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YES! I will have to fold in my mirror(s) by hand every time.
Not absolutely necessary, but would use it if equipped.
I have no use for it, manual folding is fine for me.
Width of car including mirrors is listed at 86.2"! Seems like an oversight to not include electrically folding mirrors for such a wide car (wider than some SUVs). Will anyone else have to manual fold their mirrors every time when parking in their garage, or even on the street?
Also, forgot to mention NO heated mirrors or washer nozzles. A little odd, considering they come standard on a $20k VW Golf. They seem to have forgotten about customers living north of California!
With my 'texas-sized' garage it's not an issue (104" door), but if I was still living back in the UK, my garage doors were each 8ft wide, meaning I'd be 2" short with the mirrors out, and probably still too close to call with them folded in.
Delivered Feb 8 2013 - 85Kwh/Dolphin Grey/Pano/Tech/Sound/Air/shelf/HPWC
I'm having a hard time determining just how wide it really is since I none of the cars I've checked give with and without mirrors folded stats. So, for example, I looked up the Acura MDX width, but I don't know if that includes its mirrors or not.
The S is as wide as my Yukon SUV which has folding mirrors. Folding mirrors are needed in tight parking spaces!
Nice feature to have but keep in mind the Tesla may have wanted to stay within a particular price range. Also, TM is not producing 250,00 units so parts pricing could have been too high at the time.
8ft wide is 96" so you'd still have 10" of slop (5" on each side) with the mirrors out. 8' is pretty standard for a single car garage. Although I agree, it'll be a tight fit in some places!Originally Posted by pete8314
Would have liked to have the option to fold electronically. With some shelves and a refrigerator along the walls on one side, my 2-car garage can barely fit two cars and the Model S would be pushing the limits there.
More first-world problems
VIN P 3552 - 60 kWh with Supercharging, Green, Black Roof, Black Leather, Piano Black trim, Tech Package, Active Air Suspension, 19" Wheels.
Reserved February 2010 (US P 1,620). Delivered January 2013.
Darn my maths....I still have a hard time switching from metric these days. Either way, with the actual door jambs, and tracking rail, it would likely be closer to 2 inches each side, which going in would be a challenge, backing out would be downright ugly. My house over there was new, there's plenty with narrower doors, but, equally, there's plenty of garages used for anything other than storing a car. My last car over there was an SLK, and that, apaprently, is only 79 inches wide, and that felt tight.
Delivered Feb 8 2013 - 85Kwh/Dolphin Grey/Pano/Tech/Sound/Air/shelf/HPWC
No heated mirrors?
How the hell will I see behind me on day at -20c or freezing rain? Safest car on the road my eye.,.
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