Toyota Yaris rear view camera - views?

ariba10

I have a camera fitted to the rear of my car and much prefer it to beepers.

Very useful in supermarket car parks.

vikingaero

I find my reversing camera invaluable and can park within a cm of an obstruction only because the bumper is shown in the display. With some cameras the bumper can't be seen.

Best bet is to get a large empty cardboard box, reverse up to it and get out and have a look to interpret the view you see on the screen. Once you do it a few times you'll get used to it.

cheekyweegit

Strider590 wrote: »

On the Yaris they make everything look massive and intimidating, I swear it's why Yaris drivers are often painfully slow and complain about tailgaters. They make the driver uncomfortable, they drive slow, people drive too close, they get even more intimidated and it becomes a vicious circle.

Horrible cars to drive (IMHO).

Erm not all, my Yaris can fairly shift when required and a pleasure to drive, maybe I'm an exception, but then again I don't have or need a camera or beepers to reverse park and don't know why you would need either on a Yaris as they are not the biggest of cars.

If you are unsure about the space, hang out the door and look whilst reversing. Easy fool proof solution with no worries about the electronics going wrong.

Building_Surveyor

I have a Nissan juke which has a rear view camera built it. The camera has an optional grid on it with different colours so you now exactly how close you are... If you go into the red zone you know that your bumper is as close as it's gonna get.... I'm not sure what adding a beeper to this would do that the camera can't. Why wouldn't you trust the camera? Or your mirrors? These sorts of gimmicky toys are convenient to have but not a necessity. If you car didn't come with beepers I wouldn't bother.

Lucy_Lastic

Thanks for the useful replies.

I think it's just a matter of getting used to it and a bit of practice will sort that out I'm sure. I like the cardboard box idea in particular! Once it stops raining a blowing a gale I will get a box out.

I find it strange that if some people do not like a particular car they feel the need to slag if off. Each to their own I say.

Happy motoring all.

DUTR

Lucy_Lastic wrote: »

Thanks for the useful replies.

I think it's just a matter of getting used to it and a bit of practice will sort that out I'm sure. I like the cardboard box idea in particular! Once it stops raining a blowing a gale I will get a box out.

I find it strange that if some people do not like a particular car they feel the need to slag if off. Each to their own I say.

Happy motoring all.

On the screen display is there not yellow and red distance markers?
The neighbour has a quashqai with reverse camera it seems a good option, I opted for one on my Golf but as I addedanother option the camera was deleted, it does have parking sensors and for the luddites they do give extra peice of mind.

MysteryMe

Strider590 wrote: »

On the Yaris they make everything look massive and intimidating, I swear it's why Yaris drivers are often painfully slow and complain about tailgaters. They make the driver uncomfortable, they drive slow, people drive too close, they get even more intimidated and it becomes a vicious circle.

Horrible cars to drive (IMHO).

Load of rubbish, have driven the diesel Yaris for about 15 years and am not some Sunday afternoon dawdler nor shrinking violet.

londonTiger

Ultrasonic wrote: »

It's a rare driver indeed that never has to reverse!

Well you can still paralell park. I have pretty poor "perception" of space at the rear of my car.

I tend to overestimate the overhang at the rear of my hatchback. Never been a problem because I always tend to park in spaces where there's enough space for a much larger car.

Looking out through the rear window of my hatchback it often feels like it's on the verge of making contact. Then I leave the car and have a look and there's about 1.5ft distance left.

I'd rather play it safe than push my luck and make contact and get an insurance claim made against me.

Johnmcl7

Given the choice between parking sensors and a rear view camera I'd probably go with the sensors simply because they're more passive in that you can reverse as normal looking around as you're listening to the beeps. However I still found the rear view camera worked well (it was on a Yaris i was using one) particularly having the grid to line up with, the only issue was making sure I didn't spend too long looking at the screen trying to perfectly match up the lines which wasn't really required.

I will admit I was annoyed when the only hire car I could get after the DPF sensor failed in my 170bhp TDI powered car was a 1.3 litre auto Yaris which I needed for an 1,100 mile round trip. Aside from it lacking a bit of squirt at motorway speeds which is understandable I thought it was a surprising good car, it wasn't actually that small (five door one was around the same size as a Mazda 3), a doddle to nip round town and comfortable for long distances.

John

knightstyle

I hired a Yaris last year and really liked it. The camera was great and with two colour guide lines very easy to use. I seem to remember it had bleepers as well but that might have been another car.
One funny thing though, I spent ages trying to switch the headlights off! It seems you cannot whilst driving, so people kept flashing me! These were not the usual driving lights, it was the headlights.