Why I got a dash cam

[xjohnx]

i have the same camera. did you get the Power Magic adapter as well, or did you just wire it to constant?

[cgrey]

I'll add one of my fun moments so far:

This bus was off duty and initially behind me before deciding to pass on my left and...


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We should get an official carcam thread going.

[GregV]

I would have a road rage induced aneurism if I had to drive in the city every day.

[Tanuki]

SO what are the advantages to these over a gopro?

[cgrey]

Originally Posted by Tanuki

SO what are the advantages to these over a gopro?

Better as a dedicated car cam. Always there, always works, no messing around.

Want to do other stuff with your cam? Get a gopro.

[LSxJunkie]

Originally Posted by SuperDave

i should get one of these too. i parked my car at the far end of the parking lot so no one would hit my car with their doors. i walked out and saw a rustyass old green truck, or whatever parked right next to it. i was like WTF!? SERIOUSLY?!

All you do when you park off by yourself is paint a big target on your car.

"Look at this all by itself, with no pedestrians around to instill any sort of pressure to conform to social mores. My owner cares about me. Petty people should mess with me."

[xjohnx]

Originally Posted by Tanuki

SO what are the advantages to these over a gopro?

It turns itself on and off automatically

It has a GPS sensor

It has an accelerometer (to sense g forces, when impact is sensed through that sensor, the file is flagged as an event so it is safe from deletion. When the card fills up, it just records over old non-event video.)

It also has a parking mode, which can record on motion, or on impact.

[dori.]

Originally Posted by SuperDave

i should get one of these too. i parked my car at the far end of the parking lot so no one would hit my car with their doors. i walked out and saw a rustyass old green truck, or whatever parked right next to it. i was like WTF!? SERIOUSLY?!

I'm finding more and more that this shit doesn't work. Just park next to someone that looks like they won't ding your door and be done with it.

[drifter]

Originally Posted by xjohnx

i have the same camera. did you get the Power Magic adapter as well, or did you just wire it to constant?

I didn't yet. For those who don't have this, the adapter senses when your battery is low and automatically turns the camera off. If you are parked for hours and there is constant traffic going by, the camera pretty much stays on running the battery, so you have to be careful with that.

Originally Posted by Tanuki

SO what are the advantages to these over a gopro?

I believe the gopro is cheaper and I"ve heard good reviews about it, but as was mentioned before, this has a very important surveylance mode shuts off if there is no movement. I don't think Gopro has that?

[Maps316]

Iam so getting one lol

[Mateo]

Hahaha guy at :45 seconds

[Laika]

Originally Posted by dori.

I'm finding more and more that this shit doesn't work. Just park next to someone that looks like they won't ding your door and be done with it.

I always try to park next to a more attractive/expensive car than mine.

Either way, suddenly interested in this dash cam.

[mkiisupra]

Originally Posted by SuperDave

i should get one of these too. i parked my car at the far end of the parking lot so no one would hit my car with their doors. i walked out and saw a rustyass old green truck, or whatever parked right next to it. i was like WTF!? SERIOUSLY?!

When this happened to my friend's father's new '64 GTO and the mook dinged the door, he happily replied with a baseball bat to the windshield to the offending pos.

Most def was on purpose, some people.

Eric G

[cwik]

Originally Posted by drifter

cuz of idiot drivers like this

Technically there's no turn lane at that first intersection, so you shouldn't have tried to pass/share their lane until they were completely out of the lane. However, them straddling the center line is just stupid.

I sometimes pass like you did, but *you* take the risk when passing without a dedicated lane. I'm not trying to start a flame war or anything, but the more you know... :P