[Normy]

For the past two years, I have fought with dash-cams.

"Fought" you ask?

Yes. I have owned two, and both have FAILED. The first one was a cheap $65 unit, and it worked for about 6 months. The second was $250, and it made beautiful videos...but it failed after one year! It wouldn't work right out of the box, so I returned it to the guy in Texas that I bought it off of on eBay, he checked it out, and said it worked fine. He told me that he thought I had a voltage problem in the lighter socket, so I tested it and sure enough, it was just barely 12 volts with the engine running. I wired it into the circuit board on my 928, and that helped, but a few months later it failed again, this time completely.

I installed this cam not for fun or for accidents. About two years ago, I had a non-traffic run-in with a member of the local constabulary, and my attorney wound up in a conference with the police chief. I don't know if the "officer" got a letter in his file, but it was made clear to him and to the department that I was willing to spend the $ to fight any harassment that came my way. To this day, I haven't been pulled over or harassed.

That individual does not like me now-

To make sure that I wasn't a victim of police harassment, since every member of the local police force in question knows my name and knows my 928 [Might as well drive around with a 10 foot neon sign above my car!], I installed a dash cam with a microphone to record anything and everything that went on while I was driving. I think that this is a good idea for every Porsche owner, since we tend to be victimized by bored police in many places around the country. Porsche's are more common than chevy's in Fort Lauderdale, but that's not the case in North Carolina or a lot of other places. A good camera can give your attorney some ammunition if you are stopped for no reason and/or harassed for no other reason than the car you are driving.

Now...if only I could find a dash cam that will last!

N!