http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/ Engadget Comments for Audi Cam lets you watch the entire repair from your mechanic's point of view http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
Anyway, this type of oversight just isn't needed for dealership mechanics (there's a reason they're so expensive) - they're not the ones you need to worry about. It's the small, independent garages that are usually the untrustworthy ones you need to keep an eye on.]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 2:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 2:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
But, of course you end up paying through the nose for the privilege.]]>Jul 7th 2010 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
I always hated having people in the tech room asking me what I was doing to their computer. "Fixing it" was my usual response, accompanied by a long blank stare.]]>Jul 7th 2010 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/rich people's pleasures!!]]>Jul 7th 2010 3:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/I like doing repairs of my cars myself, but some people don't have time for that, but still would like to have some fun watching.]]>Jul 7th 2010 4:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/But when you get rich enough to buy one, you won't have time to watch repair videos.]]>Jul 7th 2010 4:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 5:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
You sure? Ford just tried to con me into new brakes and wipers when they were just replaced last month.]]>Jul 7th 2010 6:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
Audi's are garbage!!!]]>Jul 7th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
If you're the best mechanic in the world, would you choose to work at a dealership or open your own garage?]]>Jul 7th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
I've had 2 and they were in the shop A LOT! ]]>Jul 7th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/

I worked in a dealership, and dealership is the last place you want to take your car for repairs unless its under warranty.

If your car is out of warranty and you take it to a dealer, they will tell you that your car needs things a $1,000 worth of BS work and repairs that it doesnt need.

Dealerships are there to make money, and they make money by selling your services and products that you dont need. Period!


]]>Jul 7th 2010 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/I like this idea especially on Audi's that has way overpriced parts.
]]>Jul 7th 2010 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Big brother is always watching.]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
God, what is with the UK? Even people living in London say that the sheer amount of cameras is unsettling (of course you won't hear them say that in public).]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
Why not. It's not a crime to talk about cameras.]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
...yet.]]>Jul 7th 2010 5:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 10:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
Well... that makes absolutely no sense.]]>Jul 7th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 3:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
the R8 has black blades that come all the way down the side of the rear fender wells. ]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
Fail. 4th. ]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Third what?
@rshole?]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/We try to break through
Long to connect
Fall on deaf ears with failed muted breath]]>Jul 7th 2010 2:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/But I guess to resolve the first problem, they can always issue the radios with a mute button....]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
When your mechanic is wrist deep in throttle bodies, cam shafts, and valve springs you're going to point out something you had noticed about turbulence in your intake? I'm no mechanic, but I do know that those folks are professionals who maintain equipment far too technical for me to assess via a grainy video feed.

I know it isn't always easy to find a good mechanic these days, but this is nothing but a distraction. Best case scenario it doesn't actually cause them to screw your car up, it just makes it take longer for them to do the job you hired them for.]]>Jul 7th 2010 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
You're the one who spent way to much on a BMW...]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
You know pull the drain plug, let it drain, move on to the next car in line. come back later to finsih

Same with the computer repair shop i used to work at, typically worked on 5+ PCs at a time. start a windows install, HD scan/defrag, malware scan, etc move on to the next machine.

If you want the oil change fast then take it to one of those drive thru shops that specialize in 5 minute oil changes or do it yourself.]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 2:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
I would love to take my car to a service department that just had an observation area over the service bay. I don't need to be hovering over the mechanic's shoulder, or bugging them with questions or stuff - it's just that I have a $40,000 car and I think I'm within my rights to watch as it's being worked on to ensure it's done properly.

If mechanics don't like it, I can always take my money to someone who will...]]>Jul 7th 2010 4:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
However the pc repair shop I used to work at, we would only bill customers for actual time spent sitting in front of the machine, rounded to the nearest hour.]]>Jul 7th 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
It takes you a lot longer then 20min to change oil, and it takes the dealer more then 20min to change the oil as well. Thus you get charged accordingly.

]]>Jul 7th 2010 12:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/Jul 7th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/07/audi-cam-lets-you-watch-the-entire-repair-from-your-mechanics-p/
(i'm posting here because I don't see a way to comment on that article)]]>Jul 7th 2010 1:12AM