04-21-2021, 01:35 AM | #1 |
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How to correctly use the park assist
Every time I go to a parking lot I try the park assist feature and it barely works, what am I missing? I have tried all types of parking spots from completely empty to sparsely parked to almost fully parked and it only works once in 20 times or so. Today I was at Costco’s parking and there were very little spots that were taken and park assist couldn’t find anything until I parked myself, the car suggested the path in between the parking spots as a spot to park
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04-21-2021, 02:14 AM | #2 |
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The car is trying to tell you that don't be a spoon fed driver and park the car in a sparsely populated parking lot anywhere you see an open spot. You need assistance in tight situations jokes apart - it works when you are trying to parallel park between two cars not more than a distance of 2 cars apart and similarly for perpendicular parking. Concept is that it needs 2 objects or cars to detect close by to provide automatic assistance where it can then understand that it now needs to measure and park accordingly. If it is an too open of a space then it cannot measure accurately as to where it has to start and stop measuring and start parking.
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04-21-2021, 06:49 AM | #4 |
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As mentioned above, it is designed to work when there are two vehicles on either side of the spot. It does not read lines.
In the case in your picture, it likely is seeing the lane as the spot you want to back into since you pulled forward into a spot.
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04-21-2021, 08:33 AM | #5 |
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I’ve found the function to be nearly useless for perpendicular parking. The problem is that you have to be very close to the row of cars for the system to detect them and the spaces in between. In my experience, you have to run close enough that the side sensors show orange as you drive by. Only green, or far enough away that that the side sensors don’t turn any color at all, it doesn’t work. As a result, it’s always a multi stop maneuver when it does work because you’re so close, it can’t swing in one move. Generally, I hit the park assist button just to get the top down view and park manually.
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04-21-2021, 12:20 PM | #14 |
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I am probably that kid lol. Of course I can park myself. I just love to see it do by itself haha. It just seems a little unreliable most of the times especially with perpendicular parking
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04-21-2021, 12:57 PM | #15 |
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What's wrong with parking the old fashion way, doing it yourself and using the skills learned in driver's ed. I think people spend more time talking and trying out these fancy parking features than it takes to pull into a space.
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04-21-2021, 01:00 PM | #16 |
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What’s wrong with driving ourselves? Why even pay money and get driving assistance when you can drive old school?
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So, try not to be snarky...there are people that use and need such aids. It's hard to look at intersections, and it takes me awhile to double check it's safe to pull out, and the front cameras help there, but don't see as far as I'd like. Turning my body is tougher, but I do it. Who knows how many more years I'll have before it's unsafe. Lots, I hope, but will know when the time comes. In the interim, the safety aids help. You just need to know their limitations, just like you do with your body. FWIW, I usually park without the aids, except for the cameras. |
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Agree - I just think it's fun watching the car drive itself. I'll probably use it a couple of times and forget about it. I just like gizmos and gadgets... |
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I’ve noticed the issue with the backup camera at night too. Either the low light performance of the camera is really bad, or the reverse lights are poor. I have a X6 with the two slim hockey stick rear light clusters and assume a lot of it is due to poor reverse lighting. The white reverse lights seem pretty small. Hate to say it, but I though I could see better in my previous Mazda CX-5, and that camera was derided for being low resolution. Last edited by Dwillbimmer; 04-21-2021 at 05:26 PM.. |
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