They gave you all kinds of bad information. You will never have to pay for it, you clearly have it, when it is released. That’s the caveat. Teslas are not fully self driving yet, so you have all of the advanced auto pilot features, navigate on auto pilot, etc. I forget which screen it is on, but in the car you can request to be part of the FSD beta program. Once you have done that, there will be a “Safety” section in the app on your phone. Tesla will monitor your driving habits, and you can check your score daily.

I think you need 90 or above to actually get it. It took me three or four weeks before I got it. I live in New England, and our back roads are not very FSD friendly, so I have to really keep my hands on the wheel. It is definitely not for prime time yet. I am going on a 2000+ mile trip starting this weekend, and will try it more then, but the sudden braking on a clear divided road and occasionally jerking the wheel is a little unnerving.

Telsa offers FSD when you buy the car, but you don’t actually get it. I have my doubts that any Teslas on the road today will ever be able to Self-Drive reliably.