ULTIMATE TESLA FSD TEST - Can it drive me from NH to FL? Will charging be a PITA?

[@Trialnerror]

Thank you all so much for watching! If by chance, you're considering a new Tesla, this link will give you $2,000 off your purchase. It will also give me $1,000 and that would come in handy right about now :) ts.la/tom527717

[@stevebbbbi5438]

Thanks for the awesome video. You really set my set my mind at ease, leaving tomorrow in 2024 M.Y. Michigan to fort pierce Florida was planning on no hotel stays just power napping in car. FSD is going to help alot with fatigue. Hope you enjoy your family time. Can't wait to see my 92 year old dad😊

[@Trialnerror]

Thank you for taking the time to write that out and have a safe and enjoyable drive tomorrow. There's really nothing to worry about, Tesla has figured it out!

[@kyocera3395]

First time watching your videos and i like how you edited with sound, visual aids and summary. Makes me want to mke my own videos of tesla road trips.

[@MrKamccarthyinc]

Good video Tom. Best of luck with the job situation.

[@Trialnerror]

Thank you very much for the kind words and for watching!

[@EC-cm8sf]

I drove NJ to Madison Wisconsin. One thing I discovered is staying at 70 is better than 85 since it saves you charging stops.

[@harriettanthony7352]

Hey Ho! This writer is NEW to Tesla EVs and the Tesla navigation systems. This is very useful for his education on how FSD/Tesla/Charging details work. And sheer intuitive genius of and on the vanity mirror making the spy camera 'happy' in FSD. From other videos on Tesla, when the FSD or like fails, it most often means you have hit a reception dead zone. Thanks for taking the time to do this. And good luck with the search for another job!

[@stephencampbell9095]

Entertaining, I recently did a nonstop 1100 mile trip from Colorado Springs to the RGV. It cost about $97 to make the trip. The biggest problem encountered was night time driving in very dark conditions. It would bump out of FSD with a camera obscured message because there was nothing to see in the dark of night. Without FSD, a trip like this is out of the question for this 75 year our.

[@Trialnerror]

Did you happen to watch the part of this video where I show how you can prop open the visor's to get just enough light to keep FSD happy? Worked like a charm!

[@stephencampbell9095]

@@Trialnerror That was my main takeaway from the video. I was getting cameras blocked messages so it didn't occur to me. Next time.

[@ronrichardson7766]

The external cameras, epsecially the pillar cameras, will not beable to see at night is driving to a barren area. Happens to me all the time going out to Maricopa City on 347. It gets really dark out there in the dessert.

[@keithcosimini2150]

3:32 "Can't wait to get outta Massachusetts". You and me both man.

[@harriettanthony7352]

O Gawd! YES! Anywhere but Mass.! This writer bought his first Tesla , a 2020, '03' in Framingham, Mass and drove it home to Maine via Route 495 at 1630hrs! Fortune favour the foolish!

[@JohnMarsing]

That's pretty cool. Electrified road trip!

[@coreyverisario6570]

It freaked out at you 11:57 not because of the battery percentage. Lol. I have had it drive to a charger from 100% to 2% on 12.5.6.3. can't wait for v13! Lol. Glad to see others taking long trips!

[@Trialnerror]

Good to know and thank you for watching man!

[@nicholaspappas9712]

Thanks, we have a model Y and next year will be the first trip to Maine. It was nice to see how you did, glad you made it to Wawa and Buckee’s. 😀

[@harriettanthony7352]

Hey Ho! a trip to Maine, good for you--says this Maine-ee-ack. If you need in state travel plans, drop me a message

[@CYPRUS005]

I love your comment at 15:04. I've reached deep in ...

[@Trialnerror]

I've been waiting for this comment lol.

[@SchulzChris]

It had to be tough to build trust in the systems let alone getting past battery anxiety! Good luck with the new job 👍

[@Trialnerror]

I wish I had a new job lined up Chris...this was NOT expected. Don't worry though, I'm going to start a OnlyFans ;)

[@SchulzChris]

@Trialnerror Well then?! I'll be sure spread the word and help the cause. I'm certain you will be on your feet in no time. With or without Onlyfans?!

