5 years...? I bought mine with FSD in 2018, and that was years after it was "right around the corner." Worst Kickstarter of all time... Though I do like the car itself.
Yeah, FSD was promised with the release of the first model S, 2012 - to be ready by "next year"
As such, it's been roughly 12 years just around the corner for Tesla and Musk enthusiasts.
To be more specific: Musk explicitly said in that marketing event that buying anything other the Tesla wouldn't make economic sense, as they'll earn their own price back as self driving Taxis within the following two years.
Still blows my mind that people believed him anything as these kinds of unrealistic promises were at the heart of every event since the start.
Believing someone with promises like that is - from my perspective - begging to get scammed.
From that point of view, people should be glad the delivered cars were decent. Most purchases with outlandish promises end with merchandise that is borderline unusable.
