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Had 2 BMWs before my Model3 LR. Never going back.

Briefly thought of BMW i3, but once I tested Model3 & played with its Autopilot on stop/go commute - Teslas are years ahead of the game. Best part is, they can only get better.

- The very thought of dealership, auto repair shops feels very old now. I had a problem with my left indicator stalk, booked an appointment in the same Tesla app, a mobile mech pulled up, took out the whole driving wheel unit and fixed it on the spot.

- They have bi-monthly, monthly updates (feels like our software dev 2 week sprints) where they release NEW features, yes, brand new features... not just bug fixes or improvements.

The Model3 body feels like a frame-housing with an ever improving hardware/software under it to constantly make it better n better.

It feels like the iPhones vs Nokia smart phones debate in 2010.

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The problem with software updates in cars is that they change the car's behavior, and you end up with a car that did one thing yesterday, and a different thing today. Like steering into a barrier. https://www.reddit.com/r/teslamotors/comments/8a0jfh/autopil...

These videos are getting old, boring, and annoying.

Everyone who drives a tesla knows how their car behaves. I don't expect it to see that barrier when I'm driving my model 3.

Listen - it's hard to imagine what it's actually like to drive a Tesla and learning what it can or can't do. Everyone driving a tesla right now knows that the autopilot is more like a rookie co-pilot that needs monitoring and checking all along the way. Despite its limitations its still the best car out there from what I've personally experienced.

Are you actually serious right now? The number of people I see driving a Tesla on the freeway and doing anything other than monitoring and checking all along the way is ridiculous. A huge percentage of Tesla drivers absolutely do not know, or care, that autopilot requires constant attention.

Tell that to the woman I saw driving down I-45 recently in a Tesla. Going well under the flow of traffic in the left lane, doing her makeup, completely not paying attention to anything but herself.

I agree these people are risking their lives.

That shows just how badly people want to do something else instead of driving though, and how important autonomous cars are. If tesla (or some other company) can get it right, this is transformative.

They are not just risking their lives. They are risking the lives of everybody around them as well.

This is already happening with people driving.

Pay attention to other drivers, I've seen people watch a movie on their phone while driving.

I've seen people move their hands completely off of the wheel and drive.

At least with this you usually don't go hitting other cars, rather hit barriers and walls.

People do that in ICE cars.

So you missed the point about how it started behaving differently overnight after an update? Getting people used to one behavior and then changing it without their knowledge is fine in mobile apps, not so much when it's driving your car in traffic.

I didn't. I got this update too. It didn't start entirely behaving differently - it was handling the outside world a little differently and was fixed within a couple of days.

I'm not defending tesla here, I'm just saying this tech is still far better than the average driver paying barely any attention to the road.

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