I thought perhaps the car was blocking the view. In multiple occasions I parked the car outside so the cameras had a clear view of the entire door. Whenever I parked the car outside, the car wouldn't enter the garage that night. Was it trolling me???

My friend joked that maybe the cat was pulling a Mission Impossible move and coming in the garage by hanging on to the bottom of the car. I laughed.
Then a few nights ago I was awake when I could see the cat in the garage cameras. While steaming it on my phone I walked down.

I entered and started yelling and banging things, expecting it would get scared and run away (and hopefully not want to come back). But to me surprise, it just disappeared under my car???
Looking at more footage I was now certain the cat wasn't entering or leaving.

The incredible thing is on *several* of the days when the cat was in the garage at night I drove during the day. Sometimes at freeway speeds. One day I parked it all day in SF. So if it did indeed enter by being somewhere under my car, then it was being driven along everywhere!

I looked with a flashlight under my car. It's a Tesla Model Y so the underside is mostly flat. I believe it may have found a comfortable spot somewhere around the front right wheel well / suspension area. But I haven't been able to see it and confirm exactly.

This was me banging the underside with a broom hoping it would come out. Here you can see my best guess as to where the cat may have been living.

@Javi that trick won’t work, you’re going to get charged for new tires when you turn in the lease if they are under a certain tread depth (those certainly are!)

You can put on some cheap-o aftermarket replacement tires though.

@smileyborg yeah it’s my first time leasing (and driving a car that eats tires). I certainly expected that as a possibility, was just wondering if maybe it would fly given the rest of the car is in great condition.

The thing is, I thought it would be the same whether I get new tires now, or they charge me for them when I return them. What I didn’t consider is the possibility of returning it with crappier tires than what it came with!?