Fit in garage question.

The sensors aren't really useful for lining up as you go through the entrance, however you can fold the mirrors in with the push of a hardware button by the driver's side window controls. I always do this when entering my garage because I get kind of close to the right side of the entrance. Gains you a few inches on each side and you don't need to use your mirrors when pulling straight in anyway.

I drive into a standard width (north american) single wide bay and dont fold mirrors, have several inches on both sides to clear the door jamb.
I have thought about adding a targeting system using a red laser pointer mounted somewhere on the car in a fixed position that hits a target on garage wall. Either a single laser dead centered. Or maybe two lasers that are aimed to mark where the wingtips of the mirrors would strike if driven ahead. Or all three.

I believe chamberlin has a red laser connected to the garage door opener that will fire when the door is open. You can aim it to hit a point on your car once it hit such point you're lined up. Easier then mounting stuff on your car.

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http://www.costco.ca/Chamberlain-Ultimate-Garage-Door-Opener-and-Accessory-Bundle.product.100002870.html

sitter_k said:

I believe chamberlin has a red laser connected to the garage door opener that will fire when the door is open. You can aim it to hit a point on your car once it hit such point you're lined up. Easier then mounting stuff on your car.

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http://www.costco.ca/Chamberlain-Ultimate-Garage-Door-Opener-and-Accessory-Bundle.product.100002870.html

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ive got this already... parking stop indicator

What I was talking about here was the other way around, mounting lasers on the car that target the front wall

I've got an extra 10" in my single garage door opening so my experience may not be as useful. I don't have to fold mirrors in and it's a non-issue to back the car into the garage.

Some people have been asking for geo-located mirror folding as a software enhancement, for this very reason.
Good for going into garage.

Some people have been asking for better folding control and geo-located folding, maybe we'll see that one day to help.

OR JUST GET RID OF MIRRORS! cameras instead, and finally get rid of these wings sticking out the sides

If you live reasonably close to a sales center have them come out with a car and do a "Home Test Drive". They were very accommodating in doing this for me, I live about 20 miles from the sales center and in Seattle traffic it probably took him 40+min to drive out.

We checked to see if air suspension was required for the slope of the drive aisle. And, since I have a hard turn from my drive aisle into my single-car garage of my townhouse, we checked to make sure the drive aisle was wide enough and I could make the turn (I'm at the end of the aisle against a cement wall).

We found that we couldn't pull the car into the garage and I was severely bummed as that was a deal breaker, but then we decided to try backing it in.

I backed it down the drive aisle and turned in with reverse, one small adjustment forward to line up and and fit it in easily (with mirrors in). Parking sensors were very helpful in this case as I was walled in on nearly every side. To leave, I am able to pull forward and turn and make it out in one movement with no adjusting (which means if I get good enough at going backwards, I could do the same, but I don't mind the 15-seconds extra of adjusting the angle)

We practiced the maneuver a half dozen times until I was certain that this was something I wouldn't mind doing every day.

So, if you're a serious buyer, tell them you want to do a home test to confirm you can get it into the garage easily. They should help you out.

morbot said:

If you live reasonably close to a sales center have them come out with a car and do a "Home Test Drive". They were very accommodating in doing this for me, I live about 20 miles from the sales center and in Seattle traffic it probably took him 40+min to drive out.

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This is exactly what we did before purchasing. (We did the same thing about 11 years ago when we bought a Volvo V70). It took only a few minutes -- the representative from Tesla drove the car to our home, we drove it around for a few minutes, then my wife and I took turns parking it in our garage. We placed our order that evening and have enjoyed the Tesla since March.