[@desmondstanley4372]

I’ve done a similar drive. San Diego to Seattle and back, around 24hrs each way. This was in 2020 when it wasn’t as good, nonetheless it was lightyears better than when I had previously completed the same trip with a gas car. Even then I sat and supervised the car rather than focused on driving. I can’t wait to see the days where most people get to experience the much lessened fatigue of driving during a long roadtrip.

[@narmen1984]

I mean there is still a really big difference between charging stops and gas stops. Like hours more worth of time spent charging. It does have to get down to much lower charging times to be feasible for the majority of drivers to move full EV. I'm a city kid I know it would work for me but a lot of ppl can't see it.

[@charliejones5953]

Nice video man. I live is ossipee nh and im thinking about getting a tesla as i have to go to NY for work.

[@danfoley1429]

Great video! Thanks for posting especially the summary at the end. I assume you were using FSD version 12.5 something versus the not yet widely released version 13.2 that is getting incredible reviews so these drives will only get better from here, pretty amazing. While driving an EV requires a few more stops and each stop is longer which adds to the time of the trip, it did allow you to skip a hotel stay for a night which saved time and money too. What also saves money is the lower per mile cost of a Tesla for wear and tear and maintenance which could factor in at 5¢ (or maybe 10¢) a mile in savings. Your per money energy costs are right in line with supercharging which I ballpark at 40¢ per kWh for trip planning. At that one huge Tesla Supercharging location I would have chosen a faster charging stall like one of the new V4's (black cabinets) that can charge at the max speed your Tesla can handle. Just imagine what FSD will be able to do in a year from now!

[@Trialnerror]

Yes, this was 12.5 and I can't wait for 13. Funny thing is that on the way back, because I hit some of the higher cost stations at night, it only cost me $120 total. Nothing gas powered could do 1,565 miles for $120!

[@harriettanthony7352]

Save money on a hotel bill, says the YOUNG MAN! Gawd, wait a few decades and see what you say!

[@feger481]

I know the time's coming but I can hardly wait. Until I can just sleep in the car, it'll pull up to a charging station and charge itself and continue on its way. I'll just get up and eat and do a couple of bathroom stops on the trip and not have a worry in the world, just like a little kid.

[@patricksquires77]

When they look like RVs - you know it is fully real.

[@philliesfan1flyeaglesfly330]

How many times did you have to intervene with “FSD”? I only counted one time when it shut off on you. Any others? How less fatigued where you if you had ever down the same trip in an ICE?

[@Trialnerror]

Just the one time. I've since come back home and it only cost $120 due to more overnight charging. So a total of one intervene over 3,130 miles traveled! I've never been able to do this trip without staying one night in NC/SC so the FSD does make a huge difference. I just never felt safe driving that tired but with FSD, you feel like someone (something) else is always got your back.

[@philliesfan1flyeaglesfly330]

@ That’s great to hear from someone planing to take a similar trip one day

[@kjshy]

If I am better than shampoo content bottle 💯 😂😂😂😂😂 You are good!

[@Trialnerror]

Those shampoo bottle authors have my respect LMAO.

[@rvboondocker2559]

Probably not wise to make a video that documents that you are watching television while driving the car. That said, I also generally use many fewer charging stops than the car suggests and it’s much faster that way.

[@Kahuna_550]

Allegedly

[@HeBurntMyShake0]

8:50. 😂 Jesus Christ

[@Trialnerror]

I'm sure you don't know this but I've been waiting for this comment to show up. LMAO

[@aaronbounds1336]

Gas isn’t the only expense associated with cars and road tripping. If gasoline was free, electric cars would still be cheaper to operate throughout their lifetime. The maintenance expenses on a properly maintained ICE engine and vehicle over 400K miles are quite high. I chose 400K as an example as that seems like about how long a high-voltage pack will last.

[@Trialnerror]

I completely agree! You're spot on with this analysis.

[@AC-io8qs]

Find any electric car with that high of mileage, you won't.

[@falsedragon33]

I have a 100k mile 2016 fusion and a 87k mile 2018 model s. The fusion has been cheaper to maintain as it has yet to have a problem. I have had to fix 3 issues on the S. I do all my own work on both, so it's not that spendy either way.

