Some jackass literally ran over my car.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by NWFRS

Nothing new.

Look at GREASE LIGHTNING.

Those asshats are DANCING on that poor car. :-(

Ahhhh but the question there is were they doing it in the 50s or 70s???????

[SubieNate]

I was parked at a college campus visiting some friends, I don't that a dashcam would have identified the random college student who did it well enough to be useful. :/

[cycleboy]

My sons Elantra has big dents in the roof from something like that. It was while he was parked near the university and ever-so-awesome Isla Vista.

[gt8613]

Originally Posted by SubieNate

I was parked at a college campus visiting some friends, I don't that a dashcam would have identified the random college student who did it well enough to be useful. :/

Yup a college campus comes in my list of "Don't park in this area if you have a nice car".

[Cliu91]

Originally Posted by Annahra

Is this a new thing? My detailer was telling me a story yesterday about one of his customers who had a 13 year old kid run up the hood of his STI onto the roof. They at least found him and his parents are paying. Dunno what's wrong with people.

I hope there is a beating that goes along with that as well.

[Annahra]

Originally Posted by Cliu91

I hope there is a beating that goes along with that as well.

Haha, I was hearing the story secondhand so I didn't get details. I've met the owner though and he's a nice guy.

[Cliu91]

Originally Posted by Annahra

Haha, I was hearing the story secondhand so I didn't get details. I've met the owner though and he's a nice guy.

Secondhand?! Better be the hand that conducted the BEATING!

[Knshro13]

reading stories like this makes me want to invest in a dashcam

[djmm]

I have one. If you guys don't have one installed on both front and back I recommended getting it done.
If you could catch 1 perp or prove your not at fault in just 1 accident, it would pay for itself straight away. And you get to record some antics or your interesting trips as bonus.

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by djmm

I have one. If you guys don't have one installed on both front and back I recommended getting it done.
If you could catch 1 perp or prove your not at fault in just 1 accident, it would pay for itself straight away. And you get to record some antics or your interesting trips as bonus.

That's a good point hmm.. Does it drain the battery much?

My MR2 got hit pretty bad while parked and the person drove off without leaving a note. To replace all the damaged parts with new ones would've been a nice 1.5k, most of which I'd pocket by just putting some touchup paint on and waiting for the next jackass to hit the car and pay for more damages. It also had the same thing happen to the OP, but no dents luckily. The bumper had been swiped by some incompetent people trying to parallel park as well. Damn, now that I think about it, a dashcam would've gotten me quite a bit of damage payment.

[LucidMomentum]

Originally Posted by serialk11r

That's a good point hmm.. Does it drain the battery much?

I'm interested in this too, since I want to do the Shorai battery replacement and I'm wondering if dashcams will drain it too fast.

[mav1178]

Originally Posted by SubieNate

Does anyone know which insurance this would be claimed under? It would suck majorly to have to pay the collision deductible for some drunk's asshattery.

It will be under comprehensive. Don't know about you, my deductible for comprehensive is $100 with my policy.

-alex

[lantsalot]

The previous car i owned, someone ran up my hood, roof, and jumped on my trunk. The wrecked the hood, sunroof, roof, and destroyed the trunk, had to replace it all. I feel your pain Sorry it happened!

[serialk11r]

Originally Posted by LucidMomentum

I'm interested in this too, since I want to do the Shorai battery replacement and I'm wondering if dashcams will drain it too fast.

One guy on ecomodder got a small solar panel and put it on the trunk or something (you could put it on the dash I guess) to charge his ultracapacitor bank (no battery!), and that tiny solar panel put out so much power that the LEDs wired in to burn off extra voltage couldn't clamp it down.

But we're talking only a few watts here, so a dashcam could easily use that all up.