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I really like the look of the car, but from the title it sounds like a Mustang has been converted into an FSD Tesla ("teslafied" Mustang) - but Tesla suspension

by sottol 5mo ago

I really like the look of the car, but from the title it sounds like a Mustang has been converted into an FSD Tesla ("teslafied" Mustang) - but Tesla suspension, Tesla interior... this smells like a Mustang body fitted onto a Tesla chassis ("mustangified" Tesla). I suspect that this might be more of a "Mustang body kit" on a Tesla chassis and not retrofitting the Tesla tech into a Mustang chassis + body. Still cool, but maybe misleading.

fragmede 5mo ago
> The team grafted three sections of the 2024 Tesla Model 3’s floor and seats into the Mustang’s body, shortening the battery case to fit without altering the car’s original dimensions. The result is a classic Mustang shell sitting on top of a Model 3 dual-motor setup
RankingMember 5mo ago
Yep, that's exactly what it is. Still a cool project. For a split-second after reading the headline my brain thought they had gotten the Tesla software (with a lot of hackery) to control an ICE vehicle drive-train.
- dylan604 5mo ago
  For a split-second after reading the headline, I thought they were claiming FSD works.
  - Leonard_of_Q 5mo ago
    It does work in driving the car where it is able to. Where it fails is in the 'full' part. After 10 billion miles driven on 'auto-pilot' [1] it is hard to claim it 'does not work'. Tesla would have been better off removing the 'F' from 'FSD' but that's water under the bridge. [1] https://electrek.co/2026/05/03/tesla-fsd-10-billion-miles-no-magical-milestone-autonomy/ https://electrek.co/2026/05/03/tesla-fsd-10-billion-miles-no...
    - pigeons 4mo ago
      Full is literally the first word in the feature.
    - dylan604 5mo ago
      You just said "where it fails" and then state hard to claim it not working. If you call it Full Self Driving and it doesn't fully self drive, then it doesn't work. Not really sure where the confusion is. It's not water under the bridge. It is what it is. They claimed it would be fully self driving and not some lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now. It was straight up explained to drive the car. Any deviation from that means it is not working and people like you willingly accepting what Musk has lied about for years trying to make the rest of us out to be the weird ones for not falling for it. I'm tired of the gaslighting.
      - goosejuice 5mo ago
        > lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now What car can I buy in the US today that's as good as the latest fsd?
        dylan604 5mo ago
        So many cars come with lane assist and adaptive cruise control. You can google those terms for yourself. I don't bother with lmgtfy requests. You're a big boy/girl, and teaching you to fish it much better effort. They also don't cost an additional $10k on top of the price of the car. They are just part of the price of the car.
        scottyah 5mo ago
        Maybe the lmgtfy would be a good exercise for you. Ford's BlueCruise, GM's SuperCruise, Rivian's Autonomy+, and Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot all cost money.
        goosejuice 5mo ago
  - Spooky23 5mo ago
    It works, it just doesn’t fully drive by itself.
  - cebert 5mo ago
    I have FSD in a 2026 Model Y and it does a solid job for me.
  - fortran77 5mo ago
    I was 100% FSD today. Went to the office, ran some errands, went home. Never touched the steering wheel once. 2026 Model S Plaid.
    - ceejayoz 5mo ago
      > Never touched the steering wheel once. Don’t you have to?
      - x187463 5mo ago
        No, you can start FSD from stopped using a button on the screen. It drives to the destination and parks itself.
        ceejayoz 5mo ago
        It's been a year or two since I drove a Tesla, but in FSD mode it insisted I at least touch the steering wheel regularly.
        x187463 5mo ago
        Modern refreshed models use an eye tracking camera.
        jandrese 4mo ago
        The steering wheel sensor could be defeated by taping a water bottle to the wheel. The eye tracking is supposed to be harder to defeat, although I wonder if it would accept a mannequin in the driver seat.
      - fortran77 5mo ago
        No. A camera watches you to make sure you’re paying attention.
    - philipallstar 5mo ago
      It does look to an outside non-Tesla-owning observer, like it's getting there sometimes, but do you think it is? Or is it just plateauing?
  - bitfilped 5mo ago
    It'll work next year, don't worry.
  - x187463 5mo ago
    I'm at 96% FSD miles since they started tracking a few months ago. It works very well. It was unreliable until about 12-18 months ago, but it's been great since v13.
firecall 5mo ago
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Danox 5mo ago
So too bad handling cars made into one…

by sottol 5mo ago

fragmede 5mo ago

> The team grafted three sections of the 2024 Tesla Model 3’s floor and seats into the Mustang’s body, shortening the battery case to fit without altering the car’s original dimensions. The result is a classic Mustang shell sitting on top of a Model 3 dual-motor setup

