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I accidentally discovered an awesome feature to show off Tesla to others
- Thread starter Vern Padgett
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TaoJones
Beyond Driven
TaoJones, Thanks!
Not brave, just that I want to believe.
I've been waiting for my Model 3 since 2003 or before-- I didn't know about the GM EV1 ten or so years earlier but I should have-- I've been waiting since it was called the Blue Star.
I already know that my S can drive better than I can--- I put it on AP on the 60 Freeway and it DID NOT slow down when the truck in front of me flashed its brake lights--- I panicked-- but let the AP go ahead-- It was right and I was wrong. The AP was not reading the brake lights-- it was reading the speed of the truck in front of me. The truck had NOT slowed down, even though the brake lights came on. The car is smarter, and drives better, than I can.
Maybe the fact that I'm picking up a Model 3 on Sunday at 2:30 at Marina Del Ray for my daughter has something to do with my enthusiasm ...
Congratulations for adding a Model 3 to the family! The more, the merrier.
A friend picks his up next week from MdR as well - he was an early-hour line-waiter so for him, this has been quite the 363-day wait.
But who’s counting
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Ketchups
Member
It's a badass feature however i don't like parking inbetween cars; i park far far away..
Might use this at the supercharging station tho!
Might use this at the supercharging station tho!
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So it's even worse then... not only don't we have homelink, we don't get this feature at all. No wonder I didn't read this in the AU manual for my vehicle. ... Actually I went outside and tried it halfway through composing this response; no dice. It's simply a feature you get and we don't. Oh well, we get spotify
Oh wow I just read it. On my MX manual it is on 102 and 103. I didn't know you could activate summon this way. At delivery, they only showed us the keyfob way and the app way. When I first read OP's post, I thought the car would turn and park like when you do autopark, but it is actually just go backward or forward. I wonder if the car would still move if you are still seating inside and just open and close the door.
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f-stop
Active Member
if you are talking about activating Summon via double tap on the Park button and exiting the car, this is NOT a new feature - it was introduced in a version of firmware v7.1, sometime back around early 2016 (well, I guess if you consider within last 2 years "recent", then yes it is
)some of the other posts in this thread are asking about auto parallel park and auto perpendicular park, but I believe the OP was specifically talking about Summon (auto park forward or backwards only). AFAIK this double-tap method does NOT apply to parallel or perpendicular auto-park
see this video from Feb 2016 (starting around 1:53) explaining the various new feature of Summon in v7.1 (22.12.22), including demo of the double-tap Summon
Note you also have to set Require Continuous Press = No in the Summon customization settings to use the double tap & exit method. As someone mentioned, US and Mexico cars only
yeah, this:
Driver whose Tesla Model S crashed while using Summon was breaking all the rules
to stop the car from outside, you can use the fob or app, or by pressing any door handle
(as mentioned in an official Tesla statement quoted in the above linked article from The Verge):
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This feature will park Model S while the driver is outside the vehicle. Please note that the vehicle may not detect certain obstacles, including those that are very narrow (e.g., bikes), lower than the fascia, or hanging from the ceiling. As such, Summon requires that you continually monitor your vehicle's movement and surroundings while it is in progress and that you remain prepared to stop the vehicle at any time using your key fob or mobile app or by pressing any door handle. You must maintain control and responsibility for your vehicle when using this feature and should only use it on private property.
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Graffi
Member
Thank you Vern, I appreciate the info. I also was unaware of this feature.
A few weeks ago I accidentally discovered something also. I already had learned that if you press the brake hard it will lock. Then you press the accelerator pedal to release it. What I just learned was that if you press hard on the brake again it will release. I am sure most of you already knew this, but I did not. I even read a post months ago what someone ran their Tesla into their office building rather than letting it creep forward with their foot on the brake. Maybe he, like me, did not know it could be released by pressing on the brake again.
Also, while locking and unlocking the brake I realized that their is a symbol on the display that shows when the brake is locked. It has been there all along, but I never noticed it. Go figure. Anyway, I hope this helps others that, like me, did not know this.
A few weeks ago I accidentally discovered something also. I already had learned that if you press the brake hard it will lock. Then you press the accelerator pedal to release it. What I just learned was that if you press hard on the brake again it will release. I am sure most of you already knew this, but I did not. I even read a post months ago what someone ran their Tesla into their office building rather than letting it creep forward with their foot on the brake. Maybe he, like me, did not know it could be released by pressing on the brake again.
Also, while locking and unlocking the brake I realized that their is a symbol on the display that shows when the brake is locked. It has been there all along, but I never noticed it. Go figure. Anyway, I hope this helps others that, like me, did not know this.
f-stop
Active Member
check the video in the post immediately above yours, about the 2:00min mark
fyi that feature is called "vehicle hold", you can search for details in the owners manual
Dang, f-stop-- so it was there all along! I must have forgot about it. So it is just Summon from the center screen, not from outside the car with the fob or phone. I get it.
The car Summons with no one in the driver's seat, in a couple different ways.
Why is it that so many here-- the world's experts on Tesla-- did not know about this?
I think Tesla has a problem with words. On the screen in the video it says "Autopark"-- but we are really discussing Summon. I would ask Tesla to change the word on the screen to "Summon Outside the Car" or equivalent. Reason is that "Autopark" implies the parking that the car does automatically, like perpendicular and parallel, which is not what Summon does, nor what "autopark" (Summon when you double-tap and leave the car) does.
My 2 kopeks.
Edit: f-stop, you are the Man. I knew that all the time that this feature was something there that I missed! Jeez. And all these posts from others who didn't know about it-- what gives?
The car Summons with no one in the driver's seat, in a couple different ways.
Why is it that so many here-- the world's experts on Tesla-- did not know about this?
I think Tesla has a problem with words. On the screen in the video it says "Autopark"-- but we are really discussing Summon. I would ask Tesla to change the word on the screen to "Summon Outside the Car" or equivalent. Reason is that "Autopark" implies the parking that the car does automatically, like perpendicular and parallel, which is not what Summon does, nor what "autopark" (Summon when you double-tap and leave the car) does.
My 2 kopeks.
Edit: f-stop, you are the Man. I knew that all the time that this feature was something there that I missed! Jeez. And all these posts from others who didn't know about it-- what gives?
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Does this feature use the senors only? The reason I ask is my guidelines for backing up my MS isnt exactly aligned.
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