4 wheel steer driving lessons for parking?

[ScouterJohn]

Can someone recommend a video on mastering the four-wheel steering? I am only straight in a parking spot if I take too many attempts. Tried some practicing but I think I need the secret decoder ring so my light bult comes on!

Found this that helps starting at 1:44 :
Animation: Dynamic all-wheel steering – maneurvering and parking (youtube.com)

When pull forward parking: rather than swing wide where you watch you don't hit the vehicle on your right, you stay tighter (no swing out) and now have to watch you don't clip a car on either side.

And yes, before anyone asks, they don't let me back the trailer in at camp anymore.

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[Sxksxk]

Lol I'm with you. 3 weeks in and I'm still weird in parking spots.

 

[Seribus]

I'm somehow the opposite. Especially backing in. I use to never back in and hated it. Now somehow I can back in straight.

 

[Kite]

Tesla could perhaps sell the toy-version of CT with a roof top steering wheel that was electrically controlling the wheels the same way as the real car? Good for these who feel in need of some dry-training

I had a VW Beetle with roof steering when I was a child, it was what I reference in my mind when parking got "advanced" or with trailer etc.

 

[ScouterJohn]

Tesla could perhaps sell the toy-version of CT with a roof top steering wheel that was electrically controlling the wheels the same way as the real car? Good for these who feel in need of some dry-training

I had a VW Beetle with roof steering when I was a child, it was what I reference in my mind when parking got "advanced" or with trailer etc.

That flat windshield dates that puppy to around a 1960 or earlier! I had one of those as a teen and I painted it with Rust-oleum with a brush. My Dad only had cans of yellow, green and orange so I made different parts different colors. Had a small fender bender and the woman told the cop she didn't see me...he gave her the ticket saying "how could you miss that eyesore!" It was still looking pretty good decades later in the junk yard! Sorry for the tangent but loved that car; the gas gauge was inside the frunk not inside the car so my friends were used to pushing to the gas station.

 

[vinsk]

I’m known to park perfectly between the lines without looking at cameras irrespective of the vehicle size. But with CT it has been tricky for last couple of weeks.

 

[ScouterJohn]

Okay so it is not just me. Now where are all our experts @CyberGus @HaulingAss @Woodrick and @Crissa for mediation services to keep it calm! (yep, we notice!)

 

[CyberGus]

I'm still acclimating to 4WS and the exterior dimensions, so I park at like 0.2 MPH lol. I've yet to nail a parallel-parking exercise on the first attempt.

I get my best practice when I park in front of a storefront of glass, since I can use the reflection to verify my position.

 

[tmeyer3]

I've found straight-on parking into a spot to be the hardest. backing in and parallel parking is much easier. I've driven the truck 10k miles, and am still not confident with just pulling straight into a space.

 

[ScouterJohn]

I'm still acclimating to 4WS and the exterior dimensions, so I park at like 0.2 MPH lol. I've yet to nail a parallel-parking exercise on the first attempt.

I get my best practice when I park in front of a storefront of glass, since I can use the reflection to verify my position.

I need to change out all my stores I frequent then; I like the reflection idea! I tried a test when I first got it and thought, okay, I'm 8 to 12 inches from the curb...I was over two feet! LOL I solved that by driving with the cameras all on so I could glance at where the rear wheels were relative to the road lines. That helped a lot but was worried the officer might think I'm trashed going back and forth between the lines on the road....

 

[bowenzhang]

The F-150 I drove before have 360 view with front and rear bumpers in the view, so it is very easy to judge distance.

For CT, first it doesn’t have 360 view (yet until FSD release?). I have to flip between front and back view when backing out of a parking lot to ensure nose clears the vehicles on both sides while steering.
Secondly, it doesn’t show any bumper in front/back view. So I have to be extra conservative when pulling/backing in.

and yes, I find myself no longer (be able to) park head in for some reason…backing in is much easier.

 

[CyberGus]

okay, I'm 8 to 12 inches from the curb...I was over two feet! LOL

Right, my perception of distance varies wildly with the different camera views.

 

[GatorCyber]

Tesla doesn't do birdseye, but FSD does show an overhead image of the car and parking lot lines

 

[CTSoFL]

Wait until the rears open up the full 10 degrees.

 

[ScouterJohn]

Tesla doesn't do birdseye, but FSD does show an overhead image of the car and parking lot lines

Which is great but we do not have FSD yet, and no real timeframe either, so I need to learn to park so I don't look foolish like some city slicker hanging in @Outdoors backyard.

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