A $500 waste of money,IMO.
Especially with the rear camera.
I have the PA shut off.Too many dash lights on for nothing.
It's not so much the money,it's the bumper covers without the ugly sensors looks so much nicer.
Impossible finding a GS with ML,NAV without Parking Assist,though.
I asked and was told it was impossible.

 

It works for high curbs too when pulling straight in or out, I leave mine on all the time.

 

i liked this on the IS but havent had it go off on the GS yet but its been sitting in the garage. I think its worth the money.

 

it saved my rear bumper once or twice. not sure about the looks, but totally worth it imo..

 

A rear camera would save you too.
A nice feature really not needed with a rear camera.
Front distance judgement is easy.

 

It's worth the money.

Better to spend $500 on an option that will have you thousands of dollars in case you dent and need repair/painting, or even a new bumper.

Also, it helps save lives. Legislation is trying to make it standard on cars, so you don't hit children or animals (or even unattentive adults)...

 

It is unbelievably helpful in the city, parallel parking is no problem.. a backup camera just isn't the same.

 

For $500, its worth it. Its just another layer of security.

 

worth every penny, guess you have never driven in the impossible spots where ever mm matters

 

I've parked on NYC streets a number of times in the past.
Never had a problem.
However,I wish the others who parked in front and back of me had the PA option but in NYC,they again would ignore the sensor anyway.
Now if I go to the city,I take my son's Civic.

Bring back chrome bumpers!!!

 

Mine likes to go off randomly though. I'll be in reverse and it will indicate that I am too close but there is nothing there. Happens on both sides of the back.

Gets irritating.

 

I wish every car has those sensors, that way they will think twice before they play bumper car when parking to try to aviod damaging these sensors.

 

one thing i love most on this car are the sensors and backup camera. use them every day and they really spoiled me. now when i go back to cars without them, things become so much "harder"

 

i totally think the parking sensors are worth it, even with a rearview camera. think about it.... $500 for a approx. $50k car is only 1% of the car's price, but yet i use it quite often to park.

for me, i have lots of junk in the garage and the front sensors help me gauge how close i can drive it towards the boxes when i park the car in the garage, without having to stretch out and look towards the front..... i just move slowly and look on my nav screen for the sensors.

also, when you think about re-sale value, i think it's a cool feature as a selling point to buyers.

personally, i really wanted to get parking sensors without ML....but i was told you need to get ML if you want the sensors. in the end, i got the ML with it, and am very happy that i did....got a great stereo system, and the sensors i wanted as well.

 

I cannot live without my parking sensors! They make parking in Chicago an absolute breeze - I can maneuver into spots with so much more ease when I know how far back or forward I can truly go. I am also really impressed, as another person said, that they can detect high curbs. Priceless.