Blind spot monitoring is not included, but there is parking assist, lane departure warning, collision prevention warning, back up camara, road following headlights, cornering lights and several other safety and convenience features. There are numerous technological features on the Cascada that you have to pay extra for with other cars. It is cleverly designed, in addition to the voice instructions the direction of the next turn is displayed as an arrow and there is a progress bar that gets smaller as you approach the turn, very good. The other feature that I like is that you can have the navigation displayed on the small screen between the speedometer and the tachometer, leaving the main display for other things, radio, CD music track and the like. I particularly like the "Destination" button on the dash, it eliminates going through several menu selections for selecting destination. Just have to get used to when to use which button, touch screen or dash. True, there are a lot of buttons, but most of them are duplicates of the touch screen buttons. In other reviews there have been a lot of comments about outdated dash, and too many buttons. I am not a golfer, but I do not think that a golf bag would fit through the opening of course there is always the back seat. It is a good size with the roof up except for the trunk opening. The trunk is small with the roof down, but that was expected with a convertible. I guess because of the huge wind shield and all the surrounding glass, there is absolutely no enclosed feeling. I have always had cars with sun roofs or panoramic roofs, so I was not sure how a solid black roof over my head will feel. Although the rear window is small, and is at an angle that reduce the visibility even more, between the rearwiew mirror and the two side mirrors visibility is pretty good. The curvature of the two side mirrors is such that half of the lane behind me is visible in each of the side mirrors. Initially I was concerned about the rear view visibility and the enclosed feeling with the roof … up, but have no problems. Seat and steering wheel adjustments are very accommodating. Our roads are hilly and windy here in Pittsburgh, but the Cascada handles the road exceptionally well. The ride is smooth on good roads, a bit bumpy on uneven roads (sport suspension). I enjoy driving the car more and more each day.
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