My turn at the curse - Hit and run

[Isometric Bacon]

Nice one. Looks like the dash cam paid off! I have the same model. It's a great piece of kit for the price.

Although a word of warning to others looking at this same model - I have had problems with mine interfering with the FM transmission on my radio. The ebay seller sent me a newer charger which fixed the FM interference, but it still causes my GPS to lose signal occasionally. Seems like i'm not the only one according to dashcamtalk.com.

This is running mine through the supplied Cigarette Adapter though. A professional install like Ottopilot's where it's wired through the stereo might fix the issue?

[teamturbo]

Does anyone have a tutorial on how to wire the camera into car's electric system? About how much would a professional installation run?

[Agent_86]

Originally Posted by ottopilot

I got a dashcam recording all the time. :happy0180:

You record 24/7? Doesn't that drain your car battery?

[Rayme]

Originally Posted by Agent_86

You record 24/7? Doesn't that drain your car battery?

It takes very very little power. Runs on 5 volts.

[Rayme]

So I just got my car back! Took them 2 days to fix, and replaced the scion logo because because they did remove the whole thing to repaint the corner. I'm pretty happy of the overall quickness of everything.

The only thing I had to pay was 6$ to fill up the Kia Optima I had for a rental.

The end

[kioton32]

I miss the good ol days When people actually cared about their community and if they hit someones car in the parking lot they left a note with a phone number so they could call and get it straightened out...

[jonghyun]

Originally Posted by ottopilot

UPDATE:
I went to the cops this morning and it took about 1h30. Got the guy's name and policy information, it was real easy actually, the cops were helpful and said if all cars had those it would make their jobs easier! The car will get repaired at no cost and I'll have a loaner. Here's the video for y'all!

So I went to crappy tire and when I came back to my car I notice the front bumper was poped at the fender, and had black marks. It kinda looked bad at first sight, then I just drove home to check the footage. Turns out the dodge ram on my left just took off and rubbed his back wheel ever so slighty againt the corner of my car.

My dad called me angry that I didn't call the cops (he say my facebook post..lol), I told him to chill out I have a camera evidence anyway with his plate (the guy obviously didn't notice my car at all. However I'm not too sure I want to do anything, to me this is a very minor thing, it basicly look like a rock chip and when I buff it out the superficial scuffs will disappear. The fender, headlight and corner lights are totally untouched, the signal light was scuffed in the corner almost impossible to tell and the bumper snapped back into place and lines up with the fender perfectly. The last pics shows the area after I cleaned the rubber/waxed it.

What would you do? To me it's not worth losing my car for a week or two and end up with a possibly miss matched/repainted bumper and possible more damage because some shops just suck.

hunt down that motherf***er

on a serious note. what kind of camera is that? i think it'd be a GREAT anti-theft/hit and run solution. and link? i tried googling DVR-037

[DBacon1052]

"Sorry I was sending a tweet" - Ted

[Mpowered]

I got my dashcam. Otto, do you know how to set it so that it keeps recording after you've turned off the car? Turning off the car turns off my dashcam. Or do you have it wired so its on all the time?

Also, can you elaborate on how you have it mounted? I can't get it as close to the headliner as you have it with the suction cup (it doesnt stick to the dotted area very well).

Thanks in advance...

[The_Societan]

If you don't report the guy, you are defeating the purpose of the dashcam. Maybe the damage was minimal, but that's exactly what the other driver would say. Would he say the same if you rubbed HIS truck? Doubt it.

Things like this make me seriously consider getting my own dashcam...

[bkblitzed]

you bought it off ebay? I know there's a lot of fake dash cams being made, so i just wanna be sure i buy off a reputable dealer or somethin.

[mfbmike]

Watched the video.

People fucking suck.

Glad you got your car fixed.