Reverse parking a S

[boshk]

I can't seem to reverse park my MS perfectly, its 50/50 either its straight or angled. I guess I'm old school and still look through the rear, I have to remind myself...there is a bloody rear camera.

Never had this problem reverse parking my bmw 3 series, audi A3 or Honda Civic.

Anyone else?

 

[Wol747]

I've tried many times and never got the car to park - it shoots off in reverse, starts the backing turn in and every time appears to be about to sideswipe parked cars on one side or the other,. My foot is hovering over the brake and I always touch it to abort!

 

[ICUDoc]

I can't seem to reverse park my MS perfectly, its 50/50 either its straight or angled. I guess I'm old school and still look through the rear, I have to remind myself...there is a bloody rear camera.
Never had this problem reverse parking my bmw 3 series, audi A3 or Honda Civic.
Anyone else?

Maybe it's the curvy side mirrors? They make the lines bendy so you have to account for that.
I have zero trouble reverse parking nice and straight.
(Now, as to whether it's parallel to the curb when I park THAT way is actually quite the opposite!)

 

[Alysashley79]

I can't seem to reverse park my MS perfectly, its 50/50 either its straight or angled. I guess I'm old school and still look through the rear, I have to remind myself...there is a bloody rear camera.

Never had this problem reverse parking my bmw 3 series, audi A3 or Honda Civic.

Anyone else?

I don’t know the size of an A3. But the S is MUCH larger than a Honda Civic or a 3 series (owned both) it’s drives sportier and feels smaller to me because Of that but when it comes to parking in tight spots (parallel parking) or even just into a normal parking spot it’s different. I have my rear camera on 100% of the time when I drive. It captures all my blind spots. It also makes parking a breeze.

 

[XLR82XS]

Nope - no problems parking. I do have SUMA convex mirrors that help but 90% of time when reversing I only look at the screen and park perfectly.

 

[David.85D]

Thought this was a complaint about the park assist lines. My problem is lining up the rear camera lines with the paint lines results in my car being angled. Something is amiss.

 

[HHHH]

I've actually found that reverse parking the model S is easier than parking head-in with a potential high curb in front of me. I use the camera and the passenger side mirror as aids, but I don't turn my head.

 

[Alysashley79]

Thought this was a complaint about the park assist lines. My problem is lining up the rear camera lines with the paint lines results in my car being angled. Something is amiss.

the lines don’t necessarily show where you’re tires are exactly. Better to use them more for “how close are you to the car/wall/something”

 

[MichaelJava95]

I can't seem to reverse park my MS perfectly, its 50/50 either its straight or angled. I guess I'm old school and still look through the rear, I have to remind myself...there is a bloody rear camera.

Never had this problem reverse parking my bmw 3 series, audi A3 or Honda Civic.

Anyone else?

Use the auto tilt feature to tilt the side mirrors down while backing up. That will allow you to falling the car to the lines. If there are no lines, you can again use the side mirrors to falling yourself to the cars to the left and right.

 

[beatle]

Use the auto tilt feature to tilt the side mirrors down while backing up. That will allow you to falling the car to the lines. If there are no lines, you can again use the side mirrors to falling yourself to the cars to the left and right.

That's what I do in all my cars. Once I get the car positioned to back in and I know the spot is clear, I look in the driver's side mirror and back up until the line approaches being parallel with the car. Then I unwind and finish backing in. My truck is just a touch larger than my S and it has such a crappy turning radius that backing in is how I park it 90% of the time.

 

[XLR82XS]

Thought this was a complaint about the park assist lines. My problem is lining up the rear camera lines with the paint lines results in my car being angled. Something is amiss.

Maybe the update with side camera reverse activation will assist with that.