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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago

Anons brother was at fault in the accident n deleted the footage so he wouldn't get in trouble... Assuming this isn't fake, and / or...

[–] fatboy93@lemm.ee 9 points 6 days ago

This is why you hardwire the dashcam.

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 81 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I recently got an email reminder to pay for a toll via an e sticker thingamabob on my car.

Problem: My car got stolen over a year ago.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The good news is that the thief has been taking good care of your car.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] cleverusername24@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago
[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 66 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Why do they only have one working car port anyway?

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 69 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Most cars, especially older ones, only have one cigarette lighter. How many cigarettes could you possibly need to light?

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 13 points 1 week ago

The cigarette lighter port is not a great connector because of how big it is, and it's pretty inconsistent when it turns off between cars (never does in 2007 Škoda Fabia). I replaced the dashcam adapter's contacts with wires and installed it in the fusebox (accessible when driver door is open), branching off the headlight adjustment servo fuse. No loose cables anywhere.

[–] criticon@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Both of my dash cams came with a dual port adapter

[–] DrownedRats@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The better question is why were they using the car port? Most dashcams come with power adapters to plug into a standard fuse box and can be very easily routed through interior panels with basically no tools, no permanent modifications, and absolutely no expertise required.

Absolute worst case, a local garage will almost definitely do a fitting for less that £50 and it's worth it to avoid this exact thing happening.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Anivia 2 points 1 week ago

"lots of wattage" is debatable

Probably for the best - since the accident was probably little bro's fault.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Well if they're lucky then their idiot brother won't be making that mistake again.

[–] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yeah, what idiot blocks the charging port (cigarette lighter) and doesn't give an alternative? That's expected behavior if you think about it at all.

Literally the first accessory I got with my dashcam was a lighter plug with 2 ports so both can be running at the same time.

[–] ladicius@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Narrator: They weren't lucky.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 25 points 1 week ago

As bad as this is, just be glad that the last word of the greentext isn’t “vape”

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago

Should have given him a phone charger

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Anything expensive, a kid should earn. No way to appreciate value otherwise. First car? Kid has to earn it. Doesn't matter if it's a sweetheart 0% interest loan - they need to make payments.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is why I give my children a bill for the past year on each birthday, starting from their first. Those deadbeat ingrates still owe me hundreds of thousands.

[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I have a friend who eventually had to go no contact with his parents because of his abusing mom. She then started trying to harass him with what looked like lawsuits to make him pay back all the money they’d spent on him over the years. Still had receipts from the Chick-fil-A they bought him for lunch when they moved him into college a decade earlier, things like that.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is your brain on Chick-Fil-A.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

What I never got about that chain is why a Christian fundamentalist fast food chain has a name that is essentially a sexual innuendo.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

........ok, I'm the most giggly at even the most obscure sexual references. You can't even talk about putting things in a box without me mentally giggling.

That being said....what's the innuendo?

Ha ha! In you end-o! It's buttsex!

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Is it, though?

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 1 week ago

That's mental mental chicken oriental

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

That's what they get for hiring the first parents who ask for the job.

[–] MattMatt@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Yep. My fam does the same thing.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who else had a older sibling buy a car for them (You) ?

My parents bought mine, which I inherited from my older siblings (we shared the third car). It was a pile of crap and was older than all of us kids. In fact, after the first and second ones died (never drove the first, only drove the second for a few months), the third (the one I used the most) cost $150...

My siblings helped me with them though, so I think it counts.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago