This is a Tesla Model Y, which is an electric SUV. The hosts are talking about how the FSD software behaves when installed on their Model Y.
Term
110 kilometres an hour speed sign
The car is supposed to read the posted speed limit signs. The host says that sometimes it doesn’t correctly recognize a 110 km/h sign, which makes driving annoying.
Map data is the information the car uses about roads and exits. The hosts suggest that if the map info is out of date or inconsistent, FSD can make mistakes.
Place
M1
The M1 is a highway in Australia. The host is using it as an example of a place where the car sometimes misreads which exit you should take.
The speed limit is the highest speed you’re allowed to drive on that road. Here, they’re saying they prefer matching the posted limit because it feels safer and helps avoid faster traffic passing them.
The Alpine A110 is a small sports car designed to feel nimble and easy to steer. Because it’s built for handling, it can be enjoyable even when you’re just driving at normal speeds. It may come up in conversations about driving safely and not speeding.
Cruise control is a feature that keeps your car at a chosen speed without you constantly pressing the accelerator. They’re saying Tesla’s system is a step beyond that because it also helps with other driving tasks.
Term
lanes entering
This means the car helps keep itself lined up in the lane, especially when you’re moving into or near a lane. The hosts are saying some cars can do that, and Tesla’s system goes further.
“Country roads” here means quieter regional roads with fewer lane changes and less complexity. The speaker thinks FSD handles that kind of road especially well.
“Max speed” is the highest speed the car’s driver-assist is allowed to aim for. If you can’t change it, the car may feel more or less aggressive depending on the setting.
They’re talking about different kinds of drivers and whether the same tech would help each group. For example, someone with mobility or accessibility challenges might benefit more than others.
Hazards are the car’s emergency flashers that blink all the turn-signal lights together. People use them to warn others when something urgent is happening.
Peak hour traffic is when roads are most crowded, like during the morning or evening commute. In heavy traffic, it can be harder for driver-assistance features to handle everything smoothly.
Place
M1 motorway
The M1 motorway is a big highway where people commute. The host is saying that in heavy congestion it can feel like everything is stuck, which tests driver-assistance systems.
The Dodge Dakota is a mid-size pickup truck. It’s mainly made for carrying things and general utility, like hauling or work use. It can come up when discussing traffic because it’s a common type of vehicle on busy roads.
The BMW M2 is a sporty two-door BMW that’s built for quicker driving and better handling. It’s smaller than some other performance BMWs, which can make it feel easier to drive. People may mention it when talking about using a performance car on highways.
The BMW M3 is a fast, sporty version of a BMW sedan. It’s made to accelerate quickly and handle well, so it can feel confident on highways. It may be mentioned because it’s a performance car that still works for everyday driving.
“FST” here is shorthand for a Tesla self-driving/driver-assist mode that helps with steering and driving. The point is that new drivers shouldn’t rely on it until they understand how the car reacts in normal traffic.
110 kph is just a speed number the hosts use to talk about how the car behaves. They’re saying that at that speed, road-work situations can be more annoying or problematic for the system.
Real-time map updates mean the car gets road information that’s current right now. If the map is outdated, the car may think a road is open when it’s actually changed due to construction.
Hurry mode is a Tesla setting that makes the car drive more aggressively or quickly. The hosts are saying it may not handle speed limits as well as you’d want.
Tailgating means you’re following the car ahead too closely. The speaker doesn’t like how the car sometimes keeps a very short gap.
Term
emotional quotient EQ
EQ is a way people talk about emotional awareness and self-control. In this context, the speaker is using it as a metaphor to say the car doesn’t seem to “read” traffic situations well.
Lane change decision-making refers to how an automated driving system chooses when to merge or shift lanes. The speaker criticizes it as lacking good judgment during peak-hour traffic, leading to unnecessary or disruptive moves.
Term
cameras on the car
The car uses cameras to “see” the road. They help it detect lanes and other traffic so it can decide what to do next.
