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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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Post by scottyah »

dylan604 wrote: post #88
goosejuice wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now What car can I buy in the US today that's as good as the latest fsd?

So many cars come with lane assist and adaptive cruise control. You can google those terms for yourself. I don't bother with lmgtfy requests. You're a big boy/girl, and teaching you to fish it much better effort. They also don't cost an additional $10k on top of the price of the car. They are just part of the price of the car.

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.

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

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Post by mikestorrent »

pengaru wrote: post #74
Leonard_of_Q wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

even my 95 miata drives itself on a straight flat road...

but unlike the Tesla, the Miata is a car designed for the delight of the driver, rather than as a futuristic driving appliance / infotainment centre.

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

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

goosejuice wrote: post #81
dylan604 wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now What car can I buy in the US today that's as good as the latest fsd?

Literally every non-budget brand (and even some of the budget brands) offers automatic lane keeping with traffic-aware cruise control somewhere in their fleet. It might only be on their flagship vehicles, and possibly only on the top trims, but you're living in a Tesla-decorated cave if you think those are still Tesla-only features.

On a Tesla, it's not even an FSD-specific feature. Autopilot does it.

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

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Post by goosejuice »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #93
goosejuice wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now What car can I buy in the US today that's as good as the latest fsd?

Literally every non-budget brand (and even some of the budget brands) offers automatic lane keeping with traffic-aware cruise control somewhere in their fleet. It might only be on their flagship vehicles, and possibly only on the top trims, but you're living in a Tesla-decorated cave if you think those are still Tesla-only features. On a Tesla, it's not even an FSD-specific feature. Autopilot does it.

FSD isn't basic ADAS. You could just say no.

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

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Post by goosejuice »

scottyah wrote: post #91
dylan604 wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So many cars come with lane assist and adaptive cruise control. You can google those terms for yourself. I don't bother with lmgtfy requests. You're a big boy/girl, and teaching you to fish it much better effort. They also don't cost an additional $10k on top of the price of the car. They are just part of the price of the car.

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.

Indeed and none of those work outside of (select) highways. Lucid also has DreamDrive, but it's fairly poor from what I've seen. BYD's God's Eye is in the news, and it isn't looking good either.

I'd love to see good competition in this space, but it seems Tesla has a healthy moat.

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

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Post by toast0 »

hnav wrote: post #25

Retro-electric stuff makes so little sense since it's the worst of all worlds. Part of why Teslas get decent range is the slippery body. I wince every time I see people clamoring for the VW Scout reboot. Rivian too with their 140kwh batteries just to give people that nostalgic body-on-frame SUV look with usable range.

I want to like the VW Scout, but it's so big compared to IH Scouts.

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

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Post by bluGill »

simondotau wrote: post #85
Leonard_of_Q wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

Full is a relative term. Full compared to what? Compared to a professional rally car driver? Compared to my grandmother? Compared to a properly licensed tourist in a foreign country? From videos I see on YouTube, I’m struggling to think what is not Full compared to—at a bare minimum—the bottom 10 percent of drivers on the road.

Nobody admits they're in the bottom 10%. Nobody even admits they're in the bottom 75%.

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

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Post by xbar »

hnav wrote: post #25

Retro-electric stuff makes so little sense since it's the worst of all worlds. Part of why Teslas get decent range is the slippery body. I wince every time I see people clamoring for the VW Scout reboot. Rivian too with their 140kwh batteries just to give people that nostalgic body-on-frame SUV look with usable range.

Correct. Not sensible at all. Except so much more sensible than retro-petroleum stuff.

Watching my brother-in-law buy a 1971 Chevelle for his 16-year old daughter because she thought it looked cool only to have him sell it at a fat loss 3 months later because she couldn't choke down the gasoline fumes driving out of the school parking lot every day was instructive.

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