But there is a great washer on the camera. That works great for me on very salty roads.
On the other hand cars were much more like boxes then. My old Volvo 740 was like a shoe carton, square, but you knew exactly and could see every corner of that. Now with all the aero style it’s not so easy!
If you want to talk boxy car shock, I went straight from a 1988 BMW E28 5-series to the Taycan. I still feel like a time traveler.
This may only be a feature on the remote parking option that I have, but I can toggle that rear view between two angles. That’s the really wide view that allows you to see passing traffic if you are backing out, but I can tap the same camera and the fish eye effect dial down as it ‘zooms in’ for a much more ‘normal’ view.These photos are actually as good as it gets in low light conditions. I really wish I had some pics from the other day in the rain bc any water on the lens and forget about seeing anything. But even in these, everything is SO distorted that it’s really hard to keep your bearings.
In my BMW 840 the camera was so good I could’ve driven in reverse even in the dark.
Yes I have that view as well, but to me not a lot better overall although distortion is a lot less. Other thing I don’t like about that view is no red distance line.
I agree. I’ve come from an RS6 and that was instantly easy to comprehend and trust. This one - no. I just am always doubting it. Even just reversing up to a wall. My brain tells me that the whole boot lid (that isn’t visible) is going to be hit, even though it’s the diffuser (that you can see) is the thing that will make contact first.Yes I have that view as well, but to me not a lot better overall although distortion is a lot less. Other thing I don’t like about that view is no red distance line.
Part of my problem I guess is our SQ5 cam and the one in my prior BMW very crisp and clear so not accustomed to having to work so hard to backup
Impressed that folks can get by without using (or having) a back-up camera. I consider the capacity through the rear-view mirror to see exactly what's happening immediately behind the Taycan when backing up (think large or jagged object, pet or child) as being extremely limited.The fundamental problem of the rear camera is perhaps that it is so low that in order to get the full view a lens with a wider angle than usual was needed. That is a styling related (hiding the camera) problem which a different camera or software may not address.
Having written that, for the first 35+ years of my driving life no car had reversing cameras or sensors, so as a problem it is exaggerated somewhat IMO.
I had to point out the reversing camera and the view on the screen in her car to my wife, she had neither noticed its existence nor used it since she got the car, and actually still doesn’tbut that could be because it was me that pointed it out
We both learned to drive cars in with no driver over-rides or aids but these cameras and sensors are nice to have and do make driving so much easier.
I never used the mirrors for reversing either, I twist round and look through the windows - though as I get older I get stiffer.
I don’t think this is the issue.
Well 5" is substantially higher from an angle of view POV, our Prius which is better than the Taycan isn't that much higher, but if the 911 is no better and 4" up that definitely isn't it!
Thinking about it more and to be fair, there are two versions of the 911 Carrera rear and mine is the version with the higher placement. I don’t know the height of the lower one.
