As all our cars are pretty much brand new!! Motion Detecting Dash Cams!!
 

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/buy...dash-cams.html :eyebulge:

ran into these on a thread in my other forum, i'm always super paranoid about my car getting damaged or being in an accident where the other party lies!!!!!! opinions?

Blackvue 400g Season II seems to be popular
http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...light=blackvue

Blackvue 500gw is alsoan option with wifi capabilities.

Type in "Blackvue" in the search bar and you will find more threads relating to dashcams.

perfect!!! i'm gonna look into these

omg!! perfect!!! thank you :thanks::respekt:

I'm using a gopro as a dash cam currently. I chose the go-pro for several reasons:

1) I didn't want the dashcam to be in the car after I parked. I felt that the chances of me having someone break in to steal it were much higher than the chances of someone hitting my car and catching it on camera (plus, I always park nose in, so the camera wouldn't really record the accident)

2) I can use a gopro on a helmet and in other cars with pretty much no extra effort.

I bought 2 extra batteries, so the battery life hasn't been much of an issue.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

Problem Solved!

This one if someone's interested in a apparently good quality 720p dashcam with IR LEDs for $60:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI...m=120683596009

Some reading material: http://dashcamtalk.com/dvr-027-720p/

The dashcam looks very familiar... almost like the one I got off of Amazon for $25: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/2-5-inch-Vehicle-Recorder-Dashboard-Camcorder/dp/B0053DDNW6"]Amazon.com: 2.5-inch HD Car LED IR Vehicle DVR Road Dash Video Camera Recorder Traffic Dashboard Camcorder - LCD 270 degrees whirl: Car Electronics[/ame]

I don't know if mine has the motion detection feature though but I think i have the photocell too. FYI the 6 IR LEDS are practically useless.

I bought a 500GW a few weeks ago and it works great. Make sure to get a Power Magic Pro with it though (still need to buy one for mine).

Oh and have a good virus scanner installed on your PC when you first plug in the MicroSD card. Mine flagged an autorun virus when I went to install the software on my PC. A quick format of the card and letting the dashcam rebuild the files on the card fixed that right up.

best part about the dashcam is you don't have to remember to turn it on, also if you just plug it into the cigarette lighter behind the glovebox it shuts off when you exit the car.

forget to turn the go pro on and you're screwed. go pro memory car fills up, you're screwed.

From that "reading material" link I posted, that's apparently a replica/clone/knock-off. Green lettering on the bottom indicates replica, where-as black lettering on a white background up on the top is a legitimate one. Difference being replica's don't record true 720p (interpolates 640x480 frames), and whatnot. Might be the reason the IR LEDs don't do much? Not knocking it, just pointing it out to other potential buyers.

Now this is pretty dang cool for someone wanting a little bit of everything. A Rearview Mirror w/ GPS, Dashcam, Parking Camera, Radar Detector, and Touchscreen. Lol, crazy!

http://www.chinavasion.com/china/who...arking_Camera/

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2EIidCJ63E"]Car GPS Rearview Mirror Kit - Rearview Mirror with GPS and Bluetooth - YouTube[/ame]

I'm sure mine was a knockoff since the footage i've seen was definitely upscaled 720p, the mic is horrid, and it had a horrible beep which I disconnected. Totally worth the $25 price tag though.

I'm still not convinced the IR LEDS do anything. The night videos posted were in fairly lit areas. 6 LEDS isn't going to be wide enough nor powerful enough, but that's what headlights are for.

I'm eventually going to get a Blackvue soon though.