Term
higher patrol mode
They’re talking about a stricter setting where the car watches you more closely or becomes more forceful about following rules. The idea is: break the behavior guidelines and it responds by tightening control.
Roadwork is when construction is actively changing the road layout. The car may not handle it well because the lanes and signs can be different from what it expects.
A subscription player is like paying every month to keep using a service. They’re comparing Tesla’s monthly charge to things like music apps so you can understand the “pay ongoing” mindset.
Highway driving is the kind of driving where the road is simpler and the car can “predict” what’s going on more easily. The hosts say the Tesla system tends to work better in these situations.
Sydney is where the host drives most of the time. They’re saying the subscription may be less worth it for them because their daily trips don’t match the situations where the system shines.
“14.3.3” is the version number of Tesla’s software. Different versions can change how well the self-driving features work, so the host is saying this version didn’t impress them.
Concept
value thing
The hosts frame the decision as a “value” question: whether the extra cost of Tesla’s self-driving package is justified compared with alternatives. This is essentially a cost-vs-benefit evaluation based on real-world usefulness rather than marketing claims.
An FSD software update is a new download for Tesla’s self-driving features. The hosts plan to test it again after the update because the way the car drives with FSD can change.
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Hey everyone, I'm Tom, this is Joy. Welcome to today's video labeled FSD
version 14.3.3 renew or cancel. So as a full disclosure we've actually paid $149
for our first month of FSD at 14.3.3 on the Tesla Model YL. Now I know that a lot
of you are still waiting for FSD 14.3.3 hasn't dropped yet for you. I don't know
why Tesla was delaying their rollout but yeah we were lucky enough to test it
obviously in the first month. So this is not a binary answer by the way, renew or
cancel. It really is dependent on you and I guess that's the point on of today's
video to try and work out where FSD is useful in Australia currently. Basically
what is it good at and what is it bad at? So our eventual answer may not be you
know what you agree with certainly for your situation. Everyone is different in
Sydney and Australia but certainly we'll work through that today. Okay so let's
let's go through first the different road types. Is FSD useful for these road
types? Okay so first thing is highway driving. So we've done already some a lot
of highway driving in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales
having driven from Sydney to Brisbane recently and Gold Coast. So is highway
driving useful joy in FSD 14.3.3? This is what we have to answer today.
Definitely I think that's a big green tick from me. There are some
caveats though. I think it's good for like 95% of the time. Unfortunately
there are some occasions such as when it doesn't recognise the 110 kilometres
an hour speed sign. That can be quite frustrating for me personally. And if the
map data is inconsistent and I know that there's been a recent map data
software update so yes I'm aware of that but on the map version we were
driving there were some exits where it tried to exit like on the M1 for example
between Gold Coast and Brisbane. Pretty much every exit it would at one point
yeah every exit would be like oh this is me like no no it's not. I understand
there's been a lot of road work in that area too and it's not always always
dropping down a 10410 areas but when it does it's quite
frustrating. I know you can drive at a hundred that's fine but we I like to
drive at the speed limit a 110 just because I think it's safer
personally. I don't like cars going rushing past me all the time. I like to
stick with the same speed everyone's driving at. Yeah I guess the other thing
about going and again it may not bother you you're thinking oh it's just a time
differencing but as as Tom was saying if you are going a hundred in a hundred and
ten zone you will get the you know the big B-doubles passing you and that's
not fun so yes I would rather be at the same speed as the B-doubles and they're
never they're never next to me as much as possible. That's right so I think on the
whole of it you know on the what do you call it anymore coffee overall for the
highway driving I would still yes probably on the balance of things yes
it is a Saturday afternoon feeling sleepy but yeah on the balance of things
for the next highway drive I would probably still have to buy it. Yeah and and I think it's one of those things where like would I
personally like if it was available to me would I flick it on for highway
driving and for me the answer is yes I would turn it on so the the annoying
parts about it you know aren't outweighed by the benefits. The
benefits do far outweigh we should actually talk about the benefits. The fact
that it's on means that you can adjust yourself a little bit you know in in the
