| 09-16-2017, 11:40 AM | #1 |
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Looks like a pet peeve was solved years ago . . .
I'm always ticked off how dirty the review cameras always get on any SUV.
Looks like the $129,000 M6 solved it years ago!
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| 09-16-2017, 02:32 PM | #2 |
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Was actually talking about this with my friends the other day, VW has this on their Golfs, but nobody at BMW thought to implement this on their luxury SUV.
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| 09-16-2017, 04:37 PM | #3 |
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I don't think it's just on the M6. I believe all 6-series cars have it. A 650i Gran Coupe that I looked at has the camera under the emblem.
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| 09-17-2017, 05:13 PM | #4 |
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this just adds something else to break on that bimmer...turns a $150-200 camera into a $500 mechanism, lol
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| 09-17-2017, 05:27 PM | #5 |
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| 09-17-2017, 09:31 PM | #6 | |
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| 09-18-2017, 04:58 AM | #7 |
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That's not a dirty camera. It's the "wash your car" warning. Standard equipment.
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| 09-18-2017, 05:09 AM | #8 |
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What ever happened to being able to drive? Who needs cameras? Lol. Yes, I like the camera. Why don't they simply have a sprayer pointed at it like the headlight washer?
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| 09-18-2017, 06:37 AM | #9 | |
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I always turn around anyway and never use cameras or mirrors to back up, but it's just the principle of it. I do like that last second glance at the screen as I'm turning around just before I enter the street, so I don't hit someone walking their dog, carriage or kid on a bike. And this is from a luxury car company that never installed cameras as standard equipment on a 66k plus X5 without paying extra for a higher package. It would be so easy for them to have a spray head aimed at the lens whenever you turn your rear wiper on. The de-icer line is already in the tailgate. They did nothing, until 2018 finally make it mandatory for cameras in all brands now.
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| 09-18-2017, 12:54 PM | #10 |
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There are few other vehicles that do this, and I always thought it was weird for BMW not to do it, then I thought it's just another thing that will break and will cost thousands to replace.. Like everyone else I started getting out and wiping it once in a while.
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