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"Perfect Job" by park assist.
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"Perfect Job" by park assist.
This morning I played with the Park Assist feature and let it park my car at work. It did a perfect job with perpendicular parking. The system will park your car based on the surrounding cars and not based on the painted lanes. It automatically applies the brakes as needed throughout the maneuver.
As you can see in the image the green Honda, which parked there first, kind of screwed it up for everyone else involved:
As you can see in the image the green Honda, which parked there first, kind of screwed it up for everyone else involved:
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I really should read my manual. I have parking assist but have no clue how to use it. I also can't find a way to kick under the trunk lid to open/close the trunk lid (I have keyless go). There are other mysteries that I'm trying to figure out without reading that million page manual 
I come from a 2011 so I'm still putting on the cruise control every time I turn a corner....change is so difficult...
I come from a 2011 so I'm still putting on the cruise control every time I turn a corner....change is so difficult...
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So there was no assumption on my part, straight from the horse's mouth...
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The 2013 model needed 5ft width and 4.3ft extra length over the vehicle of the car for parallel parking. It could not perpendicular park and id did not work the brakes for you. The 2014 model only needs 3.3ft extra length for parallel parking and it needs an extra 20 inches on both sides so you need quite the roomy parking spot for it to work. I can do a lot better job myself but I think it can do better than the missus.
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It does a good job paralleling the adjacent car. Fun motley mix there too - the new wagon, the E60 of questionable aesthetics with its wheels cranked, the everyday appliance of an mid 00s Accord, and a Nimitz-class ~69 (or 70, hard to tell from here) Sedan DeVille, which in Tejas probably has steer horns on the hood.
Although I've gotta say, if wifey can't do any better...well, that's actually pretty normal.
Although I've gotta say, if wifey can't do any better...well, that's actually pretty normal.
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Audi seem to have gone one step further.
Self-Parking Technology from Audi Video - YouTube
Self-Parking Technology from Audi Video - YouTube
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Park assist did what it says it is going to do . I reckon it can pull out of the parking lot on it's own as well
BTW, '69 Caddy went beyond the lines
Those cars are bigger than anything on the road minus semi trucks 
BTW, '69 Caddy went beyond the lines
Those cars are bigger than anything on the road minus semi trucks
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I try to use parking assist all the time. The hardest part is getting the system to acknowledge a spot for back in parking. You have to have your signal on so it knows what side to search. You have to drive well past the spot. Once under guidance, I am always nervous about trusting it, but it is always very accurate and dead centers my car between the two.
It is easier for it to spot parallel spots than back in spots. When it parallel parks it gets me about 6" from the curb, but it might just be aligning itself on the outside edge of the adjacent cars. I'm really not sure.
It is easier for it to spot parallel spots than back in spots. When it parallel parks it gets me about 6" from the curb, but it might just be aligning itself on the outside edge of the adjacent cars. I'm really not sure.
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I try to use parking assist all the time. The hardest part is getting the system to acknowledge a spot for back in parking. You have to have your signal on so it knows what side to search. You have to drive well past the spot. Once under guidance, I am always nervous about trusting it, but it is always very accurate and dead centers my car between the two.
It is easier for it to spot parallel spots than back in spots. When it parallel parks it gets me about 6" from the curb, but it might just be aligning itself on the outside edge of the adjacent cars. I'm really not sure.
It is easier for it to spot parallel spots than back in spots. When it parallel parks it gets me about 6" from the curb, but it might just be aligning itself on the outside edge of the adjacent cars. I'm really not sure.
"By default, Active Parking Assist only displays parking spaces on the frontpassenger side. Parking spaces on the driver's side are displayed as soon as the turn signal on the driver's side is activated. When parking on the driver's side, this must remain switched on until you acknowledge the use of Active Parking Assist by pressing the OK button on the multifunction steering wheel."
I haven't used it for parallel parking yet but for backing in, it does a perfect job. It's a bit freaky at first and you don't trust it but once you get used to it, it's a pretty standard procedure.
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Technology is cool - but other than the novelty do you see yourself using this feature much - or simply parking by yourself?
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I got the system mainly for the sensors and the 360 cameras. Once the novelty wears off I'll either go back to parking myself or get so used to the park assist that I'll keep doing it anyway. We'll see which one it is. My wife is freaked out even when I use the Distronic, I'm not sure she'd ever use and trust the park assist by herself.
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Parktronic Instructions
I've searched all over, including the manual, and can not find out how to use ParkTronic for perpendicular parking. All of the videos are for parallel parking. Any suggestions where to find more information. Many thanks.
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Having said that I also had a case at my work where I meant to perpendicular park and it completed a parallel park in front of the cars already perpendicular parking. No harm other than the failed parking job.
Here is a video on perpendicular parking:
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Thanks for the info. Very cool. Too bad Mercedes doesn't provide any documentation on how this option (which cost quite a bit) actually works. I'm a terrible parker, especially when backing in. The video was very helpful, too. I'll have to try this out. This may make backing in easier than parking head first!
Is there a secret so that it identifies a perpendicular space? How far from the other cars should you be? If you are too close, you would need to make at least two swoops. Ideally it can detect a space with at a far enough distance to do it in a single swoop.
Is there a secret so that it identifies a perpendicular space? How far from the other cars should you be? If you are too close, you would need to make at least two swoops. Ideally it can detect a space with at a far enough distance to do it in a single swoop.
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It really does work but it scares me. I get so nervous and just creep. So if their are other cars waiting for me I panic and abandon the spot.
I need to use it more and learn to trust it.
I need to use it more and learn to trust it.
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I try to use parking assist all the time. The hardest part is getting the system to acknowledge a spot for back in parking. You have to have your signal on so it knows what side to search. You have to drive well past the spot. Once under guidance, I am always nervous about trusting it, but it is always very accurate and dead centers my car between the two.
It is easier for it to spot parallel spots than back in spots. When it parallel parks it gets me about 6" from the curb, but it might just be aligning itself on the outside edge of the adjacent cars. I'm really not sure.
It is easier for it to spot parallel spots than back in spots. When it parallel parks it gets me about 6" from the curb, but it might just be aligning itself on the outside edge of the adjacent cars. I'm really not sure.
