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Comment by drewg123

I've had FSD for years, and, well, it is awful. I keep hoping it gets better, but it doesn't.

The best way I have to describe it is: Picture a timid new driver, then give them 10 cups of coffee and make them really nervous. Now make them adhere slavishly to a random assortment of rules, and not at all to others.

One of my biggest pet peeves is that my car will try really hard to stay on the right side of a narrow residential road, coming inches from parked cars when there is no oncoming traffic. I always takeover, because I just know somebody is going to open a door into me, or an animal or child will dart out from between cars.

It will often hesitate to merge or turn left, even when given ample opportunity. And then it will suddenly dart across traffic with no warning.

I bought it in 2017 with the car, and drove like a grandma for a month to be eligible for the initial FSD beta a year or two ago. It was a complete waste of time and money. My hope when buying it was that I could have my car drop off my then 11yo son at school and save me a commute. My son is now 18 and drives far better than the car ever will.

parent drewg123 2 years ago

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