I went to the "Meet Model X" in Pacific Place with one specific question in my mind: can we park model X in HK car park?
Overall, I love the car especially the new techs like automatic car doors, falcon wings, panoramic windshield, what else you can ask for at this price?
I asked the lovely Tesla lady there if Tesla HK has tried to park model X in any HK car park, she replied, with confidence, "你可以上 YouTube search 下" (Go find yourself a video in YouTube.)
Don't she know Tesla has all the model X in HK, which is left hand drive only, and no one else could have tried parking it in HK... (And why am I not surprised by her answer...)
Anyway, I take that as a no, she mentioned the height of the car may cause some trouble, but I guess the most difficult part is the width, unlike the Japanese 7 seater which the driver can walk to the second row and exit via the sliding doors, you have to get off a model X by the driver's door. Given the difficulties in finding a wide enough parking space for the smaller model S (around 10 cm smaller in width), I doubt if you (as the driver) can park and leave a model X in most of the HK car park without Summon
Even with Summon (if we ever see that in HK), you still risk having new dents and scratches from the car parking next door every time
For me, I am not going to order model X until I am rich enough to own at least 2 cars, a model S which I can park in a few (but enough numbers of) car parks, and a model X which is cool to have but can't go too many places with and hopefully a model III also which I can go and park anywhere I want
If you are considering resale value in the open market, you better make sure there are enough people out there who want to have a second hand model X and at the same time, have a very wide parking space for it