I cant help but think the options are a little limited. A lot of the questions I answered with "in theory, a good idea. In practice, humans would make it never work" but there wasn't an option for that...

Also - audio 2 sounds a lot nicer


EDIT - Watching the overtake makes me desperately want a fast petrol car

Last edited by Jakg, Wed 27 Jul 2011, 20:37.

Quote from amp88 :

I've been playing about for a little while trying to record some videos of nice roads in the countryside. I've been looking at different places and ways to mount the camera to try and dampen bumps in the road and minimise reflections.

Here are a few sample videos:

1080p test
480p test
480p overtake

At the moment I'm fiddling about with improving sound quality. Here are 2 clips with the same video but different sound:

Audio Test 1
Audio Test 2

So, I'm asking for some feedback from you fine people. General feedback and specific feedback about the audio (i.e. which of the above is better) would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Are you looking for evidential recording, or just good video clips?

If the latter, i'd probably mount it on the rear screen, looking at the interior of the car... I.E. something like this.

Quote from Ricerguy :

@ JakG - those prices for one or all 4?, for 50 euro here i could have bought 1 chinese made generic tyres (forgot the name, something with wall in it or coin), vs 86 euro for 1 bridgestone directional tyres ( at a 10% discount )

Per tyre, plus fitting.

Quote from flymike91 :

Im on my cell so bear with me. European (white omg sry) culture is as weak as some people here have suggested, and the guilt we have placed on ourselves only allows cultures that still practice honor killings, systematic subjugation of women, etc. to become stronger. What positive impact has multiculturalism had on western society? I put it to you that people feel less safe, less trusting, and more separate than ever before. The proof is that PCness has made me a racist in your eyes for being proud of what my culture has achieved without the influence of desert tribesman.

You have a point. Look at what the immigrants did to the Native Americans...

Quote from flymike91 :

...the age of Enlightenment that created the most technically advanced, safest and most free society in the world.

Dare I ask which society this is / was?

Quote from Ricerguy :

how much are tyres for where you are from? :o I didn't buy the tyres for buying tyres sake. if i had put them on the back it would have been a colossal waste of money and the car would still be undrivable

Depends on the size, but certainly not $505!

For 15" Toyo's, £50. For the 18" Falken's on my car, £100.

Quote from evilpimp :

I always thought it would be smarter to change the fronts first because they'd wear out faster. Unless you're racing that is.

It's a "well debated" point.

Personally, I would much prefer to put new tyres at the front. On my car, the fronts delivery all of the power, do all of the steering and most of the braking. I would prefer to be able to stop and steer quicker, at the expense of the risk of oversteer (which can be corrected).

Quote from Bawbag :

Full of win.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7E91r_iim0

Lol, came to this thread to post the same video...

Quote from The Very End :

Edit: Also sorry my language, I am not great at grammar =(

I meant the CNN article - you have an excuse (namely you know more English than I know Norweigan...)

Not in good taste, but the grammar in that article is terrible.

D'uh vision fail.

The point I was making was that it's not an M3, it's an M3 engine & maybe running gear, reshelled.

Quote from hrtburnout :

For all the money you've spent on it so far, you could've bought an E92 M3

Really? I thought this was just an E36 coupe with a M3 engine? I know you've put quite a bit of work in, but I doubt the parts would stack up more than even an E46 M3.

(no flames)

http://stats.airio.eu/EXD.aspx?U=Jakg

I don't like Airio servers.

Quote from The Very End :

This case is just tragic, only victims here

Are you talking about the situation, or AtomAnt's mental stability?

Quote from GreyBull [CHA] :

but it only 146 views bro.

Because gimps on YouTube keep re-uploading the same videos under different titles. This particular channel is full of videos "stolen" from other channels...

Nikon D5000 + 18-55mm VR lens (refurb) - £265.49 (- Quidco).

Love my D40, but wanted video. Already got an 18-55mm VR lens, so will put it on eBay. Can't argue with almost half the Amazon price, though...

Quote from dadge :

see post 21.

See my old £80 Asus board killed by a "Qtec" 500w PSU.

I bought a Hiper (nothing high-end I will admit) 580w Type-M (i.e. budget) PSU & a new board back in 2006.

I used that Hiper PSU for several years (and abused it powering my 8800GTX). I gave it a break and bought an FSP 700w which died, and recently went back abusing it even more - sure, it whined a bit, but it never let me down - in fact I only recently replaced it.

When I bought the Qtec, I thought I was "saving" £30... but it cost me a new PSU & board anyway. And I highly doubt it would of lasted the 5 years mine did (and it still lives!), through all the upgrades etc.

What i'm trying to say is that a decent PSU is an investment...

Atrix are crap.

Get a decent PSU.

Quote from lukelfs :

I should think so, its 700W, not sure of the brand but it isn't a non-named one lol

From memory, don't you have some Arctic POS PSU? If so, probably best to replace that first...

I would be going the Intel route - a Phenom Quad is a quick CPU for not much £, but it's not really an upgrade from a high-clocked Core 2.

Quote from flymike91 :

I wouldn't buy any of those cars for those outrageous prices. You're paying BMW or Audi prices for a car that is neither luxurious nor fast.

27k euro ~ $40,000 American dollars. For some reference, the Astra is basically the same car as the chevrolet Cruze, which can be bought here for ~$15,000 or 11,000 euros.

Most people here are telling you to buy a second hand car because the quality of car you get for the price where you live is absolutely unacceptable. Remember, the status symbol of the 21st century is not a bland new car, it's being free of debt. You posted here for advice, there you have it.

New cars = expensive. The US has very very cheap new cars, Portugal doesn't.

Quote from MAGGOT :

Me too... Keeps the bugs out of my eyeballs. I always wore glasses when I was riding, rain or shine.

But at night?

I always wear sunglasses while driving (during the day).

Quote from Nyoxx :

i would never buy a performance car in second hand. i bet all of them are all thrashed cuz ppl buy them to drive fast! why would i spend my money on a fast used car? besides, dont forget the fuel consumptions. ps: fiat is shit --" i've swore to never have 1 ever again

You seem to forget that performance cars are DESIGNED to be driven fast.

Forget fuel consumption - on a new car depreciation will be the biggest killer.

If I had €25k burning a whole in my pocket I would not be getting a hatchback.

I would be more than happy to defend what i'd posted, but from doing so in the past some posters don't actually read anything I write and flame anyway. No matter what I post, someone will always seek to find fault.

I expected some negative reactions when I posted the video, but frankly this has all got a little "personal army" for me which is why I removed the video.

EDIT - Apparently people took this a little more personally than I thought.

Last edited by Jakg, Mon 11 Jul 2011, 13:35.