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It’s really crazy they removed the forward looking radar too, those are so useful and life saving when used for emergency braking. They can even “look”under the car in front of you and get a return for the next car in front of them, to better predict braking needs.

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>They can even “look”under the car in front of you and get a return for the next car in front of them, to better predict braking needs.

I miss that feature the most, even though my Tesla has radar it has been disabled via software. With that feature I would know if the person immediately in front of me was going slow, and I could/should overtake or if there were a line of cars in front. I used that feature daily, made me feel a bit superhuman.

> even though my Tesla has radar it has been disabled via software

The fact that people put up with this is crazy to me. If I bought a car with a feature and then it was later taken away via an OTA update because the manufacturer didn't want to support it I would be pissed.

Oh, I am, just not much I can do about it.

It’s surprising to me that it’s legal to sell something and subsequently remove functionality from that already-sold thing.

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