An OG of Kiwi podcasting & 2025 Tesla Model 3 owner named TARS. Podcasts in FSD? Hmmm… Current FSD version: v14.3.12 Down Under
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Pressing the FSD button for the first time felt like this...
"Almost like an out-of-body experience."
My first time pushing the FSD button. The only thing close is summoning the courage to ask my then-girlfriend to be my wife. My wife would probably kill me for saying that.
Nathan's reply - "Sometimes when the car does drive itself, you just think, how is this even possible?" – at New Zealand
"What sold to me was the giant iPad in front of the car."
Back in the day there was no delivery centre. On Nathan's 40th birthday, the truck pulled up in his driveway and reversed the Tesla down. "That's the best birthday present for my entire life."
From Episode 2 of The TESLA Files with Nathan - @4TESLANZ. – at New Zealand
The TESLA Files with Nate (@4TESLANZ) 🎙️⚡ Listen back to the full yarn.
nitter.cf/i/spaces/1AMXpdEkJbbkk…
The Wife Test...
@mikeHudsonisonX rented a Model 3 for two days.
Then Mike's3 wife drove it - "how can I ever go back to driving a normal car?"
For me, it came when my wife tried FSD for the first time. Now I can't get my car back lol.
From Episode 1 of The TESLA Files. – at New Zealand
Last year I fulfilled a five-year dream - saving up and buying a new Tesla.
I said to the Tesla guys I was coming in, buying one and taking it, and I wasn't test driving. They looked at me like I was nuts.
I knew I'd like driving it because I'd been watching video after video.
Now I'm driving FSD here in New Zealand, and for the most part I'm really enjoying it. – at New Zealand
We jumped straight from FSD 14.3.5 to 14.3.12 here in New Zealand.
From crawling, to running, to sprinting... to some version of a flying car (metaphorically).
nitter.cf/willfleming/status/211… – at New Zealand
FSD v14.3.12 (down under) has arrived in New Zealand.
We've jumped straight from 14.3.5 to 14.3.12 here in New Zealand, so I took it for a spin on my way to a meeting.
To be honest, I'm not sure FSD was created for rural roads but it did well. Felt smoother that was until it wanted to drive straight through a roundabout without stopping lol.
Better at reading speed signs (kind of), Mad Max tested on rural roads (weird), and it parked itself outside the café (after I intervened the first time).
Quite impressed (overall).
PS. This video was edited by Claude. Bloody hell, we live inside the machine now...
First go, FSD v14.3.12 Down Under tried a spot that was not a park. I took over.
Second go, it reversed straight in.
Quite impressed, actually. – at New Zealand
nitter.cf/willfleming/status/211… – at New Zealand
FSD v14.3.12 (down under) has arrived in New Zealand.
We've jumped straight from 14.3.5 to 14.3.12 here in New Zealand, so I took it for a spin on my way to a meeting.
To be honest, I'm not sure FSD was created for rural roads but it did well. Felt smoother that was until it wanted to drive straight through a roundabout without stopping lol.
Better at reading speed signs (kind of), Mad Max tested on rural roads (weird), and it parked itself outside the café (after I intervened the first time).
Quite impressed (overall).
PS. This video was edited by Claude. Bloody hell, we live inside the machine now...
FSD v14.3.12 (down under) has arrived in New Zealand.
We've jumped straight from 14.3.5 to 14.3.12 here in New Zealand, so I took it for a spin on my way to a meeting.
To be honest, I'm not sure FSD was created for rural roads but it did well. Felt smoother that was until it wanted to drive straight through a roundabout without stopping lol.
Better at reading speed signs (kind of), Mad Max tested on rural roads (weird), and it parked itself outside the café (after I intervened the first time).
Quite impressed (overall).
PS. This video was edited by Claude. Bloody hell, we live inside the machine now... – at New Zealand