Thanks for the cautionary tale AO, we all feel your pain. I was just wondering this afternoon if I should hang a tennis ball from the ceiling of my garage, to ensure I have pulled in far enough (and not too far, either). You just answered that question for me!
Like Jason also said, we use the camera now to see the floor of the garage, it works well. I should clarify though that it was MY stupidity that caused this. I popped the trunk to get the charge cable out (took it with me to the office to try charging there). At the same time, I thought: Hey, they mounted the outlet upside down (causing weird cable angles), let me get some light in here and a screw driver and I'll fix that. Opened the garage door WITH the trunk lid open.
CRUNCH.
As for fixing it, my wife said we have clear nail polish and she has some clear coat spray sealant stuff she used to make the little one his own xmas ornaments. Any ideas on if either option would be a good one to go with?
Grats on getting your car (finally)!
Couple notes: you'll get used to the rear end wanting to play in a few days and just keep your foot from punching it so much. I think the perf was tuned to be just a little bit 'fun' in this case. You get used to it.
Re: garage -- I found it useful to pop the rear camera on while parking so I can see the garage floor and know I'm in far enough. My wife has it down pat now so she doesn't use the camera. Again, you get used to it but it takes a little time.
Yup, rear camera is great for this task -- only downside is that it does still cover the homelink buttons on my SW version.
Glad you brought up the back end breaking loose. We took the car for a shorter drive than intended tonight (more on that in a second), but while out, my wife commented that the car felt like her old mitsubishi eclipse -- that is, not very "Grounded" -- sort of floaty. I noticed this too, but I guess it was more noticeable in the back seat (she was back with the baby). I really didn't feel comfortable taking the car above 70ish because it didn't feel very grounded. I didn't remember feeling a lack of confidence during the test drives we did, so I wondered if it was just my car. I don't know if, again, it's the tires or something else, but I remembered a thread about checking tire pressures after delivery, so I did. Went to the gas station and one tire was 43 and the others were 41 (should be 42 all around) -- so that can't be the issue.
Going to dig up that thread first, and then let the tires and such break in and see where we are. Can any other owners chime in on how the car feels at speed?
Anywho.. glad we did the shorter drive. We used up 108 miles of stated range to go 67 actual miles. I'll need to get a grip on all of this before attempting long distance
P.S. I did notice what other drivers said about the auto wipers not being very good for the task at hand. I ended up putting them on max. I also can't seem to find a happy medium to keep the windows from fogging up (especially the sides).
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And if all else fails you can always get
impact resistant sheetrock. Just put a bit of padding at bumper height and you're all set.
heh, we're actually going to put one of those long pool noodles (sliced through the middle) against the wall so I don't bang up the doors getting my large behind out.
