I was thinking about getting a dashcam at some point. The quality is sufficiently good enough, it will record should anyone hit my car and may be good a providing impartial evidence should I ever need it. There are many arguments made along the lines of "Well, I've been driving X years but never needed it" etc but you can make those arguments against almost every piece of technology man has ever invented.
80% of the most enjoyed features on mobile phones wouldn't be around today with that attitude. Neither would half the features on cars/everything in life.
iDrive? Pffft, would never need that.
An alarm? Pffft, no one has ever tried to steal my car before.
Comphensive car insurance/Travel/house insurance?? Meh, why bother, haven't needed it so far. Just be more careful.
Xenon lights? Ha, just spend some more money on better glasses, blindy.
House alarm? Not needed, just get better locks.
There is always a counter argument as to why you wouldn't need something, but the truth is that high quality, smart dash cams can be fitted without any unsightly wires for a ~£120 and when we're talking this in the context of cars, it works out very good value for money and they may pay you dividends one day. Just for info, on a New BMW 3 Series £120 get's you...
- 1/3 of a CD Changer.
- 1/4 of a bluetooth system
- 1/8 of a sunroof
- Half your car with tinted windows
- Not even a single folding wing mirror
- "Extended storage"....for another £35 on top
- An armrest with sliding function....for another £25 on top.
So as you can see, a one off cost EVER of £120 for a fully integrated camera, with GPS, that watches your car when you're not with it, that might capture some funny/shocking/interesting/wallet saving or potentially evidential footage, really isn't that bad.
almost as if your car said "pffffff (insert word used to describe someone who pleasures themselves)"
