Are you the sort of person who likes his car Gadgets and i always like to try them out and if ok i keep if not there removed.

I have My tracker direct from fuse box on 24/7 and i have 2 dash cams and as from today a wireless charger which im trying working off ignition only.

The ignition ones are all off fuse box/ignition/to a 2 power point and 4 u.s.b car hub which is protected in 3 ways,car fuse box/inline fuse/overload protector car Hub.

Anyone like me and love to have a mess trying stuff and then end up never using it and taking it out or loving it and keeping it.

I like to buy cars with all the gadgets already installed, I hate anything aftermarket with trailing wires lol.

I have a dashcam hardwired and well hidden but would prefer it to be built in, I'm surprised new cars aren't all built with them yet.

Apart from that I have a standalone sat nav, which I never really use as it annoys me being stuck in the screen with a cable hanging across...hoping to get built in Nav in the next car lol.

The gadgets I have on my fiesta are sat nav, dash cam and reversing camera. A tracker is good also in case the car gets stolen. 

Gadgets i hate are parking sensors and rear view cameras, no need for them on a car and ***** distracing oh and parking assist needs a bigger space than i can park in. Now cameras and sensors are great when i was driving a 40 footer.

My reverse camera was on as standard so i mean stuff you have put in,parking sensors were great when my dad drove as he couldn't turn his neck.(top of spine problem) although i had to covert all the wires to fit a cheap  camera as 2 genuine ones went in 2 years and had to be a 3.5'' viewing camera,hard to get and

ford its close to £200 just camera and i paid £12 each but took ages to find one but all done.

All the wires for my stuff are hidden very well and my Fuse  Box stuff is Hardwired to a Multi thing from Amazon which has 2 x power points and 4x usb which

are 2.0 and 2.4 then i just slot my 2 cameras into it all off ignition,tracker is direct with its own Hardwire kit.

I would never get a person to hardwire a camera for me as its so simple as then you can change the camera yourself as some have different ends and that

is why my Junction box /Multi thing is Hardwired just plug camera in and out on the power point or usb.

Tracker might come out soon being i never look at it but as i paid for the software i will wait until it runs out.

I love messing with these stuff so lets see how this wireless phone charger gets on.

No wires and multi thing is hidden under gear plastic surround.

 

My six year long build thread includes in car WiFi along with 3 cameras and a 10.1" roof monitor capable of Amazon Prime & Netflix in the car, full JL Audio upgrade, additional reverse light, ambient lighting etc.

 

Also full list of guides here: 

 

@pragmatix I think cars should come with at least some form of parking aid. The amount of times I've seen parents rushing to park and smacking a parked car just to drop their children off to school angers and worries me. Some cars like small city cars don't really need parking aid. There so short you can actually see in the car how close you are when reversing 😂

I don't find them a distraction but more that I have to concentrate more on the gadget. An example can be with the reversing camera I have. Sometimes when I'm parallel parking I concentrate more on looking at how close I'm getting to the kurb that sometimes when I look at the camera I'm just inches away from the car behind me. Parking sensors I find a bit better as you judge by sound. 

1 hour ago, Lenny said:

My six year long build thread includes in car WiFi along with 3 cameras and a 10.1" roof monitor capable of Amazon Prime & Netflix in the car, full JL Audio upgrade, additional reverse light, ambient lighting etc.

 

Also full list of guides here: 

 

My that's a lot of stuff,i love Gadgets but this new wireless charger it testing me and only in for 1 day.........2% charge in 10 mins,to me that's the slowest in history.

They say fast charge mmmm thinking where the fast comes into this.

5 minutes ago, zain611 said:

@pragmatix I think cars should come with at least some form of parking aid. The amount of times I've seen parents rushing to park and smacking a parked car just to drop their children off to school angers and worries me. Some cars like small city cars don't really need parking aid. There so short you can actually see in the car how close you are when reversing 😂

I don't find them a distraction but more that I have to concentrate more on the gadget. An example can be with the reversing camera I have. Sometimes when I'm parallel parking I concentrate more on looking at how close I'm getting to the kurb that sometimes when I look at the camera I'm just inches away from the car behind me. Parking sensors I find a bit better as you judge by sound. 

I do go off the sound more if there are them stupid small stumps they put in,at least your and my camera is in the mirror where you look anyway but to be honest

if mine wasn't fitted from new as in all wired direct by the person who had my car new i would not have the camera side of it just the sound.

