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First scratch: the hatch and the roller door

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First scratch on the new car 😩. The hatch on the Model Y is much higher than our old Model 3. The open hatch fits in our garage, but not with the roller door open, it turns out.

Fortunately, the car allows us to set a maximum height for the hatch to open, and even assign a different height to each location. Just to be safe, I used a cardboard buffer during experimentation.

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  1. David Posavec via Facebook ↗
    I'd put it down to a rookie mistake. Yes the height is adjustable, but still need to consider this height issue in many places, especially if the car is parked halfway in or similar.
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  2. J.D. Gerri Delves via Facebook ↗
    I did exactly the same thing when I parked in a Melbourne CBD Carpark. Never again! Well, until my wife did it at a friend’s home in Sydney 😑 So I installed a spoiler over the tiny scratches which solved this problem ☺️
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    1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au
      J.D. Gerri Delves I was thinking of just a 5cm strip of transparent plastic on the apex 🤔.
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      1. J.D. Gerri Delves via Facebook ↗
        Tesla Tripping Whatever works for you is best.😀
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  3. Nicole Mottlee via Facebook ↗
    Oopsy
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  4. Pebz Ronquillo Buan via Facebook ↗
    What is your ceiling height? Tesla Tripping

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  5. Anne Meyers via Facebook ↗
    Whoops! Still it has to happen some time. Now you can relax
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  6. Brian Bradford via Facebook ↗
    You might be lucky and it may buff out with a gentle polish? 🤞
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  7. Michael Edgerton via Facebook ↗
    Repco do great colour matched touch up paint, use that and a fine art brush should cover almost perfect. Don’t use the brush that comes with the paint way to chunky.
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  8. Peter Hofland via Facebook ↗
    I fitted a cheap spoiler from Tessories for this exact reason, works a treat.
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