I Bought a SELF DRIVING Car! (Open Pilot Review) 

Clicked on this video just as a curiosity about the Comma 3X and Open Pilot but was absolutely shocked to see the small town I used to live in on RU-vid. I basically did a Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the screen meme. My wife told me to comment "How could you just drive by Micah's and not get a Black & White from Morgan". Thanks for the presentation, though. Not sure I'm actually interested in the product but it is fascinating that consumer tech has gotten as sophisticated as (though in combination with) major manufacturer tech.

We have over 15k miles with the comma 3/Open Pilot. It works amazingly well! My wife's parents live around 300 mile away. We got here several times a year. Its been awesome for that trip. I just installed it on my 2020 Explorer Platinum. Love it!

Great showcase! I have had a comma 2 then 3 for about 3 years and driven over 40000 miles with openpilot in my 2019 Toyota corolla hatchback. I even drove cross country with it! Amazing tech.

My wife and I just rented a Tesla on a trip to the Bay area. I loved the torque, but IMO the Comma 3 is a superior experience. When I first installed the Comma (originally a Comma 2, then upgraded to a 3) my wife was skeptical. She now says she never wants a car that doesn't support this system.

Great video, you are an excellent communicator!

You didn't mention the year of your RX. Toyota's safety system varies from year to year, the newer versions provide more steering torque hardware.

I've had mine for about a year now (VW Arteon). For those deciding whether it's worth it or not, trust me it is. I drove to Florida and back recently from Ohio and it drove 95 percent of the way there and back.

Thanks for the awesome video! Any way you could do a follow up? Would love to hear your thoughts after using it for a few months. Also curious what the limit is in terms of tight turns and corners. Like, when will it not make the turn? Thanks again for the great video!

Great review, awesome product overall. I have a Rav4 and if you are going highway speeds with the lane assist, it's truly terrifying. The correction is constant and it's very uncomfortable and scary. So when I'm on a highway, I don't touch this feature at all. I used the adaptive cruise control exclusively, but never the lane assist. I literally found out about this product today. It's not even that expensive. I traded in a 2020 Civic Si, and it seems Honda did a much better job their adaptive cruise control in that it detects cars further out and will start breaking a lot sooner if it detects it slowing down, which creates a much more gradual stop. Unfortunately, the Si is stick (which is the reason I bought it, I love driving stick), but at 22 MPH it shuts off automatically. But it's a dream on highways.

Love this product.

Would it still keep the limitation of my Acura ILX system that can't use ACC under 40KM and only autosteers in lanes above 60 or something?

keep doing updates of this, i'm sure you'll get lots of views. ppl are definitely interested in AI self driving.

You should have gotten a 2019 rx. The experience was a lot better in my 2019 rav4. More steering wheel torque and you notice steering wheel stays completely straight and centered on straight roads. You notice in his 2018 rx, the steering wheel moves left and right trying to stay centered. 2019 is where they updated the Lexus and Toyota sensors. Also, where you see his car almost drifts out of lane on a small curve, the 2019 and up wouldn’t have done that.

Does it automatically cancel if you take over steering control?

Great video! Does anyone know if Open Pilot works just as good on the 2019/2020 RX as it does on the 2019/2020 Corolla or RAV4?

Very nice comparison! Some questions related to highway experience: 1. How does OpenPilot handle the case that other vehicles merging into your lane (assume your are on the right lane) on highway? Human usually switch to left lane, slow down, or speed up to let other vehicles in, depending on different scenarios, is OpenPilot smart enough to figure it out? 2. How does OpenPilot handle lane merging on highway? Sometimes 3 lanes can become 2 lanes and you have to merge into adjacent lane. Does OpenPilot do it automatically for you or it requires your control?

Cool video! Also I see that you showed off a short drive of dragonpilot for a bit. You'll need to figure out why experimental mode is grayed out in your toggle settings and then you will be able to have it handle traffic lights and stop signs.

can you set gps and comma 3 / open pilot will take you from a to b?

what year is your lexus?

one common problem of open pilot is that it usually has the problem connecting to the car system.

Love it. Are you able to go over the speed limit though? Like if the speed limit is 60 can you set it to go 70 so you’re not impeding traffic blowing past you?

What about stop and go traffic? Will it automatically accelerate?

2:28 My stock LKAS also had ping ponging. How is this allowed from manufacturers in 2023? 😆 (Also use a comma 3 here, which makes it butter smooth driving.)

Lane assist is not designed to be "auto steer" which is a different ADAS all together. Lane assist is designed to alert you when crossing the line and even help you from accidentally doing so when driving manually. Lane assist is not intended to be hands-free.

I totally was not aware of this tech. Awesome! (Even if I can not use it in Germany)

Bought a Lexus, smart man.

This is so cool. I wish it would work with Mercedes.

I have the same car and c3 you also need the sdsu to support longitude control.

I wouldn't say complete faith, but much, much higher than stock ADAS.

Lane assist engages/disengages due to speed. One has to be above 66 km/h.

Can we keep our hands on the steering wheel while it is engaged and easily override it if we want? Like we are on a a crowded highway and want to keep our hands on the wheel but we still want to let it do it's thing. Does that work?

why companies like dogge, gm , ford etc, dont move to open pilot?

DIY or professional installation?

Try experimental mode!

Where can I buy an open pilot?

SOMETIMES it engages? It ping pongs? How about an unprotected left on a city street? Tesla can do it.

Toyota has the worst lane centering, I have the high lander 2023 and the Tucson 2022 and the Tucson lane centering works 90% of the time in the city and highway roads, the highlander is more like 50% of the time

First and W vid (Pls ping)

It must be 'open source' due to USA trade laws and how open AI CANNOT legally sell the self-driving software.

Can Open Pilot read speed limit signs and adjust speed?

If it's self driving, I don't wanna see your hands on the steering wheel bud😂js

The name is really bad. Comma means pause. Is it because it pauses for the driver to take over?. Hotz should've given it a better name.

Amazing how much risk people are willing to take driving

I would be best if you use an action camera to film. The footage is too narrow and jerky

Get a Porsche Macan- rest a bottle of water in the steering wheel and drive hands free on the highway for hours. This Lexus tech is about 10 years behind Porsche.

Third pls Pin me pls

Dont call it cellphone, its propriatry hardware.

Of course it's human-like. It's an end-to-end AI. Don't kids visit github anymore?