[pacemaker1000]

as in title
ordering tomorrow and cant decide as they are the same price

thanks

 

[jabberwocky]

I find that the camera is more useful than the sensors.

 

[jamesahy]

Rear Camera also requires Rear Parking Sensors to be equipped (on UK configurator)

If you're not talking about this then obviously it depends how much you think you need front parking sensors.

 

[pacemaker1000]

Thanks
Just realised you have to bothe.....doh!

 

[mick]

IMHO the rear camera / front sensors are not needed

I was always adamant that i didn't need rear parking sensors and sat nag..erm i mean sat nav but I've conceded and order both on the F55 as they are both handy in their own way.

 

[rtowell]

I thought the camera would be useful, but it requires the rear PDC. Result is that the cost to get the camera is $1,000 (Camera - $500, PDC - $500). Both for $500 would be OK ... not at $1,000. Wonder how Mini will deal with the mandatory cameras in 2017.

 

[Ian Chadwick]

I picked up my f57 jcw last week with both rear camera and sensors complete with rear view mirror and my wife managed to back into gates on the drive she thought the alarm was due to the fact that she didn't have her seat belt on os its all down to the fact will you use them once you have them

 

[AarnMunro]

On short F56 they are not so necessary, on F54 they are mandatory!
On F55...
Which you have?

 

[wwleone]

-IMHO-
F56 = only rear PDC (not necessary...)
F54 = rear camera and total PDC (absoluty necessary)
F55 = rear camera + rear PDC (highly recommended)
Front PDC (absoluty not necessary...)

 

[daydotz]

Camera is nice when it's clean otherwise rear sensors are much more useful given how good the sensors are and the graphics i wouldnt pay extra for a camera!

 

[jeremybingham]

Rear sensors not camera on our f54,gives a cute graphic on the screen and it gets redder as you get closer to go with the beeps. To be honest never had a car with either before and never found the need. However i quite like it! Given how good sensors and graphics are i wouldn't pay for a camera.

Daydotz sorry my interface went into your post. Apologies v odd!

 

[wwleone]

In my previous car (SUV = Chevrolet Captiva in Europe)

I had both systems but they were certainly more useful than the PDC rear view camera which was nice to see but nothing exceptional.

 

[Squirrelly]

I picked up my f57 jcw last week with both rear camera and sensors complete with rear view mirror and my wife managed to back into gates on the drive she thought the alarm was due to the fact that she didn't have her seat belt on os its all down to the fact will you use them once you have them

FUNNY - My wife would probably do this too! Recently, the car motion alarm went beeping on a car near where we were parked and she was adamantly sure that I had pushed the panic button on the remote fob for my car and it set off the other car's alarm!