yah, i want to have the hatch as winter beater + local store beater... :p

:icon18: hahaha. yah, great advice, thanks. oh yah, the ST... im not a ford guy at all and i have this partially crazy oldman ford-freak neighbor a coupld doors down so i dont want to get it and have him get all wierd on my driveway... :ugh2:

i am also tuning-in to the changes mazda brings to the 3. i think im going to kick myself getting the ugly MS3 after seeing the more normal-looking next gen car. :icon17: so i dont want to rush buying a hatch yet.

and at the end of the day if someone is willing to give me a super deal on a xB, i might take that.

zoom makes decent budget products and i think it will do fine with the gopro's. zoom uses cheap chrystals where it can't keep a constant time like the tascams, yamaha's, sony's. ive read about people using their recorders and having sync issues for long documentaries, etc. if it's short clips composed of many short takes, the zoom will do just fine.

i use tascam as that's wat ive been using the last 25+ yrs with success.

Good info. I always thought Tascam and Zoom were equal. Apparently not. I'll do more checking on the links you provided before I pull the trigger.

Off topic, but I saw this at a client site yesterday. It was much lower at first but I spazzed when I was trying to get my Droid into camera mode.

Cool, the Blue Angels were just in town last weekend. I didn't get pix, but they were awesome to watch.

tascam is more pro-audio. zoom is for amatures and semi-pro at best.

but these recorders are all pretty cheaply made so it's really in the chip and software they use. :D

cool! :tup:

speaking of beaters and hatches, i saw this quality study... not sure how credible but if you want to be like sailfree and like to see data... :icon17: VW, MINI, FIAT appears to be a hit-or-miss.

Key car quality study ranks software bugs as most common complaint, knocks Ford again | Motoramic - Yahoo! Autos

lol@ smart

Industry avg: 102 problems per 100 cars.

I guess a problem is everything from engine failure to a rip in the floor mat, but this still seems effed up to me.

BTW... Lexus is on top because of how many people purchase them and then die before they have a chance to bring it back to the dealership for a problem. :icon17:

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Nice shot for a cell phone! Cool :tup:

*cricket chirp*

I bet a lot of the complaints for Ford are from girls wondering why their phones won't sync with Sync. :icon17:

Top-quality mid-size sporty car... oh yeah :excited: :happydance:

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That is a big risk when you introduce new technologies that might require a little tech savvy to operate. If someone can't get their phone synced up or can't figure out how to tell Sync to play Call Me Maybe then BAM you get a ding against you for a problem. :icon17:

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