45 minutes ago, zain611 said:

@pragmatix I think cars should come with at least some form of parking aid. The amount of times I've seen parents rushing to park and smacking a parked car just to drop their children off to school angers and worries me. Some cars like small city cars don't really need parking aid. There so short you can actually see in the car how close you are when reversing 😂

I don't find them a distraction but more that I have to concentrate more on the gadget. An example can be with the reversing camera I have. Sometimes when I'm parallel parking I concentrate more on looking at how close I'm getting to the kurb that sometimes when I look at the camera I'm just inches away from the car behind me. Parking sensors I find a bit better as you judge by sound. 

Im not convinced with your argument, these folk who hit cars wilst parking do it even in cars with parking sensors, they dont care and no amount of aids will help them, especially those on the school run, which really in most case should be a walk.

I do find optical parking sensors useful tbh, modern hatchbacks have awful rear visibility, even the small ones and people seem to like 3ft high bollards or 2ft hedges that can't be seen through the rear window.  It's also useful in carparks if you're reversing and looking one way, when someone walks straight across behind you from the other direction.

But it is only an aid, it's not meant to be used instead of physically looking...I know someone who has managed to reverse their car hard enough into things to have to have insurance repairs on it twice already...the car is only a year old...and it has sensors and cameras...  Some people are just oblivious! 😮 

50 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

people seem to like 3ft high bollards or 2ft hedges that can't be seen through the rear window. 

Or boulders marking out grass verges you cannot see through the window or even side mirrors because they don't want people parking on the verge (even though 99% of grass verges on the roadside are actually highways/council owned public property and not privately owned by the property owner).

The only gadgets I've really ever put into a vehicle have been a sat nav (dash mounted) before they became built in and a subwoofer in the boot. I will probably very soon be getting forward and rear facing cameras fitted to the vehicle for added protection and will most likely get a tracker fitted too (for extra protection).
I'm not a fan of reverse cameras or sensors because that just means you become reliant on those technologies (like they say pilots do now with pretty much everything automated). You aren't allowed to use said devices in your driving test for that exact reason. If you're paying too much attention to beeps or watching a small tv screen, you therefore aren't paying attention to your surroundings. IMO, if you cannot perform manoeuvres without using those technologies then you shouldn't really be driving. In all the vehicles I have driven (including non-articulated trucks), I've never needed any technology to help me reverse or park (except when marshalling is required). I've been seen reversing with my head out of the window or the door open to judge position.
I've seen vehicles with said parking sensors and cameras on them with bumps and scrapes and I've seen bumps/scrapes happen in car parks etc because said driver was not looking round and checking the position of their vehicle in relation to others or obstacles. 

1 hour ago, Nick Y said:

Or boulders marking out grass verges you cannot see through the window or even side mirrors because they don't want people parking on the verge (even though 99% of grass verges on the roadside are actually highways/council owned public property and not privately owned by the property owner).

The only gadgets I've really ever put into a vehicle have been a sat nav (dash mounted) before they became built in and a subwoofer in the boot. I will probably very soon be getting forward and rear facing cameras fitted to the vehicle for added protection and will most likely get a tracker fitted too (for extra protection).
I'm not a fan of reverse cameras or sensors because that just means you become reliant on those technologies (like they say pilots do now with pretty much everything automated). You aren't allowed to use said devices in your driving test for that exact reason. If you're paying too much attention to beeps or watching a small tv screen, you therefore aren't paying attention to your surroundings. IMO, if you cannot perform manoeuvres without using those technologies then you shouldn't really be driving. In all the vehicles I have driven (including non-articulated trucks), I've never needed any technology to help me reverse or park (except when marshalling is required). I've been seen reversing with my head out of the window or the door open to judge position.
I've seen vehicles with said parking sensors and cameras on them with bumps and scrapes and I've seen bumps/scrapes happen in car parks etc because said driver was not looking round and checking the position of their vehicle in relation to others or obstacles. 

I think people who need that bit of help like elderly or Disabled people who cant turn that far round then it gives that bit more,not to rely on them 100% but

just that bit and this is why i was glad mine was in the rear-view-mirror as that is where you look anyway as well as turning/side mirrors.

I know a few people who just cant reverse and there dam good drivers like years of driving just never been able to reverse.

There are special cars adapted with Aid like all this for Disabled people,all of us don't know whats to come in our lives and help.

But Nick Y....i agree with you as i never take note of my picture as you can rely on it to much,if it wasn't there i wouldn't have one fitted.

 

Does anyone have or tried any strange stuff as there are some weird stuff floating about on eBay/Amazon.

 

 

My tracker i think will be coming out soon,been there for years and i never look at the program on the phone or App.