Don’t get me wrong. I love FSD. It is one of the most exciting consumer experiences in the recent years. Last such excitement for me probably goes back more than 10 years when I first put my hand on Apple iPhone 2. For me, FSD changes the perception of distance and mobility. It makes San Francisco symphony concert much more enjoyable than ever.
That said, I still have a lot of complaints of today’s FSD.
- Too many unnecessary accelerations, many of which are followed by consequential breakings, which means more discomfort. Note I chose “Chill” profile. Otherwise it is probably even worse.
- Acceleration is often too aggressive, especially for local driving. Why so? saving time? There are many other wasted opportunities for saving time. No need to focus on the acceleration aspect.
- Phantom breaking, i.e., breaking for no obvious reasons. (discomfort and wasting time)
- Non-human breaking pattern, which often breaks too hard at beginning and then, realizing it, relax the breaking. Human often breaks soft, and then, realizing not enough, start to break harder (discomfort)
- Don’t remember routine route road conditions. Every road has its own quirks. It is OK for Tesla to be cautious when seeing those quirk if it sees for the first time. However, it does not remember those quirks and repeating driving always feels like first-timer driving on those roads. Human tend to be more relaxed (and thus more smooth) on later repeated driving.
- Map sucks and don’t remember my corrections. This is especially annoying for routine routes.
- Can’t back to my garage, which is the only way I can charge my Tesla today.
Elon Musk, I hope you can see my wish list.