Dashcams!

Delvis · 12 Mar 2016 at 18:42

It's a hefty sized squre, depends what you want in your rear view window view

andythelandy · 13 Mar 2016 at 10:39

What do you guys use to secure your wires? I've managed to tuck the wires into the trim everywhere except across the top of the windscreen.

All I need is some black tape to neatly tape the wire up behind the trim and it won't even be visible. I've tried black electrical tape but it literally has no stickyness to the plastic in my car it only wants to stick to itself!

On Holiday · 13 Mar 2016 at 10:54

Is there not a gap at the edge of the roof to the windscreen? Try sliding a credit-card etc to see if you can make a gap just enough to push the cable in there.

Finglonga · 13 Mar 2016 at 11:20

Mine is tucked into the headlining, I can only see the wire where it comes out of the camera and goes up to just above it into the lining, the rest is hidden.

Delvis · 13 Mar 2016 at 11:22

As above, you should be able to push the wire in along the top? Depends on the car I guess

mrk · 13 Mar 2016 at 19:49

This Prius driver pulled into lane 2 as I indicated and moved into lane 2 to overtake long beforehand. He used no indicators either. My cruising speed was 75. He was sitting in lane 1 at a much slower speed. Perhaps trying to get rear ended by doing this?

andythelandy · 13 Mar 2016 at 20:06

I've done the credit card trick all up the a pillar etc. It's a convertible so it's abit different around the top, there isn't a big enough gap basically. I'm just looking for some suitable tape.

Malt_Vinegar · 13 Mar 2016 at 20:20

Mrk, you really do post the most boring dashcam footage on the planet..

Delvis · 13 Mar 2016 at 21:04

British dashcams, what do you expect?

'My, this gentleman did not indicate correctly earlier, it put me right off my cup of tea later that day'

mjt · 13 Mar 2016 at 21:08

I honestly think some of you would literally explode with rage if you had to commute in and around Brussels...

dacads · 13 Mar 2016 at 22:10

What were you doing at 1AM mrk? You don't have to answer that

mrk · 13 Mar 2016 at 22:25

1AM is the best time to speed excessively?

Malt_Vinegar said:
Mrk, you really do post the most boring dashcam footage on the planet..

Well, what do you expect?

We hardly get the level of crashes, road rage, fights and other exciting things that the Europeans do!

dacads · 14 Mar 2016 at 12:57

mrk said:
1AM is the best time to speed excessively?

Not in those conditions, and certainly not if there's cameras

There's a time and place for speeding and drifting

mrk · 14 Mar 2016 at 13:25

Yeah, 1AM

All jokes aside though, that's correct.

I was heading home from a day out. Was supposed to be back earlier, but one Monopoly game lead to another and things got out of hand from there.

Freefaller · 14 Mar 2016 at 14:03

Those speed in the fog?! MRK you really are a childkiller!

On Holiday · 14 Mar 2016 at 17:05

I've a Blackvue 3500 FHD which came with my new car and for a dashcam that retails at £110+ I'm not that impressed with thevideo quality. Unable to clearly determine a numberplate of a stationary vehicle I drove past at 10mph.. It's in 1080 FHD highest quality mode too!

Will upload a video sample shortly.

Malt_Vinegar · 14 Mar 2016 at 17:24

Same model I have, get the latest firmware. Its does improve a load of stuff

http://www.blackvue.com/support/downloads/

Its not a newer model though...

On Holiday · 14 Mar 2016 at 17:46

Malt_Vinegar said:
Same model I have, get the latest firmware. Its does improve a load of stuff

http://www.blackvue.com/support/downloads/

Its not a newer model though...

Thanks, will give it a try and report back

mrk · 14 Mar 2016 at 19:35

Freefaller said:
Those speed in the fog?! MRK you really are a childkiller!

I never speed though.

crinkleshoes · 14 Mar 2016 at 20:34

mrk said:
My cruising speed was 75.

mrk said:
I never speed though.

Ummmm... lol?

Don't get me wrong, I rarely stick to the arbitrary limits... just those two posts are even on the same page... so LOL!

*note to the keyboard warriors* I almost always stick to the 30mph / 50kph limit in villages/towns... it's only fair to the residents... but when it comes to a back road or motorway, especially with practically no other car on the road... I feel no guilt for driving to my own comfort zone which very often leads to the breach of a limit which has been arbitrarily set.