[@JosephHowes2003]

I've been traveling the east coast for the last 4 months in a 2020 Model 3 Performance and it's been great. The Full Self Driving definitely makes it dramatically easier but I'm really hoping to get version 13. 12 has been jerky lately and keeps slamming on the brakes when it sees the light change to yellow.

[@andrewf67]

V13 isn't coming to HW3. It is being trained on HW4 cameras with higher resolution / more pixels and optimized for the HW4 computer. TBD what they will do for HW3 but right now they are focused on getting feature complete on HW4. (And AI5 is coming in 2026.)

[@Neubs-xv8tw]

I live right by the hamden supercharger!

[@Trialnerror]

No kidding! I use to live in Manchester CT!

[@TrevortonOffroad]

It seems to do a lot of miles camped in the left lane.

[@Trialnerror]

It will depending on the mode. I had it in the normal mode, between "chill" and I can't remember the top mode, maybe "assertive". In the middle mode, it will hang in the left lane unless someone comes up behind you. It will switch to the middle lane if faster moving traffic shows up.

[@jasm.5823]

Bets are on “no it can’t “. This is before I watch the whole video.

[@jasm.5823]

Well I was wrong. Good trip! I’m really surprised you decided to hammer through without stopping. 👍

[@Trialnerror]

@@jasm.5823 Thank you for watching man. It was better than I thought it would be too!

[@Testlabro]

Sscond largest mall i believe. The mall of america in Minnesota is the largest i think

[@Trialnerror]

You're 100% correct.

[@joelmarold]

I see you chose the v2 charger instead of all those v4 chargers along the way :)

[@Trialnerror]

Yes I didn't even think of it and then immediately regretted it when I saw the charge rate on those V2s

[@joelmarold]

Tbh you were about 1000kms in on you 3rd red bull probably ;) what’s sad is the 2016 tech is still faster than most other EVs

[@lowspeed2000]

Which version is this?

[@Trialnerror]

12.5 and thank you for watching!

[@michaelpelic]

When FSD dropped out were you under an overpass?

[@Trialnerror]

I wish I could remember but of course I can't, and the camera wasn't rolling at that particular moment either so I guess that will remain a mystery.

[@vincentmoise7671]

$178.75 total charging cost. 1565 miles. Isn’t that 0.114217 cents per mile?

[@Trialnerror]

No it's .0879213 cents per mile.

[@maratthmola]

Cool. 337 wh/mile. Not bad!

[@Trialnerror]

and that's with me putting down many miles over 80mph. If I really wanted to be gentle, I bet I could average around 250.

[@darylfortney8081]

Biggest issue is you having to pull out of your own driveway

[@Trialnerror]

Yea, that was a lot of work but I managed it ;)

[@andre1987eph]

They need to increase the range. ll that charging is ridiculous.

[@ricardoacostatorres1350]

They are working on it, the new model will have 800km (500 miles).

[@ricardoacostatorres1350]

Is this HW3 or HW4? FSD 13.2?

[@andrewf67]

It's a 2020 M3 Long Range. They didn't release HW4 until last year.

[@tonybrown6775]

Roast beef from Bucces are great

[@blackpepe]

good peckens too, however they aren't duck friendly so they can eat my ass beef sandwich

[@Trialnerror]

I got a roast beef sub on the way back up and yes, it was amazing!

[@jorgepichardo1256]

I was told you could not wear sunglasses while on FSD. I’m guessing that is false, as I saw you wearing sunglasses.

[@Trialnerror]

I was told the same and yes, that's very false. It had no problems with sunglasses!

[@ranig2848]

It was a limitation until a couple of months ago. Latest release are hands free with sunglasses as well…

[@SH-in1qz]

Great, content. But please don't do these too much. Take at least a 4 hour sleep, makes a big difference.

[@Trialnerror]

I agree 100%, I certainly don't have any plans to do this again anytime soon but I'm glad everything did workout OK.

[@epcalderhead]

@@Trialnerror 27 hours no sleep, 1,500 miles? You sir, are a beast. Fun trip. Bottom right corner on the screen will show the city/town and road.

[@rwhirsch]

i was going to watch the whole video but you drove out of your driveway...so...

[@KeenanModica]

😂 That was hilarious