This question has been asked before, but I couldn’t find a great answer in relation to the current (2023) Model Y.
I have a small garage door, width of the opening is just under 8 feet, say 93-94 inches, or so. The opening is not perfectly rectangular, there is a slight narrowing of the opening in one spot, maybe taking it down to 90-92. This is because it was installed by someone who had no idea what they were doing (usually that would mean me, but not in this case, I probably would have done a worse job, really). Once inside the garage it is actually very large, so there is no concern about opening doors or anything like that (doors can open fully without hitting anything, the roof is very high so the trunk can fully open. The inside is paved, but it is about 3 inches raised from the exterior level, with a tight ramp up onto the surface inside the door. I’ve parked my smaller car in the space, and it’s a bit nerve wracking, but otherwise fine. For reference, the car I have is about 2 inches narrower than the Y.
I know the physical dimensions of the Model Y, I got them directly from the Tesla manual for the 2023 car. What I’m asking more of is how the experience of parking the car in a space like that is. Both pulling in and backing out.
I’d park the car outside, but I live outside the city and there is a lot of untended land around me. Past cars have been chewed by pack rats. I solved the problem on my last couple cars by leaving the hood up all the time, but that doesn’t really work for the Model Y, plus there is a lot more wiring in the Y than in those cars. Rabbits are a big problem in my ICE car, twice they have chewed wires (including the starter wire once), but the Y seems like it has fewer spaces where a rabbit would want to climb up, so I’m mostly just worried about mice and packrats.
I have a small garage door, width of the opening is just under 8 feet, say 93-94 inches, or so. The opening is not perfectly rectangular, there is a slight narrowing of the opening in one spot, maybe taking it down to 90-92. This is because it was installed by someone who had no idea what they were doing (usually that would mean me, but not in this case, I probably would have done a worse job, really). Once inside the garage it is actually very large, so there is no concern about opening doors or anything like that (doors can open fully without hitting anything, the roof is very high so the trunk can fully open. The inside is paved, but it is about 3 inches raised from the exterior level, with a tight ramp up onto the surface inside the door. I’ve parked my smaller car in the space, and it’s a bit nerve wracking, but otherwise fine. For reference, the car I have is about 2 inches narrower than the Y.
I know the physical dimensions of the Model Y, I got them directly from the Tesla manual for the 2023 car. What I’m asking more of is how the experience of parking the car in a space like that is. Both pulling in and backing out.
I’d park the car outside, but I live outside the city and there is a lot of untended land around me. Past cars have been chewed by pack rats. I solved the problem on my last couple cars by leaving the hood up all the time, but that doesn’t really work for the Model Y, plus there is a lot more wiring in the Y than in those cars. Rabbits are a big problem in my ICE car, twice they have chewed wires (including the starter wire once), but the Y seems like it has fewer spaces where a rabbit would want to climb up, so I’m mostly just worried about mice and packrats.
