A friend of mine bought a Model Y and got access to FSD about six months ago. I've spent a fair bit of time in this car in the bay area and... I'm impressed? It doesn't drive like a professional but it feels safe.
My friend says it's been improving even in just the time he's had it. So maybe it used to be a lot worse?
I'm not in the market for a new car but the next time I am, FSD is going to be a big factor. Even if it's just as good as it is right now.
If it's anything like the original Autopilot was: yes.
I had one of the first Model S vehicles that was autopilot-capable. Early enough that autopilot itself was added later. The early versions were... intense. Not just in the "if you take your hands of the wheel it might try to kill you" intense, but also in the "even using this as adaptive cruise with lane-keeping, sometimes it will suddenly try to veer off the road and murder you" sense. Even when working "as intended" it would routinely dip into exit ramps if you were in the right lane. As a result, I didn't use it all that often, but over not a lot of time it improved pretty dramatically.
At this point my wife and I are on newer Model 3s, and our experience with autopilot (not FSD) as a frequently-used driver assist has been... uneventful? Given the _original_ autopilot experience, though, neither of us is particularly eager to try out FSD yet. Autopilot strikes a good balance for us in terms of being a useful second pair of eyes and hands while unambiguously requiring us to drive the damn car.
A friend of mine bought a Model Y and got access to FSD about six months ago. I've spent a fair bit of time in this car in the bay area and... I'm impressed? It doesn't drive like a professional but it feels safe.
My friend says it's been improving even in just the time he's had it. So maybe it used to be a lot worse?
I'm not in the market for a new car but the next time I am, FSD is going to be a big factor. Even if it's just as good as it is right now.