car as you're driving you don't your hands and your feet are not in a fixed
position your eyes aren't glued to keeping you know seeing whether you're
going 110 that being said of course obviously a lot of cars do have you
know cruise control and some cars even have lanes entering so it is it is a
step above that as well but I am aware that other cars have kind of like a
technology that's a little bit close to that as well so it's it's
not the be all or end all but certainly for highway driving yes I would say and
I think fatigue levels are better as well because you're less mentally
fatigued you're less physically fatigued the cars driving for you most of the
time and you're just literally supervising the car so yes I think it's
definitely definitely a better to have it on than not overall. Almost to the
point where you feel a little bit sleepy because it's doing such a good job
most of the time right and I have to say for me never so maybe that I think that
does does depend on kind of like the individual driver personality I for me
going at those speeds I am never tired but I am in like a generally anxious
nervous person when I'm driving so I would never get sleepy behind the wheel
yeah yeah I'm just saying like it's so good that you don't want to be too
complacent you know what you still want to pay attention right it's still
supervised okay next category is country roads we're talking like regional roads
where it's single lane you know both ways both directions and it's like there's
very little deviation it's just one road all the way and I personally think this
is a really good use case for FSD we drive this in the hinterlands in the
Gold Coast and we've done some regional driving too with it and I think I think
it's a tick this is this is where it works really well it's probably one of
the best use cases I think for for FSD the fact that now you can also choose
it's kind of like personality I think is important because when we were in
hurry or even standard it would tend to tailgate the car in front so being able
to kind of like back off just by you know scrolling your thumb up and down was
nice yeah you can you can't adjust the max speed anymore with version 14 but
you can change the personalities and so yeah so I think that's this is where it's
top marks I think it's very good for country roads suburban roads now we're
talking like we're talking suburban Sydney suburban urban suburban Brisbane not
like inner city not on the highway just you know through the back roads of you
know suburb A suburb B go to the shops etc is is this still useful what do you
think okay so this is where I feel if it's my neck of the woods I would say
no because I prefer to drive myself and I'm too critical and pee but if it's
somewhere that I'm not familiar with maybe I would pop it on in that situation
I agree I agree being a Sydney cider and being in a rush a lot of the time I
feel I still need to be in control I think there's too much stuff going on I
don't want to be distracted I don't want to wait for the car to make
a decision rather I want to be fully control I want to get to my destination
quickly I look hurry mode is good for that but I still want to be gripping the
wheel and turning it and going quickly well I still within the speed limit but
making a quick decision yeah the most efficient commute that you yeah I think
you know the area well it is frustrating sometimes watching the car go do do
its own thing versus as Joy said if you're in a foreign area then you don't
know any better yeah and we found that when we were in in Brisbane and parts of
the Gold Coast where we're just like is this the right lane to be in I wouldn't
know we'll just let the car do its thing exactly okay last one for road types
is inner city and the CBD so this is like super busy super tight roads lots of
people lots of pedestrians around what do you think I have to say no mainly
because of the wild card that is road works and like signs that it doesn't
pick up on like you know one way or no right turn all the stuff like that I
feel like it's not quite there for that yet yeah that's a hard one isn't a
road work because it's so spontaneous yeah I we have tried it obviously several
times on camera but I certainly didn't feel as comfortable as having control of
the wheel so even in someone like Brisbane where I was like oh what's it
doing it's like going right up to the road work and then turning off out of the
lane so kind of stuff as a human you'd have more emotional closure than that
and I've just turned away from that road work sooner so just cut those kind of
decisions where I would think I probably wouldn't use it as often okay so
they're kind of the four major road types let's go through driver types this
is more interesting more human so let's start with older or older drivers or
drivers with let's say mobility issues or accessibility issues is this where
FSD might be useful I mean we see it a lot in the comments that you know people
say like this is this is really this would be really good for me so I mean we
can't personally comment on this I don't think it's fair of us to try and comment
