My first-hand notes on this build: 5 takes from the driver’s seat.
This is the first build I wrote notes on, late May into June. What stood out was how fast it reacts, faster than I expect almost every time, and how bold it is on unprotected lefts, bolder than I am. The brake stabs everybody was talking about online were not showing up for me on this build, and the attention nagging had dropped to almost nothing.
I keep looking for big differences between these point releases. Mostly what I see is small, steady learning.
AI DRIVR said Tesla’s 20% faster reaction time claim was an understatement, and I think he’s onto something. I can’t put an exact number on it. The situations vary…
Dirty Tesla says 14.3 will commit to an unprotected left the instant the blinker comes on, and he’s right, I’ve seen it do exactly that. The car is very comfortable…
There’s a lot of talk online about brake stabs, the car jabbing the brakes for no good reason. I keep hearing about it and honestly, I don’t run into it. Maybe it’s…
I’ve never had FSD run a stop sign on me. What I have seen, and it’s worse this time of year, is the car not spotting a sign until it’s right up on it, because the…
The attention nagging has dropped way down. I think it started easing off around 14.3.2, and it’s been getting quieter ever since I first picked the car up. At this…
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