RankingMember 5mo ago

Yep, that's exactly what it is. Still a cool project. For a split-second after reading the headline my brain thought they had gotten the Tesla software (with a lot of hackery) to control an ICE vehicle drive-train.

dylan604 5mo ago
For a split-second after reading the headline, I thought they were claiming FSD works.
- Leonard_of_Q 5mo ago
  It does work in driving the car where it is able to. Where it fails is in the 'full' part. After 10 billion miles driven on 'auto-pilot' [1] it is hard to claim it 'does not work'. Tesla would have been better off removing the 'F' from 'FSD' but that's water under the bridge. [1] https://electrek.co/2026/05/03/tesla-fsd-10-billion-miles-no-magical-milestone-autonomy/ https://electrek.co/2026/05/03/tesla-fsd-10-billion-miles-no...
  - pigeons 4mo ago
    Full is literally the first word in the feature.
  - dylan604 5mo ago
    You just said "where it fails" and then state hard to claim it not working. If you call it Full Self Driving and it doesn't fully self drive, then it doesn't work. Not really sure where the confusion is. It's not water under the bridge. It is what it is. They claimed it would be fully self driving and not some lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now. It was straight up explained to drive the car. Any deviation from that means it is not working and people like you willingly accepting what Musk has lied about for years trying to make the rest of us out to be the weird ones for not falling for it. I'm tired of the gaslighting.
    - goosejuice 5mo ago
      > lane/speed maintenance that pretty much all car makers can do now What car can I buy in the US today that's as good as the latest fsd?
      - dylan604 5mo ago
        So many cars come with lane assist and adaptive cruise control. You can google those terms for yourself. I don't bother with lmgtfy requests. You're a big boy/girl, and teaching you to fish it much better effort. They also don't cost an additional $10k on top of the price of the car. They are just part of the price of the car.
        scottyah 5mo ago
        Maybe the lmgtfy would be a good exercise for you. Ford's BlueCruise, GM's SuperCruise, Rivian's Autonomy+, and Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot all cost money.
        goosejuice 5mo ago
- Spooky23 5mo ago
  It works, it just doesn’t fully drive by itself.
- cebert 5mo ago
  I have FSD in a 2026 Model Y and it does a solid job for me.
- fortran77 5mo ago
  I was 100% FSD today. Went to the office, ran some errands, went home. Never touched the steering wheel once. 2026 Model S Plaid.
  - ceejayoz 5mo ago
    > Never touched the steering wheel once. Don’t you have to?
    - x187463 5mo ago
      No, you can start FSD from stopped using a button on the screen. It drives to the destination and parks itself.
      - ceejayoz 5mo ago
        It's been a year or two since I drove a Tesla, but in FSD mode it insisted I at least touch the steering wheel regularly.
        x187463 5mo ago
        Modern refreshed models use an eye tracking camera.
        jandrese 4mo ago
        The steering wheel sensor could be defeated by taping a water bottle to the wheel. The eye tracking is supposed to be harder to defeat, although I wonder if it would accept a mannequin in the driver seat.
    - fortran77 5mo ago
      No. A camera watches you to make sure you’re paying attention.
  - philipallstar 5mo ago
    It does look to an outside non-Tesla-owning observer, like it's getting there sometimes, but do you think it is? Or is it just plateauing?
- bitfilped 5mo ago
  It'll work next year, don't worry.
- x187463 5mo ago
  I'm at 96% FSD miles since they started tracking a few months ago. It works very well. It was unreliable until about 12-18 months ago, but it's been great since v13.

firecall 5mo ago

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Danox 5mo ago

So too bad handling cars made into one…