and place our kind of perspective on top of other people but all we can say is
that from what other people comment on our videos they think that this would be
something that would be useful for them good point yeah I don't think I'm
certainly not I don't think Joey is right at that stage where we think the
car is driving better than us yet that that day may come I hope it well
hopefully the car will get there actually one day yeah it's I mean we're
hoping it's not so much at our driving skills to climb but that obviously that
FSD improves yeah I will say one thing though camp I've heard people in the
comments saying oh it's gonna react much faster than I would or I wouldn't be
able to you know if I've got a medical issue like I think personally at the
moment with road rules you probably shouldn't be driving anyway if you you
can't you know if you can't cope with with some of the roads
reaction times what do you think that's a bit controversial isn't it yeah I mean
look and that's that's getting into an area that I am not willing to comment on
because I'm not your doctor so that is something that you need to discuss with
your GP or with your treating specialist as to whether or not it's safe for you
to drive and that's not an area that I am going to wade into at all no it's
murky and FSD certainly is not a substitute as as your driver at the
moment a lot of the way it is currently but there are features coming and I
don't think I don't think FSD should be using this situation where people are
saying look if someone has a medical episode behind the wheel it will be
able to recognise that medical episode put on the hazards slowly you know go
over to the left in the shoulder and then call emergency services like I've
seen another brand of car have an option to do that I I don't think it's there
for FSD that I'm aware of yeah I mean that day will probably come which is
good because medical episodes do happen but yeah I'd certainly be wary using
this as a substitute for your own awareness and judgment okay peak hour
traffic now this is obviously something I'm very keen on discussing because I
have driven this in peak hour in Sydney and during peak hour I'm in a rush there's
no doubt I'm trying to get to work I'm trying to drop the kids off or I'm trying
to get back home or whatever and this everyone's in the same situation as you
in Sydney it is sometimes there's chaos so I think personally peak hour I would
not want to use it and interestingly for me I would actually say I would use it
in that situation okay because there was a stage when we were on the M1 and you
know it's like basically 45 on the M1 motorway I should say up in up in
South Dakota and there's 45 lanes of essentially gridlock there are a
couple of cars trying to dodge back and forth between the lanes they're not
going anywhere any faster than anybody else they're just wasting their time and
energy in my opinion trying to go back and forth I think that's a perfect case
to just stick it on like let the car do its thing and just calm down and just go
you know what I can't do much about this situation so I'm just gonna let the
car drive for me because you're not actually gonna get there that much
faster like all that stress and energy for an extra like like at most one car
is the length ahead and then you know if you're in the other lane you just sell
right past them again so I think you and I have probably talked about different
things because I'm actually referring to like inner city like traffic not so much
like highway because I agree but that for me that's peak hour traffic yeah peak
hour traffic is when you are sitting bumper to bumper and it's kind of like
gridlock okay no that's what I call peak hour traffic yeah if it's like on a
highway like the M4 and 5 you know M2 yeah in Brisbane the M1 that's where it's
useful even but honestly even wearing a freeway okay maybe not wearing a freeway
do not try to fix the other okay Rosal bridge like come on okay yeah if it's a
it's a major road two or three lanes okay but I was talking more like the kind
of like inner Sydney kind of roads which can be chock-a-block and there are like
tradies dining in and out you know mums and dads drop off kids walking around
that's what I am talking about yeah okay so that's that's busy that's not peak
out pick me pick our means bumper to bumper like you can't do anything all
right we have different definitions definitions so yeah I agree look if I
was on stuck on the M1 all the time or the M2 M3 and 4 in Sydney I would
probably still use it yes agreed okay next one is school drop-off and shops this
is like yeah this is quite a busy time in Sydney I'm sure in other cities as
well and also shops like I'm we're talking about going to the shops you know
during the day pick up something from the shops come back I guess they're two
different scenarios let's start with school drop-off would you use it during
school drop-off absolutely not children and as simple as that this children
involved so no too many vulnerabilities too many liabilities yeah I agree it's a
tricky one shops yeah I think probably maybe if you didn't if time wasn't of
