If wr stopping bashing VXR8s and ROs how about garages?
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I put my Monaro in to my local garage to have a water leak fixed. I'd been using them for years and trusted them. After I got the car back I got this of the roadhawk.
I really hope they enjoyed they joy ride, 125mph is pushing it especially on this road!
Needless to say they've lost a customer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E66BDZ0PShM
How much do you trust your garage?
I really hope they enjoyed they joy ride, 125mph is pushing it especially on this road!
Needless to say they've lost a customer!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E66BDZ0PShM
How much do you trust your garage?
Oh yes, I confronted them. At first they denied it but when I mentioned the 'black box' they started appologising. What else could they do?
As for the roadhawk it's great. Here's the url. It sits behind the rear view mirror I can't see it from the drivers seat.
http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/
What annoys the hell out of me is the fact that they must have been doing this for the last 3 years. The video is much longer of course, that's about a third of it. Even when they were bringing it back to my house (They said I didn't need to get a taxi, they'd be nice and bring it back to me! how stupid do I feel?) they were doing over 100.
It's not as if it's an unknown car in th area, everyone knows it's my car. So anyone being 'buzzed' by those idiots woiuld think it was me. If they get speed trapped, I'd have some explaining to do with the police.
I'm just shocked at the betrayal of trust and pissed that I've been taken for a fool for the past 3 years.
Anyway I guess you live and learn. Even though it's 150 miles to Monkfish from here, noone else is going to touch her but them.
As for the roadhawk it's great. Here's the url. It sits behind the rear view mirror I can't see it from the drivers seat.
http://www.roadhawk.co.uk/
What annoys the hell out of me is the fact that they must have been doing this for the last 3 years. The video is much longer of course, that's about a third of it. Even when they were bringing it back to my house (They said I didn't need to get a taxi, they'd be nice and bring it back to me! how stupid do I feel?) they were doing over 100.
It's not as if it's an unknown car in th area, everyone knows it's my car. So anyone being 'buzzed' by those idiots woiuld think it was me. If they get speed trapped, I'd have some explaining to do with the police.
I'm just shocked at the betrayal of trust and pissed that I've been taken for a fool for the past 3 years.
Anyway I guess you live and learn. Even though it's 150 miles to Monkfish from here, noone else is going to touch her but them.
OK here's pictures of it fitted.
From the drivers seat it's invisible.
From the passenger seat, it's the thing that looks like a black banana behind the mirror.
The black cylinder thing above the RH-1 is the aerial for Smartdrive nothing to do with the RH-1.
From the drivers seat it's invisible.
From the passenger seat, it's the thing that looks like a black banana behind the mirror.
The black cylinder thing above the RH-1 is the aerial for Smartdrive nothing to do with the RH-1.
Edited by stuartL on Thursday 17th September 13:58
Hi Glyn, I have it mounted all the time. It's hardly noticable from outside the car and it's not the easiest of things to remove. I used the 'stuck on' attachment it's a lot smaller than the suction cup mount. To get the camera off, you need to move it in a particular way or it just sits there like a rock. The cigaratte power cable is 5 meters long! so I have the cable routed to cigaratte lighter in the center console behind the handbreak. All the cabling is hidden. Really easy to do when you have that much cable 
I used a product call3ed CamStudio...
http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-from-s...
The format the RH-1 produces, I tihnkis not just video. I'm assuming all the GPS and G-Force is in there as well so I'm guessing it's a propritory format. If you do a file save, you can export the video content as an AVI, but then you loose the GPS etc data.
http://all-streaming-media.com/record-video-from-s...
The format the RH-1 produces, I tihnkis not just video. I'm assuming all the GPS and G-Force is in there as well so I'm guessing it's a propritory format. If you do a file save, you can export the video content as an AVI, but then you loose the GPS etc data.
Hi CrisisJez,
I think that's somewhat unfair. Don't make me out to be the bad guy here!
I've already explained why I haven't gone to the police. You're suggesting that if those idiots write off another driver next week that I'd be partially responsible because I know they're driving like idiots and didn't report them.
Well, if you're going to take that stance, look at it this way. So would you!
I think that's somewhat unfair. Don't make me out to be the bad guy here!
I've already explained why I haven't gone to the police. You're suggesting that if those idiots write off another driver next week that I'd be partially responsible because I know they're driving like idiots and didn't report them.
Well, if you're going to take that stance, look at it this way. So would you!
Edited by stuartL on Monday 21st September 08:39
lol, sorry I've been ill. Just got up for the first time this week. The thread has gotten more interesting since I last checked!
No new updates I'm afraid, Police came and took the videos and I haven't heard anything more. I'd be supprised if I did to be honest.
As for electric cars... I fancy a test drive in a Tesla!
No new updates I'm afraid, Police came and took the videos and I haven't heard anything more. I'd be supprised if I did to be honest.
As for electric cars... I fancy a test drive in a Tesla!
Actually Roadhawk have very kindly refunded me the cost of the unit. Without being asked as well which think was very kind of them.
The juddery video is due to the software I used to convert the basic video for Youtube. If you look at the high quality video that roadhawk added to my youtube video you can see what it's really like.
The juddery video is due to the software I used to convert the basic video for Youtube. If you look at the high quality video that roadhawk added to my youtube video you can see what it's really like.
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