arnis
Well-known member
That hybrid heater and PTC heater thing continues, same thing on 2016 and 2017 Leafs.
Around view monitor crams all camera data onto the display VERTICALLY. Also it doesn't work
in dark as there are no lights on the left/right of the vehicle.
One actually reasonable view is the right front wheel curb view for parking near curbs. But it is
extremely easy to see the curb on the rear camera and additional view is not as useful as it seems.
I've tried surround view on 2014 Leaf and on 2016 Leaf (with slightly bigger screen) - no difference.
Details are just way too small on that small screen. In addition, cameras are always never clean.
Demonstration how it usually looks like on surround view while sitting straight in the drivers seat:
I know it's cool to have so many cameras and it might be more useful if blending was better, LCD was
larger and view could be more adjustable according to situation. But it is not. And I also noticed that
picture quality is worse, in addition to being extremely small (smartphone screen size for 360 view).
I actually specifically tried to park and maneuver in tight places using cameras alone (cleaned them and
did the test in good lighting conditions). It's worse. Looking out of windscreen and outside mirrors (if
adjusted correctly) helps more. But the rear camera is extremely helpful with no parking sensors.
I'm very good at maneuvering vehicle but rearview camera still helps as the rear window is not very good.
Around view monitor crams all camera data onto the display VERTICALLY. Also it doesn't work
in dark as there are no lights on the left/right of the vehicle.
One actually reasonable view is the right front wheel curb view for parking near curbs. But it is
extremely easy to see the curb on the rear camera and additional view is not as useful as it seems.
I've tried surround view on 2014 Leaf and on 2016 Leaf (with slightly bigger screen) - no difference.
Details are just way too small on that small screen. In addition, cameras are always never clean.
Demonstration how it usually looks like on surround view while sitting straight in the drivers seat:
I know it's cool to have so many cameras and it might be more useful if blending was better, LCD was
larger and view could be more adjustable according to situation. But it is not. And I also noticed that
picture quality is worse, in addition to being extremely small (smartphone screen size for 360 view).
I actually specifically tried to park and maneuver in tight places using cameras alone (cleaned them and
did the test in good lighting conditions). It's worse. Looking out of windscreen and outside mirrors (if
adjusted correctly) helps more. But the rear camera is extremely helpful with no parking sensors.
I'm very good at maneuvering vehicle but rearview camera still helps as the rear window is not very good.