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Dash Cam permanently fitted or not

Post by ronk » Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:57 pm

I’ve advised a pals son to have a dash cam fitted and hard wired but he is having doubts.
He lives in London and is worried about it being stolen while his car is parked up and especially so overnight.

Am I giving him duff advice by telling him to have it hard wired and leaving it in as a sentry for parking dings etc.
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Post by enuff_zed » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:02 pm

Call me a cynic, but I reckon there's a good chance that if someone bumped your car then thought of doing a runner, then when they saw a dash cam they'd probably break a window and rip that out too!
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Post by Scubaregs » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:05 pm

You’re a cynic. :P

I don't know anyone who removes a dash cam when they leave the vehicle.
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Post by ronk » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:10 pm

I certainly leave mine in - it’s stuck hard and fast to the screen.
I’m of the opinion that the very time footage is required, it will be at home on the kitchen table because I’m “just nipping off around the corner”
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Post by Chippie » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:18 pm

Depending on the dash cam it can be permanently connected to the cloud, it can notify you of any incidents and you can view the footage from your smart phone or pc, so I’d advise to have one hardwired in.
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Post by enuff_zed » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:19 pm

Scubaregs wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:05 pm You’re a cynic. :P

I don't know anyone who removes a dash cam when they leave the vehicle.
But that wasn't my point.
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Post by Scubaregs » Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:32 pm

enuff_zed wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:19 pm
Scubaregs wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:05 pm You’re a cynic. :P

I don't know anyone who removes a dash cam when they leave the vehicle.
But that wasn't my point.
Doesn’t change your cynicity. :rofl:
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Post by ori » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:23 am

I live in London and have mind fitted and never take it out. Came in useful a few months back when someone reversed into me and I made a point of showing them I had a dash cam. They didn’t bother denying it to their insurance.

Before I had a dash cam, I had an incident with my brand new g29 with a hit and run while parked for all of 2 minutes. That’s what made me get a dash cam.

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Post by pvr » Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:38 am

Fit and forget, the chance of you needing it for normal
Stuff is bigger than the chance of it being stolen. Not worth it for a thief money wise and they don’t know if their efforts are being life streamed into the cloud.

When a burglar walked in front of one of my house cameras he ducked and climbed back over the gate to burgle the neighbour instead. Obviously I had a full face on the camera and he got caught in any case
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Post by Pondrew » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:32 pm

ronk wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:10 pm I certainly leave mine in - it’s stuck hard and fast to the screen.
Except when it fell off... :poke: :lol:
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Post by pvr » Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:34 pm

Pondrew wrote: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:32 pm
ronk wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:10 pm I certainly leave mine in - it’s stuck hard and fast to the screen.
Except when it fell off... :poke: :lol:
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