the essence possibly yeah again but for me I like every time we turned into a
shopping center and there's like pedestrians walking around it just
raised the stakes for me a bit too high and I was I would just be personally too
nervous to use it now I know for that won't be an issue for a lot of other
people who have more trust in the technology just for me I I just want to
have more control so that's just a me thing and and we have tried parking
itself at different shops and things it's not hundred percent so yeah it's
always an anxious moment for me watching it park itself so I don't think it's
quite there yet for that situation especially in like very busy shops in
the city this one's an easy one for me new and young drivers so this one's like
a blanket no definitely not don't let them use FST let them get used to like
road and being being a what's the word responsive to traffic issues before
using FST personally yeah yeah and I agree a hundred percent they that yeah
shouldn't even be thinking about that yeah easy holiday makers in a foreign
place I think that's also an easy one I think that's a yes yeah this is a big
yes yes yes for me and I'm sure it's yes for you it is I think this is like the
perfect use case because you don't know the roads you don't know the kind of
like nuances of the cultural way people drive as well so to come I'd actually
know better than you how people tend to drive you know in that particular
geographical location the other thing is that you're probably not time-pressured
as well so even if it takes a slightly wrong route you're not really going to
get that cross with it if it takes a slightly longer way to get there than
otherwise it's just more scenery and sightseeing for you so I think this is a
perfect use case yep tourist mode for sure I love to use try it at Tesla FST in
California I think it worked pretty well for what I've heard online alright so
next category like next subheading is what FST is good at okay we've kind of
already touched on these so we'll whip through these so highways yes I think
generally it's quite good with a caveat that there are some conflicts with nap
data where it works just so be careful of that but mostly I think it works quite
well single-lane roads again that's like a country driving ideal again okay
sticking to speed limits in standard mode yeah I think it's good at doing that
in standard mode in hurry it always went over but standard on standard mode I
think it's pretty good and you can always you know like take it down to chill as
well yeah yep and what is good at is it's good at in slow traffic as Joyce said
on the M1 in Brisbane yep don't stress just yeah go with the flow yeah in
hurry mode it can weave a little bit but in general in standard I think works
pretty well honestly it was overly aggressive in standard mode in Queensland
and I and I know I've said on other videos that standard wasn't like it was
too big of a drop in Sydney but it was not big enough of a drop in Queensland so
it just goes to show you that depending on where you are driving in the world
yeah it's gonna be different that's funny based on what you know all the
other drivers are doing around you so that's funny because I went back home
from the holiday and came back here and used hurry mode in Sydney I was like oh
this is not fast enough I was getting like cut off and stuff so it is quite
funny actually the two different road conditions okay so what FSD is not so
good at and could improve on certainly obviously road work spontaneous road
work you know when the workers suddenly put some markers out yeah it doesn't seem
to read you know those signs that say like the the T sign this is like the
you know the lane up ahead is yeah so it'll just you know coolly sail past a
couple of these and then be like wow the left lane is clear I'm I'm gonna go
into that left lane so that's it has to be program right has to say to the car
you have to be able to recognize this get out pretty sure that's like you know
hazard percent that's not a hazard percent that's just like a basic
sign you'll drive right up to it actually and then cut out so yeah I need to
make that decision yeah 110 kilometer an hour roads yes this is not what it's
not so good at yeah and look I mean road work is like a safety issue but 110 kph
is just a quality of life yeah just annoying yep discuss that ready yeah
map data conflicts and exits that's right so we talked about this and when when we
say exit sometimes it's just like a standard exit but sometimes it was it
did actually just try and drive into a area that was under construction so the
roads not even there and it's just trying to go off into it so that's pretty
bad yeah that's a map data conflict look I understand yes when and when the the
map software update comes it should improve but honestly it needs to be
almost real-time we need to get like real-time map updates I'm not even sure
that's possible whether they get like daily updates with the map because
that's what you need in real life we can't rely on data from six months ago
it's gonna be like pretty much up to date for this to work well it's got to be
