[ando]

I used the Parking Assistant for the first time today. I liked it. Anyone use it?

[KPD]

I do use it from time to time. But strangely, mine leaves a bigger gap on the left compared to when I park on the right had side of the road. The gap from the kerb is almost always 2~3 inches wider on the left. I'm assuming it might be calibrated for left hand drive cars, even though it's a UK model. It's just a guess though... Anyway, nothing a bit of human intervention can't fix.

I also love that the driver is in charge of the acceleration/brakes, same as my previous car. Hate the full-auto ones in higher end models.

[CliveL]

I've had the X1 for two months now and still haven't plucked up the courage to try it! I'm scared of kerbing the wheels; how does the car know where the kerb is??

[ando]

Originally Posted by CliveL

I've had the X1 for two months now and still haven't plucked up the courage to try it! I'm scared of kerbing the wheels; how does the car know where the kerb is??

I agree I like my wheels looking new. It did not even come close to the curb.

[Colin DF753]

I use mine quite a lot - it seems to use the car in front to estimate where the kerb is. Therefore when I parked behind a car yesterday which was touching the kerb, I scraped the alloys. So works well, but be careful!!!

[ando]

Originally Posted by Colin DF753

I use mine quite a lot - it seems to use the car in front to estimate where the kerb is. Therefore when I parked behind a car yesterday which was touching the kerb, I scraped the alloys. So works well, but be careful!!!

Good to know. I need to use it more to gain confidence.

[Bill_P]

Originally Posted by ando

I used the Parking Assistant for the first time today. I liked it. Anyone use it?

Ando - it looks from your photo as if you are parking into an end on bay rather than parallel parking - is that right? I thought our X1 system only did parallel parking.

I have only tried parallel parking once and it was alongside a row of bollards rather than a kerb. Scared me a bit as it seemed very tight from the mirrors but it did get in. I need to try more but it is finding a space on a road that is not busy so that you have plenty of time.

[simon.]

^^
Nah, he's on a road with live traffic going the other way.

Mrs' Seat family bus thing does parallel & bay parking. Only tried parallel so far & it's magic

[Bill_P]

Originally Posted by simon.

^^
Nah, he's on a road with live traffic going the other way.

Mrs' Seat family bus thing does parallel & bay parking. Only tried parallel so far & it's magic

Thanks Simon - I can see that now (now that I have looked properly!)

[ando]

Originally Posted by Bill_P

Thanks Simon - I can see that now (now that I have looked properly!)

Yes Chicago city traffic and parallel parking.

[pbjjj]

I have tried numerous times on DC streets, and the system worked well except one time when I let the car go in reverse too fast to get out of traffic. That was the only time the system didn't work well. The car hit the curve, so I had to cancel the system and manually parked. My friend said the system did warn me to slow down, but I was too busy checking the rear view mirror to notice...