Are they any good video wise,as I`m thinking of getting one myself to replace the tax disc holder.

What with the idiots about as well it could be usefull

The Which? magazine had a good article on dash cameras. The Transcend DrivePro 200 was listed as 'Great Value'. The main 'Con' is that it lacks GPS locatiuon tracking. And, night vision is poor.

The 'Best Buy' is the NextBase In-Car Cam 402G Professional. That too has the 'Con' that it struggles on unlit roads at night although the "Low light footage is good".

I was on the brink of ordering one yesterday and went to look at them in Halfords.

I have a new model A3 saloon and what put me off was the insallation.

Halfords claim that for £30 ish they would install the wiring behind the trim and they could even plumb the wiring permanently to avoid plugging and unplugging from the cigarette lighter socket.

The trim around the screen seems solid rather than a soft trim and I would like to know other peoples experiences. I have seen some unsightly attempts to place wiring under the trim in the past. I would expect the installation to give no visible signs of the wiring having been installed and I was also concerned whether making the installation permanent would affect the wrranty.

The alternative would be to have a wire dangling down the centre of the screen but what are others experiences of this?

I hate to defend them but Halfords battery fitting starts at £9.99.

I wouldn't trust them though, they don't know about the BSI reset procedure on Peugeot Citroens when the battery is removed.

Edited by Gibbo_Wirral on 05/12/2014 at 13:25

Halfords in Winchester did a great job of installing new DAB radio and ariel in my wife's car, the ariel wiring was hidden behind windscreen trim very neatly.

Once again, I doubt that one can generalise about things like fitting add-ons. It will be down to the expertise and motivation (and time pressure) of the individual doing it.

Actually a better fitment for self preservation, and offering a good public service to boot, would be to get your car's front sidelights equipped as per James Bond's DB5.

All the cameras in the world won't make a scrap of difference to how someone who's still crabbing along on all fours scowling from beneath a jutting brow behaves, the country has been going down the toilet for years in many ways (and we're all to blame for allowing those in power to ensure it continues by voting for them regardless), all you can do is learn to spot them and avoid them before they have a chance to do their normal thing.

Defensice driving can be quite satisfying, its quite funny when mr aggressive finds himself swinging violently into a space you vacated 25 yards ago but he was too numb to realise.