254 miles. Zero interventions while it was driving.
Two trips, 254 miles, and not once did I have to intervene while it was driving. It drives better than it parks: the 8.2 reflects how it drove, and parking counts against its own category.
Categories · v14.3.8
Compared to v14.3.7
Improvements (3)
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Speed bumps and dips, much improved
The clearest improvement in this version. Speed bumps no longer rattle the car the way they used to, and on the hacienda road it crossed the same dip outbound and again coming back with no input from anyone. It still won't do the dip at home: the problem is not dips, it is that spot.
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Not one intervention across 254 miles
Across both trips, every takeover was to park or to leave a parking spot. I never had to take the wheel because of how it was driving.
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Obstacles and pedestrians, no drama
Arriving at the hacienda it yielded to the people crossing. Later it passed alongside a dog and took precautions, and neither maneuver was exaggerated.
Known issues (4)
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Parking is the weak point, and it is consistent
It failed on both trips. At the hacienda it parked badly and had to be moved. In Mayagüez it parked itself three times and all three times it had to be moved and parked properly: wrong spot, doubtful spot, and a spot where we did not want to leave the car.
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The pothole it saw coming
On the way back from the hacienda. It was clearly visible with plenty of warning, and it neither avoided it nor slowed. It took it at 31 mph and kept climbing to 34.
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Wrong maps
Both on the Mayagüez trip. It took routes that were not the right ones. Where it should have gone straight it looped us around the whole area. Later, with a car pulling out, it hesitated and braked hard before carrying on. Not an intervention, but it did not feel natural.
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No safety flags; parking costs points
Taking the wheel and an invalid space failed on both trips: I took the wheel to park or to pull out, and the car chose an invalid space. They are capability flags, so they count at triple weight in their category but do not cap the score. It lands at 8.2.