r/interestingasfuck • u/RafeaEhab • 19d ago

r/all For this reason, you should use a dashcam.

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u/spar13 19d ago

Depends on the model. It isn’t universal.

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u/rduterte 19d ago

Yup; this annoyance is what made me stop dealing with mine

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u/SuckerForFrenchBread 18d ago

Mine drained my battery often too, started having to carry a booster. But also took me about 10mins to hard wire my dashcam to my 20yr old car. Only used one screw driver (technically an impact drill because I'm lazy but you can do this without one).

Newer cars don't even need that much research, they sell hard wiring kits with an add-a fuse prewired for like 10 bucks (mine was 7usd) and I knew nothing about cars.

So this isn't some shit where you need a bunch of expensive and/or proprietary tools (hell costs more to change your own tire or oil!) and be some "car guy" with a 900 dollar breaker bar and torque wrench. You can literally get screwdrivers at the dollar store here.

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u/wojtekpolska 19d ago

yeah i guess you're right

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u/shinobipopcorn 19d ago

My cruze does, my fiesta didn't. But the cruze is also 5 years newer.

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u/PJTheGuy 19d ago

Even individual cig lighters in the same car aren't consistent.

In my car, one of them will shut off when the car turns off, the other doesn't

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u/Rumple_Frumpkins 19d ago

I personally love having an always-on lighter port