like ways where like people can populate it with what's happening in real time
something that six months ago is too late it needs to be like today so anyway I
don't know if that's possible hopefully one day sticking to the speed limit in
hurry mode what FSD is not so good at I mean that's just an Australia thing isn't
it because obviously this this is a coding issue that's not of a concern
anywhere else in the world where you can go well not anywhere else in the world
but in many other parts of the world where you can go 10% over the speed limit
and no one you know really blinks an eye yeah we've been conditioned here in
Australia not to speed because their fines are huge medium speed traffic in
hurry mode this for me is yeah is there's too many lane changes I just worry
about some of the decisions it's making it'll like come in now out of the lane
with no like overall benefit so it's just too many lane changes yeah the car
looks like one of those cars that I personally laugh at on the road where I'm
like dude you're not getting anywhere any faster correct hurry mode tailgating
it follows the car a little bit too close ahead yeah I don't like that either yeah
and again you know you can dip down the personality but and finally what it's
not so good at which I'm not sure whether it can improve is a lack of
emotional quotient EQ in the lane change decision-making in peak hour
traffic I mean that's similar to what you mentioned before yeah yeah yes not
making the right decisions I'm not sure and that's also you know it's one of
those situations where if you know like the road you might see like a whole line
of cars backed up in one lane because they're they get they need to turn right
and then it'll be it'll be like oh you know I'm just gonna cruise up in the
left lane and then be that annoying car that just suddenly is just like
indicating and then then blocking the entire way for everybody else you know
hoping for someone to let it through when everybody else has patiently waited in
that right lane so that's the kind of stuff we're talking about where oh yeah
yeah that's a different kind of mode I won't say what it is on camera it's not
a good good person not very courteous on the road I mean how can you
fix that because according to the map data you are allowed to be in that lane
and then to cut at that last minute right like that's not illegal it's just
not very courteous yeah and look if we can see it up ahead as humans surely the
car can see it too it's got like how many cameras on the car so right you
should be able to see that up ahead so don't know that's a tough one okay
finally to wrap up the video wishlist and room for improvement for FSD the next
update so number one strict adherence to speed limit if requested I think this is
for Australia like we are conditioned so much to stick to the speed and like we
need a little toggle for like even in hurry mode keep to the speed limit you
know like do not deviate you know not even not even like two kilometers over
like not it's gonna be calling nanny state mode or higher patrol more
higher patrol mode or something right number two more regular map data
updates again I talked about this it has to be real time almost yes I
understand there's been an update 2026.8 it's been released great but it's
got it's probably already out of date because it's like we need it yesterday
we need it today it's got to be real time that's my opinion
roadwork room for improvement I do feel though that given just where FSD
supervised currently is this anytime there's roadwork I really feel just take
over the car don't don't see what it's gonna do like this is one of those
situations where there's people on the road there are lives at stake so you
know yeah don't be silly about it just just drive again yeah and finally this
I don't know this will even come I know Tesla likes to be minimalist with their
UI and so on but a better explanation as to what the plan is what the cars
trying to do whether this be graphically with different colors on the
screen or yes it's gonna change lane like this far down the road I don't know
I'm not sure that's in their plan and I think that's just because we've seen a
competitors version of this kind of like autonomous driving and we're like
wow this is actually really cool the way they've done that so yeah that's not
necessarily for Tesla and look that's our rundown look it's we sound like we
are complaining and we sound like we are quite we've got high standards and we do
we expect quite a quite a good product for $149 a month and I know some of you
said well it's not the same as KO or Spotify or Apple Music or some other
subscription player this is different this is game-changing and I agree it's in
some scenarios as we've said highway driving country roads it is game
changing I think and if you want to use it every day like if you have like a
like a simple long boring commute then this is perfect and absolutely it is
worth like $149 every month if you have that kind of commute but you know a lot
of people don't yeah certainly for my scenario and maybe for joys in Sydney I
personally have switched it off I'm not renewing for this update I don't think
