The Tesla Influencers Leaving the ‘Cult’

I continue to be amazed at America’s tendency to cult-like behavior, where loyalty to highly-flawed- and even mentally unwell- individuals is more valued than buyer discernment, critical thinking or even common sense. Not surprised there is a high overlap between Musk fan-boys and Trump fan-boys.

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I've been using "FSD" most of the time since my Tesla driving score of 98 let me engage it in early 2021, I think. My car has 136k miles now and probably 80-90% of those miles were with "FSD" engaged. As a 'driver assistance' feature, I'm good with it, but I don't expect that Tesla will achieve true FSD before the company fails. On freeways, I just keep my eyes open in case it makes a mistake, which is exceedingly rare. I make more mistakes than FSD in those conditions. Near my home, there are a couple 2-lane highway spots where FSD usually fails and I experience far more times where I need to intervene. This is also true on city streets. Another problem with electric cars, in general, is worse: The fastest chargers have heavy charging cables which my wife can't handle. In winter, these cables are stiff and almost too much for me.