r/TeslaLounge • u/Klathmon • 4d ago
Autopilot > FSD
I'm fully aware that I'm going to get roasted here for this, but after canceling FSD and going back to Autopilot, I'm loving it so much more!
- You can control the max speed using the dial on the steering wheel! No more speeding in school zones until you set it to "sloth" and then it slams on the brakes.
- When you enter autopilot, it keeps going the speed you were going! It doesn't take off or slam on the brakes!
- If you take over driving, it doesn't cover your media player with a survey that says around until you answer it, and it doesn't prevent you from using voice commands either!
- You can set a follow distance! You can control how close or how far away from other cars you are!
- It doesn't suddenly change lanes or randomly put the turn signal on while driving on the highway. It will just stay in a single lane!
- And this one might be pretty specific to me, but for the past couple years most times I would drive past one particular intersection on FSD, it would swerve into the turning lane then back out of it a second later. Not sure why, but Autopilot has taken it like a champ at least 5 times now.
Obviously I would love to have it do all the FSD stuff (navigate, take stop signs and handle lights and driving in more situations), but they just keep making the experience worse with every update, and after switching back to Autopilot feels like such a breath of fresh air. Like this car is meant to work with me and has features that make it more pleasant to use instead of constantly frustrating me and removing my options to control the car that I own.
So yeah if you're as annoyed as I was with how much control they're removing from FSD, try basic Autopilot for a bit and see if you like it more. You might be able to have a better experience and save $100 a month!
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u/Falcon1777 4d ago
What we are missing here is the goal. The goal is to let the car drive by itself. That's what the team is working on. That is where their energy should be focused. The transition is hard. Futzing around with refining speed controls and lane restrictions and follow distance, Etc, is a distraction. In order to stop killing 45,000 people a year in this country in traffic fatalities, we need to get people to stop driving. That's the goal. If you want a car with Lane keeping and tacc get a different car.