I own a pair of this binos and I sincerely think that this binos are excellent. They provide a very good package for the price. When I first got them, I too them outside and began glancing at buildings and cars, and my first impression was WOW!! That's what I thought at that moment. The picture was so nice. I don't know what zeiss has done to those HD glasses, but they have improved very much. I have a zeiss scope 5-25 HD scope and a set of HD binos. They both have excellent glass. I also compared these with the picture I was getting with my Swarovski spotting scope. The spotting scope was having trouble providing the same clarity that the zeiss HD was providing. Granted, the spotting scope is not an HD, but still a Swarovski, which is a lot more expensive than the zeiss hd line.
If you have questions about it, PM. Just buy them, you will not regret it.