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Parking sensors
- Thread starter Zas
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I'm ok with them being an option, but please not standard issue. At least not the visible kind. I do not need or want them and do not want the "buttons" in the bumper either. If they are invisible I'm ok withthem being standard as long as I can disable them permanently.
mknox
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I honestly don't think the "buttons" look bad at all, but sure... put the option in the Tech Package or something like that.
Yeah, that'll help. Or not... Since the tech package in my opinion is a must anyway. Put it in a comfort driving package, with adaptive cruise, lane departure warning, rain sensor (I'd love to get regular interval wiping instead) and blind spot warning. I'll gladly not get any of that
garry753
RoadsterS753 ModelS P1449
By far, parking sensors are the biggest omission on the S, and my wife and I really do feel the need when pulling into parking lot spaces. I'm excited that Tesla is at least promising an implementation somewhere down the line.
...Put it in a comfort driving package, with adaptive cruise, lane departure warning, rain sensor (I'd love to get regular interval wiping instead) and blind spot warning. I'll gladly not get any of that
+1 to all of this
mknox
Well-Known Member
Yeah, that'll help. Or not... Since the tech package in my opinion is a must anyway. Put it in a comfort driving package, with adaptive cruise, lane departure warning, rain sensor (I'd love to get regular interval wiping instead) and blind spot warning. I'll gladly not get any of that
That is the problem with "packages" of options... you'll never please all of us unless they go completely a la carte with all of the options. But maybe what you suggest would be a good way to bundle those particular items.
and the a la carte option makes it like a porsche and easier to get about $40-60 grand above the starting cost, excluding battery pack/engine options
contaygious
Active Member
I kinda want sensors, but I don't park head on into any spots anyway due to risking hitting the bumper on park stop so I'm not sure the little circles on the bumpers are worth it.
mknox
Well-Known Member
Man, are we ever getting mixed signals on this! I was told it was. I am having less and less faith in Tesla's staff's knowledge of the vehicle. I've spent an inordinate amount of time in stores talking to employees and the downright ignorance about the car's features and abilities is astounding.
Retail sales staff are retail sales staff. Very few know much about the products they sell other than what is on the answer sheet they memorize when they get hired. Try going to an Apple store and asking a computer question that doesn't have to do with prices or options--same thing.
I wonder if it's not a simple matter of miscommunication. Perhaps the wiring harness is designed to tie in to proximity sensors (hence "it's already wired") but that the sensors themselves and the cable runs to where they would be mounted are absent. That would make it a lot more plausible that they'll offer them as an option or a retrofit down the road.
EarlyAdopter
Active Member
This makes the most sense to me.
Much as Audi only offers rear parking sensors for the S4 in the US, but both front and rear in the rest of the world, the parking sensor controller box has inputs for fronts but Audi doesn't run any wiring out to the front on US speced cars. Enterprising folks figured this out and with some work you can add the sensors and cable run yourself. They're fully integrated, the software is even already there.
For myself, I find more need for front parking sensors. A lot of parking lots around here paint angled parking spots, making it a greater challenge to back into those spots. The rear HD camera provides me enough info about how close I am in the back, but I'm "flying blind" on the front. (Backing into spots would be a lot simpler if Tesla implemented guidelines on the rearview screen.)
NigelM
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I'd like some of this stuff also, but it's also interesting how quickly we become dependent on new inventions. I drove (and parked) my cars for 20 years before I ever experienced a reversing sensor or rearview camera and never had the faintest idea that I needed either.
