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Great video! Thanks for sharing!

 

Autopilot definitely should have lit up the steering wheel blue near the speedometer and took over steering for you.

 

This is confusing, The Monroney Sticker shows you paid $39K for your car which includes the options ($35K base + $2.5K Plus option + $1.5K paint option = $39K) but those options do not include Autopilot. However, you state you do have TACC which always has been part of the Autopilot option. Maybe you don't have Autopilot and TACC is now part of basic cruise control? It is a mystery to me.

That is correct. There will be a gray steering wheel icon near the speedo when Autopilot is available to activate (which is most of the time but not all the time). The steering wheel icon turns blue when you activate Autopilot.

No, that doesn't work. You activate TACC with a single tap DOWN on the right stock, You activate Autopilot with a quick double tap DOWN on the right stock. ***You cannot activate Autopilot and/or TACC unless the car is moving at least 30 kph (18 mph).

 

Is the TACC also activated with lane keeping, or is the system using a less situational aware cruise control with lane keeping?

 

With 3500 miles of experience on my car, TACC is independent of LKA (lane keep assist). You can have TACC without LKA, but you cannot have LKA without TACC. LKA simply keeps the car centered between the lines. TACC keeps the car from crashing into other cars when they slow or cut into your lane (exactly the same as the ACC works on my Prius). The big difference between Tesla's TACC and Toyota's ACC is that TACC remains active even when you come to a dead stop, then moves forward when the car in front moves forward. While ACC disengages under about 15 mph.

With TACC, you can set your following distance from 1 to 7. The closer you set your following following distance the more abrupt the braking will be if a car intrudes in your path. I always set my following distance to 7 to avoid abrupt braking. I have never felt uncomfortable with my Tesla's braking behavior with following distance at 7. The braking is smoother and less aggressive when the need arises.

LKA has nothing to do with following distance or sudden braking. Those are functions of TACC. It takes more than a day to find the settings you are most comfortable with. It took me about a week playing with the settings before I found what suited me best.

 

Just odd that others got stupider with lane keeping on.

 

This is not the way it works on my car, but I have EAP not the AP with fewer features. Perhaps they have changed the activation procedure for cars with AP. The online owners manual has not been updated yet, it only addresses EAP, so who knows what the new protocol is.

I will say that some of the toggle switches on my car can be enabled on the U.I. only while the car is in "P" (park), but lane Keep Assist is activated on my car with two, quick taps DOWN on the right stock while driving, not in "P".

I'm sure that he meant that in humor. Some are bad drivers whether I have Autopilot on or not.

 

You cannot overestimate stupid!

 

I can enter Autopilot (which is combined TACC and LKA) while driving by tapping down twice on the drive stalk. I have the "new" Autopilot, not EAP.

 

Yes, that's the way mine works too. Mark, do you have a sub-menu in the U.I. with a toggle switch to enable LKA and can only be accessed while in "P"? Maybe that's a function of the new AP. My EAP doesn't require enabling LKA with a toggle, it is always automatically on and available with a double tap down on the right stalk.

 

negative

 

1. yes, that is recommended in the owners manual
2. yes, cautions against use of auto lane change on curves in owner's manual
3. yes, that can happen if following too closely. With my following distance set at 7, I don't experience this.
4. I rest two fingers at 6 o'clock position and rarely get a nag. It takes a while to learn the technique for proper torque on wheel and then it becomes second nature without even thinking about it.

 

That's an exciting observation. Congratulations on the quick delivery.

Let the fun begin. I'll be following all the details.

 

I think @bwilson4web seven day return window has expired. I guess he is keeping his 3SR+.