After getting infected by "curb rash" on both off-side wheels, I now also hit a small block to make you avoid parking along the curb. Annoyingly so low you cannot see it in the mirrors, I think these parking lot attendants do that on purpose just to "teach you a lesson". Why not have POLES or something, so you can actually SEE where they are?
This all makes me want to make a small and simple installation of a tiny, waterproof camera (like the rear camera), and a small LCD.
The LCD would be mounted on the same frame where the off side mirror is, in view just in front of the mirror. Any time you look at this mirror, you can clearly also see the front tire, side of the car and curb/obstacles (as applicable)
I need a suitable waterproof wide angle camera, should I just use the same camera as is used on the back (and the front as well, for those mods?)
Where can I get 12V power which is on when the car is on close to the off side mirror - inside the mirror, in the frame or ... ?
In this setup, it is quite simple. No controls, the only connection to the car being to 12V DC. One COULD add a switch in case you want it off for some reason.
Goal:
With a camera like this, you could go as close to the curb as you want, without hitting it. Some times at speed, when it gets narrow, you want to get to the side of the road to make room for approaching traffic in the other side or obstacles in the middle of the road, yet you don't want to hit the curb, or other objects. With this installation, you would constantly cover this blind spot. Parking in tight places, the sensors won't help you here (maybe unless you have the autopilot enabled Model S - which I don't). One of my curb rashes was leaving a parking garage, and turning too soon, I hit the high curb (everything is narrow, minute, compressed in Hong Kong - a Model S feels like a Rolls Royce or large van to drive!)
I would like your help on this, in particular about the 12V DC (the rest is "easy"). Also, let me hear all the support (and nay-sayers too), about this idea. I really think this is lacking on the Model S, I have never had a car that I could NOT drive very close to the curb, without hitting it. Maybe it's the rounded hood, maybe the width of the car, I don't know.
Must
Have
This
...
Now
This all makes me want to make a small and simple installation of a tiny, waterproof camera (like the rear camera), and a small LCD.
- The camera would sit under the mirror, hopefully in a flush way to minimise drag and wind noise, looking straight down or maybe slightly forward as well.
- There would be a separate LCD, always on, so you can use it instantly, no buttons pressed.
- It would be powered any time the car is ON
The LCD would be mounted on the same frame where the off side mirror is, in view just in front of the mirror. Any time you look at this mirror, you can clearly also see the front tire, side of the car and curb/obstacles (as applicable)
I need a suitable waterproof wide angle camera, should I just use the same camera as is used on the back (and the front as well, for those mods?)
Where can I get 12V power which is on when the car is on close to the off side mirror - inside the mirror, in the frame or ... ?
In this setup, it is quite simple. No controls, the only connection to the car being to 12V DC. One COULD add a switch in case you want it off for some reason.
Goal:
With a camera like this, you could go as close to the curb as you want, without hitting it. Some times at speed, when it gets narrow, you want to get to the side of the road to make room for approaching traffic in the other side or obstacles in the middle of the road, yet you don't want to hit the curb, or other objects. With this installation, you would constantly cover this blind spot. Parking in tight places, the sensors won't help you here (maybe unless you have the autopilot enabled Model S - which I don't). One of my curb rashes was leaving a parking garage, and turning too soon, I hit the high curb (everything is narrow, minute, compressed in Hong Kong - a Model S feels like a Rolls Royce or large van to drive!)
I would like your help on this, in particular about the 12V DC (the rest is "easy"). Also, let me hear all the support (and nay-sayers too), about this idea. I really think this is lacking on the Model S, I have never had a car that I could NOT drive very close to the curb, without hitting it. Maybe it's the rounded hood, maybe the width of the car, I don't know.
Must
Have
This
...
Now