute).

#4 — On the way in which dwelling it was good all the way in which dwelling till I bought to the neighborhood gate (which has prompted hundreds of disengagements). FSD must go inside 2 toes of the bar code reader in order that it let’s my automotive in. But it surely nonetheless goes 6 toes away, so I’ve to disengage.

#5 — It received’t park in my storage.

So am I to imagine that only one 12 months in the past this 10 mile journey would have had 500 disengagements? No manner, possibly it will have been 8 or 10, nevertheless it wasn’t that dangerous a 12 months in the past. I took a 3000 mile journey from Tampa to Seattle with my son and used FSD a lot of the manner. Possibly had 8 or 10 disengagements but additionally didn’t use it if it was a tough space or in heavy snow.

So why am I not seeing 100 occasions higher driving? Is it not educated in Tampa? Is it not good on the 4 12 months previous automobiles with the previous laptop? Or is it one thing extra nefarious, like they aren’t telling the reality?

This isn’t a cherry picked route. I drive throughout Tampa and that is about par for the course. I’ve had higher and worse drives. I additionally drive lots in Denver after I go to my daughter (she has two Mannequin Y’s, a HW4 and a HW3). It’s possibly a bit higher in Denver and possibly a bit higher on HW4, however not 10 occasions higher, possibly 30% higher.

I don’t purchase the road that the software program is so good they should drive many miles to discover a mistake. I don’t have any downside discovering points on each journey.

On most upgrades it has the identical points because the final launch. Possibly the turns might be a bit higher or velocity management might be barely higher. However lane choice and parking and unparking and my neighborhood gate have been damaged for six years. I’m to not fear as a result of it’s all going to be nice with V13 by the top of October. /s