Backup camera for xk
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i'll go one further....unless it can seamlessly be integrated into the screen and look factory, why bother with backup camera? I've been driving for over 30 years. Sure its nice to have in my modern cars, and it'd be useful in my truck that's lifted close to 12" but... not needed. I've gotten by without backing into anything so far, lol.
surely I'm busting chops here, but all kidding aside, I still don't trust backup cameras 100%. I need to look back 1st, and then maybe check the camera.
surely I'm busting chops here, but all kidding aside, I still don't trust backup cameras 100%. I need to look back 1st, and then maybe check the camera.
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Sean W (11-13-2019)
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I'm with Bigbully. I didn't want anything but seamless integration. I considered several other options, but luckily I have a 2010, so the Factory setup was possible. It didn't cost much either! It DID however dictate a specific version of SDD to actually activate it, so there's a cost in doing that.
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I'm with Bigbully. I didn't want anything but seamless integration. I considered several other options, but luckily I have a 2010, so the Factory setup was possible. It didn't cost much either! It DID however dictate a specific version of SDD to actually activate it, so there's a cost in doing that.
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i'll go one further....unless it can seamlessly be integrated into the screen and look factory, why bother with backup camera? I've been driving for over 30 years. Sure its nice to have in my modern cars, and it'd be useful in my truck that's lifted close to 12" but... not needed. I've gotten by without backing into anything so far, lol.
surely I'm busting chops here, but all kidding aside, I still don't trust backup cameras 100%. I need to look back 1st, and then maybe check the camera.
surely I'm busting chops here, but all kidding aside, I still don't trust backup cameras 100%. I need to look back 1st, and then maybe check the camera.
Absolutely use all tools available to you... turn around and look, check all mirrors, check camera, listen and look again. I’m at about 50 years of driving with a couple instances of backing into something so managed pretty well without the camera for most of those years. As turning around to look is a bit more difficult these days and, as Sean noted, increased blind spots in some vehicle, the camera is helpfully but of course not the substitute for careful driving.
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That was my original rationale, as I already had a GVIF inplace to display gauges from a Camp-2, adding the camera was icing on the cake.
Turned out to be very useful (first car I had that now had a reverse camera). When I have some free time I’ll upgrade to the OEM method, but that will be a while.
Turned out to be very useful (first car I had that now had a reverse camera). When I have some free time I’ll upgrade to the OEM method, but that will be a while.
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