🌙🚗 Mount Plesant to Maccas Drive thru | FSD Down Under Supervised 🇦🇺

There’s something magical about testing Tesla FSD Supervised Down Under at night — headlights cutting through the drizzle, quiet suburban roads, and the thrill of knowing the car is making most of the decisions. In this drive, we didn’t just take the Model 3 for a simple cruise. We pushed the system hard, forcing it into confusing scenarios, tight turns, and real-world challenges that most drivers face every week. And while there were loads of positives (including a sweet McDonald’s drive-thru test 🍔🍟), there were also a couple of moments that reminded us that the final 0.01% of autonomy is going to be the toughest to crack. ⸻ 🔍 Highlights of the Drive • 🌧️ Drizzle conditions – Rain makes everything harder. Reflections, reduced visibility, glare — and yet, FSD kept its cool. • 🔄 Tight 3-point turn – At a dead-end street, the car executed a remarkably precise 3-point turn, showing composure even in a situation where many human drivers would shuffle nervously. • ⚡ Forced errors – We deliberately tried to confuse the car, throwing curveballs at it. And surprisingly, in most cases, it resisted doing the wrong thing, defaulting to safe decisions instead of risky ones. • 🏞️ Mount Pleasant sloping roads – A real test of logic and braking. With inclines, declines, and limited visibility over crests, FSD had to judge carefully. • 🛣️ Joining Princes Motorway from Mount Pleasant – A bold move where the car merged seamlessly from steep suburban terrain onto the motorway, adapting to faster flows of traffic without hesitation. • 🍔 McDonald’s drive-thru test – This was the fun highlight. Guiding a Tesla through a Macca’s drive-thru at night in the rain felt surreal. Narrow lanes, tight corners, low-speed precision — and FSD handled it like a champ. • 🚧 Forced shoulder drive (scary) – One of the moments where we tested FSD’s limits. Forcing it onto the shoulder at night in drizzle was unsettling. It goes to show that while the system is robust, it’s still not invincible. • ⚠️ Post-McDonald’s unforced error – After the drive-thru win, there was a strange slip-up. A reminder that while FSD is 99.99% there, the remaining 0.01% is the hardest and most critical to solve before we can call it fully safe. ⸻ ✅ The Positives • Smooth navigation in night + drizzle conditions • Logical decisions even when we tried to confuse it • Excellent control in tight, low-speed manoeuvres like the 3-point turn • Confident handling of sloping roads and blind crests at Mount Pleasant • Seamless merge onto the Princes Motorway from steep terrain • Pulled off a drive-thru test that felt futuristic and fun ⚠️ The Watchouts • Forced shoulder test was unsettling and shows the risks of edge-case driving • One unforced post-drive-thru error — small, but significant as a reminder that autonomy isn’t perfect yet ⸻ 🎯 Why This Test Matters It’s easy to watch Tesla FSD handle clean motorways and think the job is done. But real life happens in rain, at night, in dead ends, in parking lots, on hilly roads, and even in McDonald’s drive-thrus. These are the environments that separate flashy demos from real-world usability. This drive proved something important: FSD is astonishingly close to perfection, but not quite there yet. The positives far outweighed the negatives. It resisted our attempts to trick it, made smart choices most of the time, and handled drizzle, low-visibility hills, and motorway merges impressively well. But the moments of weakness — the forced shoulder scare and the small post-Macca’s misstep — show why that last 0.01% matters so much. Autonomy isn’t about being great 99% of the time. It’s about being bulletproof 100% of the time. ⸻ 🗣️ Final Thoughts Driving with FSD Supervised Down Under at night in drizzle felt like looking into the future. A car that can navigate traffic, handle car parks, take roundabouts, execute a 3-point turn, merge from hilly terrain to a motorway, and even go through a drive-thru mostly on its own is nothing short of remarkable. But the technology still needs refining before we can sit back completely hands-off. ⚡ Tesla FSD Supervised Down Under | Night Drive in the Drizzle + McDonald’s Drive-Thru Test — showing us how close we are, and why the final step is the hardest. ⸻ #Tesla #FSD #TeslaAustralia #FSDSupervised #TeslaFSD #NightDrive #AutonomousDriving #TeslaDownUnder #MaccasDriveThru #TeslaInTheRain #3PointTurn #MountPleasant #PrincesMotorway

from Tesla In The Gong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7jkNx049Wo