I'm not one to post online, but felt compelled to share my latest experience with FSD on my trip to Canada.
To be clear I'm not a Tesla convert, in fact I'm a long time investor, but don't own Tesla or indeed have access to FSD here in the UK. I do believe in Elon's vision of future technology, less so his politics, although even that has centered me more.
Anyway, I hired a 2026 Model 3 equipped with the latest FSD v14.3.9 through Turo and had to pick it up in downtown Toronto. I've driven Teslas before but not with FSD and I've never driven in America or Canada, so am unfamiliar with the laws of the road as well as making the left hand drive adjustment.
As I have watched many YouTube videos of FSD in action by many great content creators, I was confident.
I entered the location of my accomodation, roughly 10km out of Toronto, looked at my partner, hesitated, then hit 'Start' ..
The rest was just amazement.
It handled all the driving for my entire stay in and around Toronto, Niagara Falls, Awenda Provincial Park, it was like magic, very calm, very confident and immediately felt very safe. The key here is that I felt it was more safe than any driving I could have done.
I learnt so much just watching what it did as it navigated complex junctions, pedestrians, cyclists, traffic lights, multi lanes, everything!
Yes, occasionally it had trouble parking at a destination, loves a central lane and the NHTSA stops sometimes made shrink in my seat, but the rest was effortless, flawless, including avoiding falling branches, signs leaning into the road, geese and roadworks.
This is undoubtedly the future and as soon as it arrives in the UK I may have to find the money to pick one up. Nobody realises, even telling people doesn't cut it, it has to be experienced.
Thank you to Tesla and all Tesla content creators that spread this word 😊
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