Sentry mode to the rescue.

[Yev000]

No disrespect to Bjorn, but that was a pretty flawed test.

Yep, but my main point was that I dont think its processing all that video real time like AP.

I think what it does is something simpler, like recording to dashcam and IF parking sensors are triggered, saving a 10 min clip to a different folder.

I do not think it's running full recognition of cars/people/cyclists.

Of course I could be wrong. Would be interesting test....

1 Park the car in a field with sentry mode.
2. Walk out of range of parking sensors and give it a good 10 min to forget you were there
3. Throw a water balloon (or something that won't damage the car) at the car roof (making sure not to trigger parking sensors)
4. Leave it for a good 10 min - don't walk up to it
5. Come back and see if it saved the footage or event

I bet that's how they do it. Running all that image processing all the time would probably be quite resource hungry.

Read a few reports where people get tons of events in their drive with no people... I'm betting that's some nearby bush triggering parking sensors at the range limit.

 

[Bob M]

Sure so long as you remember to switch it on, can live with the 1 mile per hour range loss and afford the cost which could equate to hundreds of £ per year dependant on how much you use it an how you charge.
I'd rather have it than not but I think there is room for improvement. I'm sure eventually future models will have a co-processor to allow it to be used with only a fraction of the energy it currently consumes. Price of early adoption I guess

I think many people have safe home parking like in their own garages and many even at work. I use the setting to keep it off at these locations so I don’t think it cost very much to have it on while shopping and doing errands.