Back Up Camera Advice

[KevinH1990]

Originally Posted by Starter986

The car is, like, 6 feet long and 3 feet wide. Back-up camera?

Good question. I did not originally plan to add one to my Boxster.

My wife has a Highlander and I decided to install one on her car after a local family drove over their own child in their driveway because they didn't see the child run into the blind spot behind the car. It is a huge problem for SUV's and minivans. https://usa.streetsblog.org/2007/05/24/blind-spots-in-suvs-still-killing-kids/

I gradually upgraded all of the cars in my family's 4-car fleet to double-din head units. (I bought two of the units used from Woody/Itsnotanova for reasonable prices.) The back up cameras are not expensive and its easier to add them while you have the dash torn apart. I had grown accustomed to using the camera in the other cars and when the Boxster's time for an upgrade came, I decided to add it.

When the top is down, the back up camera doesn't add much utility. With the soft top up it is nice to have. It is especially handy for parallel parking and when backing into a space with a parking stop. I consider it a precision-parking aid.

Just for the record, Boxsters are longer than 6 feet and wider than 3 feet.