Video of Audi porter stealing from my Q
06-09-2018, 02:48 PM
#21
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Man this sucks. Perhaps you should have held off on talking into the camera and let her complete the crime. She was clearly going to take the money, but since she was stopped, she will probably claim some other made up reason for opening the arm rest etc. If a porter is going to be stealing from customers cars, she should be fired and having the full crime caught on camera would have done her in for sure. Hopefully the dealership still handles it properly. That camera definitely did its job.
06-09-2018, 03:07 PM
#22
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Here again is the owl camera.
https://owlcam.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobCh...SAAEgI1vvD_BwE
Watch the videos. It works great. The camera comes with four 'beams' that allow you to mound the camera four different heights. The third longest cleared the nav screen. The best part, well there are many, maybe I will just list them.
1. Super easy to install. Use 'beam' to push wire into dash under window. Very easy.
2. Use provided tool to push wire into crevice between door pillar and dash. Route wire down to under the dash.
3. Plug special dongle into OBD port. The wire magnetically grips into dongle and onto bottom of camera. Apple charger port like.
4. Download APP. When you first start the car, the camera displays a UPC code. Open APP and scan code.
5. You're done!
Now the camera records 24/7 and monitors your battery. The camera will shut down before draining your battery but that has never happened to me yet. There is an LTE built into the camera so getting clips is really easy and you can look into or out of your car from anywhere in the world. You can turn on lights and speak into your car also. The simplest part is when you are driving and you see something happen. You say the magic word 'OK PRESTO' and then voice what is happening. Like 'I just hit a tree'. That clip will be sent to your phone in seconds and labeled 'I just hit a tree' or what ever you named it. These .30 second clips can be watched, shared to anywhere or even emailed and texted to someone. In case you missed saying the magic word or just need more than .30 seconds, you can easily download the last 14 days of both inside and outside.
Owl also has a contest called the Owl Cam Clip Of The Day. By hitting the share button, it automatically uploads to OWL. The winner gets $1000. Now I know they are a new company so there are not that many on the road. I figured I had a pretty good shot of winning while these are new to the market and I was right. I won twice!
I know I sound like I work for the company but honestly, this thing is that good. Plus look what happened to me at dealer!
https://owlcam.com/pages/caught-on-owl
https://owlcam.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobCh...SAAEgI1vvD_BwE
Watch the videos. It works great. The camera comes with four 'beams' that allow you to mound the camera four different heights. The third longest cleared the nav screen. The best part, well there are many, maybe I will just list them.
1. Super easy to install. Use 'beam' to push wire into dash under window. Very easy.
2. Use provided tool to push wire into crevice between door pillar and dash. Route wire down to under the dash.
3. Plug special dongle into OBD port. The wire magnetically grips into dongle and onto bottom of camera. Apple charger port like.
4. Download APP. When you first start the car, the camera displays a UPC code. Open APP and scan code.
5. You're done!
Now the camera records 24/7 and monitors your battery. The camera will shut down before draining your battery but that has never happened to me yet. There is an LTE built into the camera so getting clips is really easy and you can look into or out of your car from anywhere in the world. You can turn on lights and speak into your car also. The simplest part is when you are driving and you see something happen. You say the magic word 'OK PRESTO' and then voice what is happening. Like 'I just hit a tree'. That clip will be sent to your phone in seconds and labeled 'I just hit a tree' or what ever you named it. These .30 second clips can be watched, shared to anywhere or even emailed and texted to someone. In case you missed saying the magic word or just need more than .30 seconds, you can easily download the last 14 days of both inside and outside.
Owl also has a contest called the Owl Cam Clip Of The Day. By hitting the share button, it automatically uploads to OWL. The winner gets $1000. Now I know they are a new company so there are not that many on the road. I figured I had a pretty good shot of winning while these are new to the market and I was right. I won twice!
I know I sound like I work for the company but honestly, this thing is that good. Plus look what happened to me at dealer!
https://owlcam.com/pages/caught-on-owl
06-09-2018, 03:14 PM
#23
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I wonder if I will win for the Audi Thief Video? I did get a call from Owl and they want me to speak to their marketing department. Dash can videos are fun but, catching this thief was what they were made for! SO hard to argue with video, all the while she is yelling that I am a liar and she did nothing.
These are the two clips that I won already. Not even great stuff but fun to watch.
These are the two clips that I won already. Not even great stuff but fun to watch.
06-09-2018, 06:10 PM
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06-10-2018, 05:43 AM
#29
I would definitely send this to Audi Corporate. They need to know how crappy some of their dealers treat customers. I've told them for YEARS that the single thing holding them back in the USA is the dealer network.
06-10-2018, 08:31 AM
#30
I was paranoid as hell seeing it was in the Chicagoland area but I caught a glimpse of the name of the town in the name of the dealership on the van and was relieved it wasn't the dealership we purchased from or the one we've taken it in to, closer to our home.
Which isn't to say it doesn't happen elsewhere but glad this one wasn't just obviously my local dealership.
Might have to invest in a similar camera. Does it double up as a dash cam for accidents too or is it specifically to monitor the cabin of the car and kind of the rear traffic?
Which isn't to say it doesn't happen elsewhere but glad this one wasn't just obviously my local dealership.
Might have to invest in a similar camera. Does it double up as a dash cam for accidents too or is it specifically to monitor the cabin of the car and kind of the rear traffic?