This is a good point to realize. Not sure if you saw my robotaxi review the other day from Austin. This was a perfect example of me NOT being able to disengage because I was a customer in the back, and my 2.1 mile drive took 34 minutes as it looped around my hotel in city traffic trying to figure out what to do. In a supervised FSD drive that would have been a good example of needing to disengage and parking after it initially failed. Those keeping very long streaks are driving like the robotaxi, just letting it do whatever it does, even if it makes no sense.

So my first impression of my @robotaxi unsupervised experience in ATX today. I was picked up at the Westin downtown. Initial wait was estimated at 4 mins. The pin was right out front of my hotel so I was hopeful. But what actually happened is that the @Robotaxi couldn't find a spot to pull over and pick me up. After 10 minutes of looping a two block loop around the hotel, I decided to move the pin because it couldn't change spots on its own for some reason. Once I was in the robotaxi, it was great! Smooth and polished ride in a clean model Y. Drove just like I am familiar with v14. Didn't feel like anything new that could have been v15. I did get a security email alert on my phone from Spotify asking if a new device was just logged in. Happened on both rides. Pull over and drop off at La Barbeque was good, just a few feet away on a side street. Pickup from La Barbeque was in almost the exact same side street spot and was fine. Getting back on the road wasn't quite as smooth as we were trying to turn left without an arrow at a light that only allowed 3-4 cars through on each green light. It needed to be aggressive and go into the intersection so it could at least continue after the light turned red. It didn't at first, it took three light cycles with us being first in line to finally nudge into the intersection and push through the yellow after the right away traffic passed. The drive back on the main road again perfect and pleasant. The drop off back at the Westin exposed the looping problem again. The pin was once again in front of the Westin Downtown and it couldn't find a spot to pull over again. It rerouted to try the same thing three times. With all the lights and traffic this took almost 25 mins before it tried something else. On the fourth try it decided to drop me off at the Courtyard Marriott two and a half blocks away. While a bit disappointing, none of this surprised me. It felt like my car trying to park in my last first impression video. Terminal maneuvers are just not refined yet. I can understand one pass not working but repeating the same thing over and over felt silly to me. But that is what my car would have done too. I left detailed feedback in the app and also called support at the end of the drive asking them to flag my drive for analysis. I hope this feedback helps the team.

Well well well. On the LOOONG weekend where things keep happening. I was on the way home from grabbing some takeout before heading to work tomorrow, and look what I stumbled into testing on Chucks Unprotected Left Turn in Jacksonville FL. The Cybercab! It had a driver in the drivers seat and was most likely collecting data. But this is further indication that this @Robotaxi thing is going to explode before we know it. Its coming. Get ready. @Tesla_AI