there is a street in DTLA (downtown los angeles) that curves little bit and is little tight. a beemer on the left comes to my lane and hits my left rear tire area then he chases me down. He seemed nice but has the ball to say i came into his lane and hit him.

We exchange information and i will be filing a claim because i have irrefutable video evidence.

they are so cheap on amazon so get you self one. I installed it on my sister's car and my gf's car.

I never understood dash cams until someone just totaled my 3rd gen and now claims its my fault. I get it

I've got one in the 4Runner, but I need one for the truck too.

this street sounds familiar. It wouldn't be Hope St. by the YMCA, chase bank and us bank building, would it?

Just installed mine a few days ago!

Yeah agreed, especially with all these jackasses playing with their phones. Here's an old lady that side swiped me, she said she she put on her turn signal, haaaa like I can see them when she's parralel with me. Anyway I gave her some nice side graphics.

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I am looking to replace my current camera. Which cameras seem to be reliable. The one I have now does not work all the time . It decided not to work last week when I was rear ended while I stopped for a school bus.

100% agree, when it comes down to it people look after their own interests and a lot of time as LEO's taking a collision report if it's a he said she said lane change, with no independent witnesses we have to go undetermined.


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I have read from other reviewers that the lower end models work good for a year or two, then they start to diminish in performance. I had a Blackbox G1W for 2 years, and in November, it started to stop recording at its own will and do all sorts of funky things.

I researched and narrowed it down to a Vantrue N2. The reviews across the board were positive, and Uber drivers like it especially because of the rear facing camera.

For my purposes, I wanted reliability, front and rear facing camera and decent video quality (enough to distinguish license plates which this does). The N2 checks these boxes and didn't set me back that much. I bought my N2 from Amazon during a promotion period with a warranty. I've had it for close to two months and it's working perfect, even in frigid temps (4-5* F).

I did come across other higher-end cameras (BlackVue) that offered Wifi connectivity, higher frames per second and other goodies, which was tempting, but I can't justify spending $300+ on a dash cam. Given that dash cams haven't been around that long, they are still going through growth pains. I'd give it another 3-4 years before they refine them.

great idea, need it for my rust bucket

need options from T$R 3rd gen members...

if you have one, what do you recommend? Not looking for cheepy midnight special... thanks much!!!!

thank you @ToyotaBrah ... looking into it on Amazon (they own about all the world right now, don't they?)

Anyone else?

I'm running the BlackVue DR650-S 2 Channel. The clarity is fantastic. There are plenty of videos of it in action on YouTube. It was a bit pricey, but it works great and the clarity is awesome. I also like that you can add the Power Magic Pro that you can turn on that will record any time your car is bumped while you're away from the vehicle. It shuts itself down if your battery drops to a certain level, so you don't have to worry about it draining your battery. The WIFI option is great too. No need to pull the chip and have a laptop to view files. It connects to your smartphone and you can download them right then and there.

What’s a good small dash cam with a small screen ?

Mine is a Rexing V1 that I got from Amazon for about $100, has a 2-ish" screen. Takes good quality video and records in-car audio of me cussing other drivers.

would recommend looking for one that has fwd and bkwd facing cameras. then you will have a rear-end impact recorded as well...