[Dan_335i]

Originally Posted by TheWhiteStig

No, mine is an Alpine White. But I'm surprised you were able to see other 4er on the road here! So far I haven't seen any other than those in the dealership.

Yeah, I ran the wire to the trunk just like in the radio, but I had the wire hidden under the door sill.

What part of ottawa r u close to?

[TheWhiteStig]

Originally Posted by Dan_335i

What part of ottawa r u close to?

I can't disclose anything about the Stig's identity in public. PM sent.

[drob23]

Originally Posted by TheWhiteStig

Mine is in the trunk. I've seen some F10 folks installed it in their glovebox, and I'd like to do the same. It's easier for them since they have a fuse panel around that area, but ours is under the hood, and will have to run wires thru the firewall.
I like the RFID idea, or something to control on the smartphone.

Smartphone is actually a great idea. Since the car does bluetooth, the best would probably be to control the unit via sms text message. My boss made an arduino based sms reading device that displays a text message on a LCD display screen he mounted to his office door. Purpose is to display status updates rather than update outlook calendar or use post-it notes. He got a truphone prepaid SIM card, and actually doesn't get charged for incoming texts.

Would require a little bit of upfront dev time, but would be a fun project.

Something like this:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cont...-via-GPRS-SMS/

[TheWhiteStig]

Originally Posted by drob23

Smartphone is actually a great idea. Since the car does bluetooth, the best would probably be to control the unit via sms text message. My boss made an arduino based sms reading device that displays a text message on a LCD display screen he mounted to his office door. Purpose is to display status updates rather than update outlook calendar or use post-it notes. He got a truphone prepaid SIM card, and actually doesn't get charged for incoming texts.

Would require a little bit of upfront dev time, but would be a fun project.

Something like this:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cont...-via-GPRS-SMS/

That's pretty cool, potentially set it up for remote starter as well.

Only concern is how much power does it take? If it uses more than the dash cam itself, then it'd be better off to leave it running all the time.