I didn’t say the autopilot would be worth owning/fixing in 15 years. I said the car would be still be owned. Therefore it is extremely unlikely there would be any type of mandatory hardware update required by a government entity.

It is a non-zero chance they upgrade a 10-15 year old model 3 to FSD. After all, that is literally the agreement that was made when purchasing FSD at this point. And... they are not ‘offering free upgrades’. I purchased a service from them.

Yes... technology will continue to improve. Exponential growth is not likely to slow. A 100000x more powerful computer/camera/radar for the same costs as systems today are expected. How expensive would it be to upgrade a camera etc? I am already getting a new processor early 2019. While the beginning and end vehicles may look very different, gradual changes can make the individual upgrades seems small.

Plus... you are arguing against my personal rationalization of the purchase. There is no need to insulting. The additional 3k over the expected lifetime of the vehicle is irrelevant financially in my situation.

For me, I rationalized it as I would for insurance. In my view, I wasn’t purchasing FSD, I was purchasing an insurance plan that future proofed the vehicle that I would be holding onto for the next 10-15 years.

Knowing if I couldn’t have any FSD features, because the car was incapable or because the price became prohibitively expensive, then I would have upgraded to a new vehicle to make that upgrade, which would have been vastly more costly than the extra $50 a month I’m paying for the next 5 years.