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1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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Re: 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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For a split-second after reading the headline, I thought they were claiming FSD works.

It does work in driving the car where it is able to. Where it fails is in the 'full' part. After 10 billion miles driven on 'auto-pilot' [1] it is hard to claim it 'does not work'. Tesla would have been better off removing the 'F' from 'FSD' but that's water under the bridge. [1] https://electrek.co/2026/05/03/tesla-fsd-10-billion-miles-no...

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Re: 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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Teslas require a camera calibration after windshield replacements, same as any cars

The calibration is a 10 minute drive on any marked road though, not the precise positioned target stuff that others use.

There is actually a photo of a Model 3 in factory line doing that precise positioned target stuff, so they do that precise positioned target stuff at the factory. It's also instant compared to a 10-minute drive.

I think the real reason why Tesla is known to require 10-minute calibration drive is, they shipped APHW2 long before the software matured, so they needed means to do it after the cars were shipped "blank". Other manufacturers only ship finalized hardware and software, and so they don't need a scalable tool-free calibration method.

Anyways, my point is that, Tesla cars need calibrations like anything else. This is same for any multi sensor SLAM systems, whether it uses sets of color cameras or laser spinny thingy or laser flash cameras or laser flash color camera thingy or combinations thereof.

Re: 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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I was 100% FSD today. Went to the office, ran some errands, went home. Never touched the steering wheel once. 2026 Model S Plaid.

> Never touched the steering wheel once. Don’t you have to?

No, you can start FSD from stopped using a button on the screen. It drives to the destination and parks itself.

Re: 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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It does work in driving the car where it is able to. Where it fails is in the 'full' part. After 10 billion miles driven on 'auto-pilot' [1] it is hard to claim it 'does not work'. Tesla would have been better off removing the 'F' from 'FSD' but that's water under the bridge. [1] https://electrek.co/2026/05/03/tesla-fsd-10-billion-miles-no...

You just said "where it fails" and then state hard to claim it not working. If you call it Full Self Driving and it doesn't fully self drive, then it doesn't work. Not really sure where the confusion is. It's not water under the bridge. It is what it is. They claimed it would be fully self driving and not some lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now. It was straight up explained to drive the…

Exactly. It's like calling an airplane system "autopilot" but pilots are still involved.

Re: 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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Maybe the lmgtfy would be a good exercise for you. Ford's BlueCruise, GM's SuperCruise, Rivian's Autonomy+, and Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot all cost money.

Maybe re-reading what I wrote would help you lmgtfy.

So are they part of the price of the car, or are they a subscription?

Re: 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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how some people gobble up Tesla FSD - when it's clearly inferior to options out there from Waymo, GM Supercruise or hell even Ford.

GM/Ford/etc. driver assistance systems are nowhere close to the latest FSD. It would be nice if there were other options, but there isn't. You can't buy a Waymo. FSD can go from parked in the driveway to parked in a parking spot at your destination without any human intervention.

Re: 1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'

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For a split-second after reading the headline, I thought they were claiming FSD works.

I was 100% FSD today. Went to the office, ran some errands, went home. Never touched the steering wheel once. 2026 Model S Plaid.

It does look to an outside non-Tesla-owning observer, like it's getting there sometimes, but do you think it is? Or is it just plateauing?
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