Agreed! We love the camera!Personally, I love the camera and the lines (side lines, then 3 rear lines Y/Y/R) helps you get in the right spot easily and choose appropriate distance. You also see the bumper in the camera.
For those who are interested, the parking sensors are not available at all in Canada, just the backup camera available starting on the GS Trim (equiv to Touring).
Is the camera good enough for you to see how close you are to a another cars front bumper? Would a rear back up sensor be over kill?
It'll take a few tests to figure out your comfort zone for the "red zone". When I first tried a back-in parking job, I stopped right as the curb entered the red zone.
Japan gets an additional feature of wing mirror cameras, which can see from the front to the rear along the entire side closest to the gutter (which for Japan is the left side obviously). This image appears in the rear vision mirror. This feature is in addition to the reversing camera.
I've trained my wife, when pulling into the garage, to drop it in reverse and align the red line with a cut in the concrete just outside the door... Door shuts, doesn't hit the car and we're all happy!...
Damn. Wish I had that feature for my CX-5 here in Canada. Would give me pece of mind when parking by a curb. Scuffing rims are never fun.
The side lines are also useful. They mark where the gutter (curb) is, and it does go a long way to preventing alloy damage.