Also, there is no choosing an exact or preferred spot yet supported and it’s entirely random.
Older Autopark versions were built to center the car perfectly between two physical vehicles for safety — it uses the cars as reliable bumpers rather than trusting faded or inconsistent white lines.
That’s why it often picks spots between other cars and spaces itself evenly between them, even if that means it’s not dead center in the painted lines. The system prioritizes not hitting anything over perfect line alignment. Newer vision-based versions are getting better at following the lines, but the core logic still leans on the safest reference points around it.
You can’t pick a specific spot right now — it just scans and grabs what it thinks is the easiest, safest option. If they’re really picky about the lines, sometimes you just have to take over and park manually.
I’m not sure how long you’ve been using or experiencing AP1, AP2, FSD & Autopark, but Tesla doesn’t support preferred parking in the software stack just yet.
However, it’s miles better than previous versions and only getting better.
I guess it’s difficult for some to compare if they hadn’t experienced the progression of Autopark & without that perspective, it’s easier to pick on small and very easy options or functions in later releases, especially when highway & city autonomy was priority and now parking lots, drive through, driveways & garages are last very small hurdles.
1st world problems perhaps but I’ve enjoyed every positive gained function of FSD to this point.