Reverse sensor kit

Hmm, I must re-read some of my posts more thoroughly if I'm giving the impression of being utterly clueless...

Err, yes it's wired into a reversing light. But I always reverse into my drive, over the lowered kerb (beep), through wooden gates (beep beep), over whatever tree debris has blown down from my neighbours beech (beep), in the rain (often, beep), and back over some 20-25 yards of drive (occasional beep) to the front of my house (silence). It's pretty bloody annoying.

I don't think I chose well - I could've saved a chunk of money and bought simpler technology that apparently would work at least as well if not much better, had I known then that drilling holes wouldn't pose much of a problem.

To be fair, the installation instructions do say something along the lines of "adjust so the system does not trigger when reversing slowly over an even surface". That's easily done. Stopping it triggering on stupid things and yet still signal the proximity of stuff I don't want to hit, that's more difficult. I shall persevere.

It was the passing any gate within a metre that made me wonder, so I thought I'd better check :-)

The guy who was pleased with his had it on his Omega. I like the idea of it but the technical page on the website:

Did you have any problem finding somewhere to fit it?

Do you not all have gated drives ?

:-)

No, the bumper on my car is entirely plastic. The part where it is most nearly vertical was pretty much exactly at the recommended height. The inside of the bumper is free of any obstructions so it was a doddle to stick the aerial strip on and cover it with duck tape. I cut it to the recommended width too, so that it wasn't going around either corner.

I've had some emails from Tim Downie who posted a link to an eBay multi-sensor type. He seems to be well pleased with that, and the kit includes a drill. If your bumper is a simple one (lacking any internal structure or foam fill that would make drilling awkward), I think I'd go with one of those, at 1/3 the price. Some touch-up paint will achieve the factory-fit look !

Gated drives??? Luxury :-)

I'll bear that in mind, thanks.

Hang on a minute, I'm just passing on someones experiences/link. I'm not even sure I want one :-))