Mr. Klean

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...or install a front camera on her....

memasterac

Here is where I really like the Infiniti/Nissan Around View Monitor. Seriously, it's so brilliant and why can't Lexus/Toyota adopt to it and make it standard across at least Lexus models.... it's available on the Nissan Versa Note for the sake so don't tell me it's about the cost....

1111GS

Don't quote me on this but I suspect that the height of the curb, the minimal clearance are regulated. So as long as our car is not lowered, it should clear the curb. If lowered, for sure it will scrape some curbs. The one thing that I'm more concerned is when I park on the street along a side walk curb. If the street is tilted and your passenger just opens the door, that would be a disaster.

hziemba

Volvo has such a camera, but it's installed by the dealer (or port). A dealer wanted almost $1200 installed, but I got him to about $850. May seem like a lot, but there's a lot that has to be removed to do it - 3-4 hrs. Factory install would have been much easier and cheaper.

Honda Accord has a backup camera with a 'topview" as standard on a $30k car!

Why Lexus doesn't add these is beyond me. I would have loved to have them instead of a lot of things in the Luxury package of my 2013 GS.

bigblack06

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Yeah you could be right but sometimes I see curbs higher than others. In any case I'm lowered.

neegroy

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thats the exact reason why i NEVER go head in. wth do you got the backup camera for than righhh?!

yardie876

Yea not gonna lower it lol.

bigblack06

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Holy crap you beat me! are you lowered. That's a perfect parking job!

dojoman

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I installed Curb Alert on my 3rd Gen IS. Works like a charm. $150.

4TehNguyen

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dont pull all the way in, just enough so you arent sticking out

yardie876

Well you know, I try lol. Nope not lowered. Curbs like these quickly remind me why I am not. Plus the parentals occasionally drive it.
I always back into spots. This is a place I frequent and I know the curb so I decided to take a pic lol.

tmf2004

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dseag2

I'd rather have a GS F Sport with a scraped bumper than a Q50 without one.

blacksedan

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if that curb was any higher, that would've sucked big time

PeteInGilr

Notice that chunk of concrete taken out of the curb? That's where someone else parked with an even lower front end.

Anyone notice the front end scraping when entering/exiting driveways...like shopping centers and restaurants?

I know you can angle your way in, but sometimes you have to make a very quick left to get in between traffic and there is only one way in....straight.

I'm still in shopping mode for the GS and it must be the places I frequent, because in my previous sedans, they all scraped.