$149 is providing enough value for me in Sydney and again this is a total
caveat because you're already typing on the keyboard this is for only for us for
your situation is different but for me we have cancelled it until the next
update then we'll try it again because we don't do enough highway driving we
don't do enough country driving in Sydney it's just for me not good enough and
luckily we don't have to drive in areas that we're unfamiliar with every day so
I mean I guess that's another use case for it is like if you are a delivery
driver and you're driving you know or maybe you're a tradie who is always
going to new and different places every day then I think yeah that that would
justify $149 every day because goodness me $149 every day $149 a month
because yeah then you can you're like you know focus on other things keep
your mind fresh for when you actually arrive at your work site and not have
to stress about your commute I'm just laughing because I don't know if any
tradies would ever use something like this if you're a tradie and use this I'd
be very surprised but knowing the tradies around Sydney I mean well I mean not
necessarily a tradie just someone who has to go on site right okay so there are
people who do like service calls and things like that yeah like reps yeah
maybe yep yep maybe who shall see yeah just laughing because I can't imagine
there are plenty of people who have to like they're like healthcare workers who
have to do yeah okay maybe healthcare workers okay but look I think I think
$149 is quite steep honestly even as you know we're not Tesla fans huge fans
but we do enjoy watching the product but even for that much money it's a lot
to spend on a product which I probably wouldn't want to use every day if for
the next like holiday or road trip I'll probably add it again because it was
quite useful but I think day-to-day at the moment at 14.3.3 it's a no so and
if you are gonna do a long trip and you think I'm paying $149 but I'm only
gonna be using it for like you know two days but on those days you might be
driving kind of like 10-12 hours a day so you do get your value I think if you
are doing a long road trip it is worth you know definitely I think it is worth
you know purchasing it if you're gonna do a road trip definitely I doubt it again
now the next the last thing I want to talk about is the cost because I'm very
fascinated by how much whether this will stay at $149 a month because we know I
won't mention who but there are competitors coming on the market that
may potentially be adding like their own self-driving version yeah much less or
even free yeah I mean like it's it's free in their country of origin yeah like
you buy the car and it comes with it and you don't pay any additional subscription
and it just works and it's there and you can choose to use it or not but you
don't have to pay yeah and suddenly it's a value thing like is is the Tesla
product $140 more or whatever $50 more $100 more better than this competitor
product that's what I'm really very curious about and yeah yeah it's like
it's like chat GPT and deep-seek all over again isn't it or other other products
sorry so whether it's the value is there to pay the amount for for this
version of self-driving anyway well I don't have the answers I guess time will
tell no and plus that particular product doesn't exist in Australia yet so for
now it's if it's FSD it's literally the only company that has it in
Australia so yeah anyway hence why they can charge $149 there's very
interesting times ahead and we will be there to test it for you don't worry or
any final thoughts before you wrap up no but I will say I don't regret paying
$149 for the month that we had it because I think particularly for our
drive up and down you know it was so useful and also seeing like where it
worked really well yeah and for me it's you know I wanted to see what it was
like for myself because you can read all your liking watch all the videos you're
like but until you really test it and document it you won't know so I think
it was a worthwhile educational experience for me but yeah definitely
testing it in some places where I don't know as well yes that is when it
really it really does shine correct correct all right well look until the
next FSD software update we will be there we'll pay it again and we'll test it
for you guys on the channel but I'm enjoying myself thanks for watching
until next time on Ludacris feed happy charging
About this episode
Hosts weigh whether Tesla Model Y FSD (Supervised) 14.3.3 is worth $149/month in Australia. They say it’s great for highway and slow, single-lane country driving—reducing workload—but it stumbles on speed-sign recognition (like 110 km/h), exits, and roadwork when map data is inconsistent or outdated. They debate best use cases (commutes, tourists, unfamiliar roads) versus risky ones (school drop-offs, pedestrian-heavy areas, peak-hour gridlock).
Catch up on the latest in Electric Vehicle news from Australia and around the world! Hosted by Tom & Joy Gan of Ludicrous Feed, Riz Akhtar from Carloop and Roland Lam from Zapped
