MadGrip

I'm doing a small personal project and wanted some input from you guys. Basically I'm wanting you to help me make a list of 10 modern/new things that you think are the best possible aftermarket parts/products ever. It dosnt have to be impreza specific but must be to do with motoring, and also its a "money is no object" list. It would also be of help if you could explain why the object you chose would be better than its competitors. It also dosnt have to be a replacement part, it can be an addition , i.e. road angel etc

so over to you lot

cheers

Phil

pslewis

Without doubt, it just has to be the Playstation Games - these can be considered aftermarket products as you do not need them to use the Playstation.

And, of course, they do plenty of motoring related games

Pete

GaryCat

TomTom sat nav because of the 3D display and the selectable voices

GC8

Alongside the more obvious kit, such as Road Angels Id like to propose an in-car camera and video recorder. A few years ago, after a number of close shaves I fitted a small colour camera behind the rear-view mirror linked to an inverter powered small VCR in the boot. Along with a remote power on and record buttons, it was quick and simple to use.

Ive noticed in a couple of magazines recently, a commercial flash memory based product that fits in the same place. It records a rolling 30-or-so seconds. Just think how usefull something like this will be the next time someone pulls out in front of you on a deserted road and then claims that youre a nutter who drove into the back of them......

This was fitted in a sprint/hill climb 944 and I sold it with the car, but Ive been thinking about doing it again in my Scooby, especially after a **** in a Punto (fast and furious) deliberately pullled out in front on me at Meadowhead roundabout the other day.


Simon

pslewis

Don't you need to be able to see into the future to make use of a 30second record function??

Car cuts you up or pulls out in front of you ..... by the time you have hit the record button - its all over!!

Pete

GC8

The commercial product is always-on and it records for 30/60 seconds; after youve used up the 30 seconds or one minute of recording time it writes over the first memory block. Hence my saying "...it records a rolling 30 seconds...".


Simon

pslewis

I see, that makes more sense ....................... BUT, surely you need to remember to turn the 'ROLLING' off very quickly to capture it???

30 seconds simply isn't long enough ......... like I said, its all done and dusted before you have had chance to do anything to capture the images.

Pete

GC8

I had thought that too; I suppose that its better for bumps than large accidents.

Simon

MadGrip

is this a commercially available product ? if so do you have a link ?

so far we have:

1: Road Angel -----------------http://www.road-angel-gps.co.uk
2: TomTom Go Sat Nav ------- http://www.tomtom.com

pslewis

Needs some way of stopping automatically ........ linked to the airbags maybe?

I have always thought that a Black-Box would be superb for cars ..... and as the costs drop ... maybe???

Pete

GC8

It is a commercially available product; Im looking through endless magazines now trying to find it.

MadGrip

cheers,

anymore ideas? price no object

Phil

pslewis

Are we doing your homework for you???

Pete

MadGrip

yes pete

GC8

In-car PC. Ive been building them for a couple of years. Theyre available commercially but the prices take the **** completely. With a touch screen 7" widescreen display (no external input is required when you use the on-screen kb with a PDA stylus) you can play DVDs and CDs and store and play GBs worth of MP3s (using a special GUI front-end; MediaCar etc). With the addition of a simple USB GPS 'mouse' you can have satellite navigation although Im not aware of any (well known commercial) applications that direct you. Im getting Tom Tom 5 to run in a PPC 2003 emulator at the moment, but its easier just to use my Mitac Mio PDA/GPS...


Simon

MadGrip

looks like a very versatile system, wouldnt be my personal choice for incar stuff, but its the kind of things I'm looking for

1: Road Angel -----------------http://www.road-angel-gps.co.uk
2: TomTom Go Sat Nav ------- http://www.tomtom.com
3: In-Car Computer----------- http://www.karputer-direct.co.uk

MadGrip

1: Road Angel -----------------http://www.road-angel-gps.co.uk
2: TomTom Go Sat Nav ------- http://www.tomtom.com
3: In-Car Computer----------- http://www.karputer-direct.co.uk
4: Underground Parking--------http://www.totalparkingsolutions.co.uk/Load-Bearing-Roof.html

MadGrip

keep em coming

MadGrip

bump for the night shift..

warrenm2

Maglight

fast bloke

why not hook it up to an ipod/iriver or similar. M8 has one that currently holds all of LOTR on DVD quality. That is about 9 hours. cut down the quality and you could record an entire day.

MadGrip

any more ?