Nov 3, 2015
David29 Had my first experience with autopark today. Worked well. The only thing I noticed when I was out of the car was that the car was not quite positioned between the parking space lines. The system positions the car relative to the ones in front and behind, not with respect to the space markings on the pavement. Mine ended up just slightly beyond the line in front, probably because the front car was parked close to or beyond the end of its space. So you may want to check to be sure you are within the legal space and won't be ticketed. Plus, if one of the adjacent cars leaves, you would likely want the car to be in the legal space for benefit of next person parking.
(In my case, I did not move because I was parked briefly and both cars had plenty of space to maneuver.)�
Nov 6, 2015
cgiGuy Another quick vid to add to data. There's been a lot of talk about the height of curbs. This was my second successful auto park and it was done between two cars where a driveway was between the two. Possible it just used the short amount of curb behind the front car to set the "guides."
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Nov 6, 2015
Patrick W One change that looked pretty obvious was the appearance of the "P". Looked much more visible than I've seen before.�
Nov 7, 2015
wizputer Earlier this week was the first time I had a glimpse of the illusive P ... as I drove past a garbage can next to a driveway. It was a smaller refuse can, 32gal I think. Without the can, could probably fit 2 Model S between the cars.
Setup was like this:
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I barely saw it, so I came to a complete stop and started slowly backing up. Sure enough, once roughly the rear passenger tire lined up with the garbage can, the magical P reappeared for a couple feet. Though, I didn't actually let it attempt to park.
The sonar rear sonar sensors could tell there was nothing between the car and can too (the yellow "field" disappeared briefly when continuing on my way)�
Nov 7, 2015
Travelguy First time I saw the "P" today. Used it and it worked perfectly. Took awhile for my car to 'calibrate' (whatever that means) but my first experience was all good�
Nov 10, 2015
Max* One more case where the autopark disabled itself: Parking over a speedbump, the car (smartly so) doesn't want to give it to much gas to make it over the speedbump and potentially hit the car behind you.�
Nov 10, 2015
Soolim Could it be that the sonar confused the speedbump for a curb?�
Nov 10, 2015
Max* Possible, but I doubt it, I was in the parking space already, it was a speedhump (sorry, should've been clear, low to the ground, but long in length), and my rear tires touched it, and the car tried to power itself over it to get me a little closer to the car behind me, and it cancelled out (Autopark aborted? or something)
I actually just the left the car exactly where it was, because it was pretty much done parking.�
Nov 10, 2015
Soolim Thanks for clarifying. It was a smart thing for AP to ask the driver to take over. Kudos to Tesla.�
Nov 11, 2015
David29 I have tried two or three more times to use the autopark but it has failed to give me the P sign when I thought it should. These were cases where the parking space was on the LEFT side of a one-way roadway. Does autopark work on both sides or only on one? (I libe in the US so the left is the driver's side.)�
Nov 11, 2015
Andyw2100 I have not used it myself, but people have reported that it does work on both sides.�
Nov 11, 2015
Khatsalano It works on both sides and it seems to have gotten a lot better since release. It took the sensors quite a few days to "learn," but now, the car P's quite easily. The manual said it would take 30 minutes to several days for the calibration. Yup, confirmed it now also works where the curbs are low or where there are driveway-width curb cuts. This was not the case on release day.
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Nov 12, 2015
Max* I've gotten it the P on both sides, though I've never actually used it on the left side.�
Nov 12, 2015
travwill Dang, I live in Chicago and drive on these roads a lot and still have never gotten 1 single P! :-/ Even after pulling up pretty far in front of a spot, etc. I'll be amazed if this parking thing ever works soon - seems horrible compared to the fact that our last two cars did it so easily/well without this "callibration" delay.�
Nov 12, 2015
Soolim Do you see the front and rear sonar sensors flashing (detecting obstruction) on your IC when approaching the parked cars while attempting to park your S?�
Nov 13, 2015
Lex I finally got mine working once... I *think* I got it to show me the P by getting closer to the parked cars when driving by them than I normally would, to ensure they register.
And, I also drove past the 2nd parked car more than I imagined would be needed, based on the learnings of others.
I also had to drive by twice to get it to register.
I'll probably never use it again though, as it gets WAY too close to the front car for my tastes and I really don't like the strain on the tires and power steering of all that steering at a stop, but maybe that's just me
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Nov 13, 2015
Max* As compared to you parking on your own? How so? I never noticed this.�
Nov 13, 2015
Khatsalano I thought the same thing. Over time as the sensors calibrated/learned, the distance to the front car on the turn has become much more comfortable vs. the 10 inches when it started. I don't know how the software works, but right now, it's working flawlessly. The first day, I would have said this was a major fail for Tesla-- I could only get it to P 1/20 times and it was often way too close for comfort. It turns out, like humans, the more machines do something, the better they get at it.
As far as tire/steering strain, I think this is theoretically true and was taught to us by our driving instructors or moms and dads, decades ago. Have our steering systems changed since then? Will turning a tire without motion reduce its life by 1 mile each time? 10 miles? I would love to see some updated data on this, but my feeling is, this is an outdated teaching and has no significant impact on our cars anymore.
