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A Dash Cam for Your New Car
You just spent thousands on it. Spend a little more so the next scratch, dent or dispute isn’t your word against a stranger’s.
Protect your new car — 4K front & rear from €85.95
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A new car is the one thing you protect from day one — then leave sitting in car parks and on the street where anyone can clip it. A dash cam for a new car is cheap next to the car itself, and it’s the only accessory that pays you back the first time someone hits you and drives off.
This guide is honest about what a camera does and doesn’t do: it won’t stop a scratch, but it decides whether the next one costs you or costs them. Here’s what actually matters when you’re fitting one to a car you care about.
THE FIRST MARK
The first mark won’t be your fault. And no one will admit to it.
A trolley in the supermarket lot. A car reversing out too fast. A door swung into your panel three spaces down. You come back to a fresh scrape on a car that was flawless this morning — and whoever did it is long gone.
Parking-lot damage is defined by anonymity. Without a witness, the bill is yours — your excess, your no-claims bonus, your afternoon.
~1 in 5
of collisions happen in car parks — low speed, high frustration, and usually no one owns up.
THE 30-SECOND ANSWER
A dash cam is the cheapest thing you can add to a new car. It won’t stop a careless parker or a chancer — but it turns “your word against theirs” into a timestamped 4K clip. For a car that spends most of its life parked, the combination that matters is front, rear, and parking mode.
WHAT IT ACTUALLY CHANGES
It doesn’t stop the hit. It changes what happens next.
01
A pull-out clips your bumper
Without a witness: you cover your own excess for someone else’s mistake.
With Dashline: the other car and its plate, timestamped.
02
A door-ding while you shop
Without a witness: an anonymous dent and no recourse.
With Dashline: the moment on record, ready to share.
03
They brake-check, then blame you
Without a witness: their story against yours at the roadside.
With Dashline: who did what, in 4K, front and rear.
04
An overnight hit-and-run
Without a witness: a note-less, footage-less morning.
With Dashline: an impact-triggered clip waiting for you.
Your word against theirs becomes a clip that settles it — the same evidence whether you’re there or not.
FROM BUMP TO REIMBURSED
A car-park ding, start to finish
1
Impact
The G-sensor feels the knock. Parked, it wakes the camera; driving, it flags the clip so you don’t have to.
2
Locked
That segment is protected from the loop, so it won’t be overwritten while you’re unaware.
3
You come back
A dent you didn’t make — but this time you’re not guessing what happened. More on a parked hit-and-run.
4
Save it
Pull the clip over Wi-Fi before the card loops. Keep the plate, the time and the place.
5
Settled
Hand it to your insurer or the police. Now it’s a claim backed by footage, not a guess.
Parked capture depends on power and on the impact being in the camera’s view — a strong witness, not a guarantee for every angle.
WHILE YOU’RE NOT THERE
The riskiest hours are the ones you don’t see
Your new car spends most of its life parked and unwatched. Parking mode keeps the camera on sentry duty: motion or an impact wakes it, it records the moment, and it locks the clip.
Honest limit: it needs power. The 24H hardwire kit lets it watch for long stretches without draining your battery; on the car battery alone the window is bounded, not endless. See exactly how parking mode records when parked.
Honest about what it can’t do
It won’t stop the damage
A camera is a witness, not a force field. It changes the aftermath, not the impact itself.
Parking mode needs power
Long unattended cover wants the 24H hardwire kit. On the battery alone it watches for a limited window.
Plate reads aren’t guaranteed
Distance, speed, angle and light decide it. A close, slow car reads well; a fast one at night may not.
A witness, not a tracker
It records locally to the card in your car. No live GPS tracking and no theft alerts to your phone.
MATCH IT TO YOUR CAR
Which setup fits your new car?
PICK THIS IF
Standard
Front 4K · from €85.95
Most of your risk is the road ahead and you keep the car in a garage overnight.
MOST POPULAR
Dual Cameras
Front + rear
You street-park, get tailgated, or worry about being reversed into. Why front and rear?
BEST FOR A NEW CAR
Full Protection
Front + rear + 24H kit · €129.87
Your new car sleeps outside and parked dings are the real fear. This is the parked-car combo.
Choose your protection
One camera, three ways to fit it to your new car.
Standard
Front 4K camera, 170° wide angle, night vision, Wi-Fi app.
from €85.95
Dual Cameras
Adds a rear camera for tailgating, reversing and street parking.
Front + rear
Full Protection
Front + rear + the 24H hardwire kit for parked-car cover.
€129.87
THE DASHLINE 4K
One camera, built to be the witness
- 4K front, 170° wide angle, night vision (WDR)
- Optional rear camera for the back of your car
- Parking mode with the 24H hardwire kit
- Loop recording + G-sensor clip lock
- Wi-Fi app — pull clips straight to your phone
from €85.95
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New-car dash cam questions
Do I really need a dash cam for a brand-new car?
It isn’t required, but it’s the cheapest protection you can add. Nearly 3 in 5 owners have had a parked car damaged by someone else — a camera is what turns that from your loss into their liability.
Will it stop my car being scratched or stolen?
No. It’s a witness, not a lock. It doesn’t prevent the damage — it changes what you can prove and recover afterwards.
Does it record while the car is parked?
Yes, with parking mode, if it has power. The 24H hardwire kit lets it watch for long stretches; motion or an impact wakes it. On the battery alone the window is limited.
Will it read the other car’s number plate?
Often, when they’re close and slow — exactly the parking-lot situation. At speed or in the dark it’s harder and not guaranteed.
Does a dash cam lower my insurance?
Some insurers offer a discount, many don’t. The real saving is winning a not-at-fault claim and protecting your no-claims bonus.
Front only, or front and rear?
Front covers most of what happens ahead of you. Rear adds reversing, tailgating and street-parking cover — worth it if your new car lives outside.
Is it hard to fit to a new car?
The plug-in setup takes around 15 minutes. The 24H parking kit needs a hardwire connection — use an installer if you’d rather not touch the fuse box.
Your new car deserves a witness
4K front and rear. Parking-mode ready. From €85.95 — less than one uninsured parking ding.
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