When you say you want minimum disruption of the paintwork,all parking sensors will need to be cut into the bumper.All good kits come with the correct hole cutter. I have these fitted to both my cars.Not the cheapest but work fine. Btw,the bumper on a Jazz is really just a plastic cover.It has very little strength.www.steel-mate.co.uk/acatalog/Parking_Sensors.html

Is it that your Jazz didn't come with the sensors or that it can't accept the ones that the local Honda dealer could fit for, say, £300? At least if you get them done at the dealership, any warranty given is worth more to you if you bought or also get the car serviced there (so they do a good job).

First thing.... there would be absolutely no suggestion from me that you need not bother.

My personal view is that they're a real bonus. I now wouldn't own a car without them - and that includes the tiny Hyundai i10 and the Jazz that went before. The Yeti had them built in from new.

Several reasons ... it only needs one low and tucked a way short post or a protruding rock from a stone bank down a country lane that appears from nowhere when you have to reverse out of someone's way on a dark, wet night. There are numerous little situations that could cost you a dink up the rear and which would cost as much , if not more, than a set of sensors.

Plus the fact that the older you get the harder it is for your neck to swivel like it did when you were 18.

If any car I bought didn't have them I would, again, do what I've done before and that is to pay an auto electrician to fit them for around £200. I used a mobile fella who did it outside my door. Money well spent. And if you can fit them yourself and not upset the 'canbus' system, then so much the better. Can't recommend a DIY make... mine were made by Cobra but that, in itself doesn't mean a lot - except to say they've never given a scrap of trouble over something like 11 or 12 years if you combine the Jazz plus the i10.

Not sure if newer cars are this simple, but on older cars like mine (Disco 2), you can just buy a second hand rear bumper with the factory parking sensors. Land Rover were 'generous' enough to include all the sockets/wiring looms for every available option (and there were ALOT!) even on base spec vehicles. Plug and play!

IMO there is no doubt these sensors are an aid to safer parking ... just an aid but well worth the investment. Mrs S has had them as a dealer fit extra on her Mazda 2 from new, when reversing they generate an intermittant beep sound as the car gets nearer objects and give a continous sound when the distance has reduced.They are fitted into the bumper, colour coded to match the paintwork.

I've got front and rear sensors on my new Toledo and a display comes up indicating distance to objects with the same sounds too. Unfortunately, they also activate when other vehicles get close, so make sure your installation is linked to selection of reverse.

There is a better solution though ... a reversing camera. The camera is acivated when in reverse gear and gives a visual display of what is behind, no sounds but it is possible to get very close and not hit the object eg bollards. There are options for the display, the best is to link in with the sat nav display console. I had a factory installed camera on my previous car for 12 years and miss it very much, considering an aftermarket fit for the Toledo if I can get a sensible price.

I had a set of Valeo sensors fitted to my mx-5 back in 2011. Still working perfectly.

More recently, my wife had some of these www.fittedparkingsensors.co.uk/ fitted to her Yaris in 2013. Also still working perfectly.

In both cases the installer did it on the drive. He spent time measuring to get them exactly right - I'd rather pay someone to do it on a brand new car than do it myself!