It lets you go forward and back. Only works if you are within Bluetooth range and keep your finger on the button in the app. If you let go the car stops. It will actually make minor turns to avoid hitting stuff. Though apparently not going off cliffs.

Good for a party trick but in general I have yet to find a good real use case for it.

Using it without being able to see your car is pure idiocy.

I have a gym in my garage that folds up into the wall. I use summon to pull the car out of garage before a workout and pull it back in when done. It’s a small thing but something I do every night. The convenience is just a really great nice to have.

>Good for a party trick but in general I have yet to find a good real use case for it.

It's particularly hilarious when you and several buddies are watching the meter maid try to put a ticket on it. It's probably occasionally useful for adjusting a car in the driveway but yeah, it's 99% party trick.

It could theoretically be useful for attaching a trailer but most Tesla owners aren't doing that and the collision detection system will probably go crazy and prevent you from getting close enough to the trailer to actually couple it to the car.

It's great for parking in cramped spaces, at least at home (where you won't get yelled at in a public parking lot). I use it daily so that I can get out of my car before parking it in my carport next to my neighbor's giant SUV.

I could see it useful to have “Tesla” parking spots that are 10% narrower to improve space utilization.

Yes, humiliating other people is hilarious...

I assure you it wasn't nearly as big of an obstacle to the guy writing the ticket as you think it would be. Humans are very good at improvising when a new situation is thrown their way.

I assure you, bothering someone like this when they are trying to get through their day is not hilarious to that person. Not only did your friend act like an ass and part illegally or over the time limit, but they then risked possibly running over a person's foot or something while fucking around.

It has been useful for in the past to get out of a parking spot that in my absence has become too small to open the doors adequately.

today, the public software allows you to move it backwards and forwards through the application if you're within range of the vehicle