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Nov 13, 2015
Andyw2100 When you are parking on your own, you can make sure that the car is slightly in motion as you turn the wheel. I believe that's how we were all taught to drive. (Apparently, though, my mother-in-law has forgotten. We recently repaved our driveway, largely because of the new Tesla, and one of the instructions to keep it healthy a long time was to avoid turning the wheel of the car while not moving the car. My mother-in-law is having trouble with this!�
Nov 13, 2015
Max* Ah, that makes sense. I never paid attention to it, but I could believe it.�
Nov 15, 2015
anxman I was able to get autopark to work today on my morning coffee trip. I drove past the spot, saw the P light up, and bam! It parked my car perfectly. I am optimistic that it will start to pop up more frequently and use the feature. I really like it.�
Nov 16, 2015
Soolim This plus the risk of curbing the wheels.�
Nov 16, 2015
Max* Have you curbed your wheels with auto-park?
My wife was in the passenger seat, and she was sure the car would curb the wheel as it was autoparking. But I watch it carefully when I use it, as I'm cautious about it hitting the curb, and it comes close, but so far (I've only used it less than a dozen times) it's never curbed.�
Nov 16, 2015
cmorn I have only had one opportunity to use parallel parking. In Atlanta, it is not common. Two weeks ago I saw a large space on the street in front of my golf club. I followed the instructions, and after I was past the space I saw the P indicator. I put the car in reverse and pressed the autopark button. The car parked perfectly. A few seconds after the parking was completed, I heard a loud thud. A shanked golf ball from the first tee hit my car. Minor damage near the charge port. Repaired and covered by the kind golfer who admitted his responsibility.�
Nov 16, 2015
GlmnAlyAirCar Are the sensors capable of detecting a flying golf ball while parking? Kind of sounds like a design issue ;-)�
Nov 16, 2015
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There will be a new optional extra for an Energy Shield. This will only be available for 85 and 90, however, due to the energy required.�
Nov 23, 2015
MarcG This weekend, AutoPark impressed me with its ability to read parking space limits.
I was about to parallel park in a parking space that had an SUV parked in front, but behind it was a fire hydrant, then another parked car behind the hydrant. So the total space was really large, and I was surprised the AutoPark "P" symbol even came on.
So I engaged it, fully expecting that it would park about halfway between the parked cars, meaning the back end of my car would spill over the rear limit of the parking space and end up next to the fire hydrant.
To my great surprise, AutoPark ended up pulling up close to the SUV parked in front of my space, avoiding the fire hydrant altogether! My theory is that it was able to read the inverted T that is painted on the ground to define the limits of each parking space.
I took a picture of where I ended up parking, noting that I actually backed up a bit to give the parked SUV in front of me more space to back up and exit their spot. AutoPark had left me just about halfway between the two T's.
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Nov 23, 2015
Stoneymonster After several uses, I'm convinced the risk of curbing with autopark is lower than when I do it myself. It is soooo much better at parallel parking than I am, especially in "tight" spaces (which aren't really tight, but ones I never would have tried manually).�
Nov 23, 2015
blanche This seems to be a common sentiment on this forum but I haven't actually heard of anyone saying that auto-park has actually curbed someone. Despite the oohs and aaahs, auto-parking is a commodity off the shelf technology that has been around for ever. Heck, even the 2016 Kia Optima has this as an option. As long as Tesla didn't try to re-invent the wheel, I would imagine that this is a well tested and bullet proof piece of tech that has been sourced from Bosch, mobile-eye or a similar vendor and is already available in tens of millions of cars on the road today.�
Nov 23, 2015
Patrick W While pulling straight into my garage the auto-park P appeared on the instrument panel. This while half way into the garage with my other car parked on the left and the wall of the garage on the right. I considered activating auto-park just to see what would happen but decided not to risk it.
Anyone else had this happen?�
Nov 23, 2015
Stoneymonster I wonder if it would have tried to park behind the car to the left. Where was the P?�
Nov 23, 2015
Patrick W Interesting thought. I had not thought of it wanting to park on the left.
The P was on the right side of the instrument panel.
I don't remember this happening before. I'll watch for it the next few times I pull into the garage to see if it happens again. If it does maybe I'll engage auto-park (with foot riding over the brake pedal) just to see what happens.�
Nov 23, 2015
Khatsalano Today, I got it to work on a 2-inch high curb. Serious. It was amazing.
It has gotten a lot better over time. On the first day, I was only successful 1/20 times to get it to P on a 6 inch blocky curb. I think the sensor are adequately "calibrated" now with some experience and works every time.
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Dec 3, 2015
3s-a-charm I've now had the AutoPark work on snow-filled curbs - scared the heck out of me as I could hear what I thought was my wheel scraping along the curb but it was just the wheel going over snow beside the curb. The car parks uncomfortably close to the curb for me but I've learned to trust AutoPark (a little more than AutoPilot for now).�
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