New Model S owner and I've used the adaptive cruise, AP, summon, but I don't know how to use the parking feature. I keep checking for a parking indicator while driving slowly in lots, but haven't seen anything
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I've used it multiple times, both parallel and three point perpendicular. I just used it for perpendicular last week to show a friend. It backed into a very awkward spot terminated by a dumpster and a tree, no problems. The "P" is pretty subtle, maybe people just don't see it.Dunno if my experience is any help, but I can't remember seeing the [P] symbol on dash when passing a suitable parking space, but then when i stop and select Reverse it immediately offers me the Autopark screen (with a "Start" button). It might be that I wasn't paying attention and the [P] was there, and I just didn't notice it and selected Reverse anyway ...
There is probably some calibration by the ultrasonic sensors when the car is brand new, but it's not with respect to your particular city or it's curbs. I have used parking assistance in cities I visited for the first time, and in places that would not be called a "city" at all.Tesla really needs to put this in bold:
I was told by my delivery specialist that Park Assist activates after driving around enough and allowing the car to "calibrate and learn" your city and the situations for parking. Probably the shape of curbs as well. Apparently, the way you can get it to finally offer the "P" to you is to drive around enough and do some parallel parking on your own, or perpendicular parking. Most people are seeing it work after 1 week of ownership. Some people who don't drive around enough need a few more weeks. Either way, get in your Tesla and have a drive around the inner city and let it scan parked cars.
If you check the manual it says in one of the lines about park assist that says the Tesla needs to calibrate before offering you the "P". So they did specify it, but definitely not anywhere easy to find.
This is one feature I haven't seen at all...in my case. Granted, I'd just had the car for a week but would love to see how it works. If a garage or empty spaces, then wouldn't show up at all? Is that the intended behavior?
As far as I could tell, it won't. I only played with it 3 or 4 times, but the only times the "P" will show on screen is when there is a space big enough between 2 other cars. And that's what the Tesla OA told us when we test drove the car. We pulled into an Olive Garden or some other chain restaurant parking lot. The parking was mostly empty but there were 2 cars parked far away from the restaurant and with a space in the middle. So we did the self park demo...and one of the car has a person sitting inside. She was the waitress at the restaurant. She came out and gave us dirty look... why are you guys back your car into this tight parking spot when the entire lot is empty??