The low slope windshield will decrease accuracy if the string changes length with changes in temperature or humidity, or the rafters change height.
That's probably because the person who introduced the idea of the low-slope windshield increasing accuracy didn't put a /s either!Dang, HA, you forgot that "/s" at the end of your comment!
If you take the string of the tennis ball and drop it from a pulley or eye bolt and attach it to the garage door. When the door comes up, the ball lowers. When the door goes down, the ball moves up out of your way!
I hope not.
I wasn't focused on the slope of the windshield, but rather how flat(ish) it is, horizontally. My car's windshields have enough curve that, when I hang the tennis ball so that it lands in front of the driver's position a slight difference in the car's location, from left to right, changes how far the car is from the garage door.That's probably because the person who introduced the idea of the low-slope windshield increasing accuracy didn't put a /s either!
I think due to the fact that even changes in temperature of the tires or the air suspension or small changes in tire pressure, can impact the height of the Cybertruck, that a low slope roof actually decreases the accuracy of the parking position using the ball/string method. Not that it's enough to matter in most situations, but you are the one who introduced the concept. A perfectly vertical windshield would provide the utmost in accuracy.
If the CT is a hair short of the 19’, and the garage is 20’ depth, that’s one problem set - tennis balls, self-parking, etc., are all practical options.
That gigantic thing was around 241 X 84. You can see how massive it was in the tug of war video. The F150 is 79 X 231.
It’s an EV that needs to charge. My set up is in the garage, can’t run cables out to the street.CT is not a Fancy car, it's a pickup and don't need to sleep in a garage. It's my view point, but I respect the other view points to !
Yes, the prototype was. What people don't get was that thing was not an exact spec build of the planned cybertruck. The specs posted on the screen at delivery were what I quoted, not the dimensions of the proto. The proto was an approximation thrown together in 2 weeks loosely on a Model X base. This was known at the time from Motortrend who had access to the truck and the team. We now know from Musk's biography it was at least partly because Elon was sick of the team resisting his idea and just said "we're having a reveal, go build it now! 2 weeks!" But the proto was never the planned dimensions, the plan was always to be the size of the most common F150. So you have to get under 80" for standard width rating, and I do think they trimmed the length a little extra from the plan to make it easier to park.
Hang ping-pong ball from ceiling to touch windshield.I found this type of device to be the most fool-proof method to park in the exact place that allows my garage door to close with a defined clearance:
Bolted to the garage floor with some substantial concrete anchors, with the vehicle eased up to kiss them, they will stop you at exactly the same distance every time.
Downsides:
That spot in the garage is then dedicated to the CT because of its short front overhang.
Tripping hazard when the vehicle is not there.
Installation really needs a hammer drill and good concrete screws.
