That this was cool.
http://www.autowatch.com/
At selected Auto Body repair shops you can watch your car having collision work done. My g/f's M6S is getting done Thurs/Fri at one of these shops. I'd have her sign up if it was more than a bumper respray. Now if they'd do it at Ford delerships etc. when you're getting mechanical work done. Oh wait no more underhandedness. That would never happen.
Intersting. I would sign up if I needed repairs.
They need a live video cam for sports car repairs. "And here is the mechanic as he takes the Z06 vette for a 48 mile test drive at 172 MPH."
that's cool.
luckily, the mechanic i do use i am pretty good friends with, and i can walk around the shop freely. Actually, the same goes for anywhere else i take the car.
Well, maybe if I had that kind of time on my hands. I just get my repair work done at a place with an impeccable reputation so I don't have to watch them.
Horrible idea for a business, IMHO. Collision repair in particular can take VERY long periods of time with much of that time just waiting for parts or freed-up labor. It would be perfectly normal for a customer's car to not be touched for a day, even several days, while waiting for parts. Or even if the parts do get in, that work is done on some other cars to get them out first for a variety of reasons. All you'll get with cameras watching your work is a bunch of people constantly calling your up wondering why you aren't working on their car. Managers of those shops have enough of those calls to deal with as it is without people being able to question every business decision you make.
I just take my car to a reputable shop to begin with. And I don't take my car to any shop that won't let me walk around the shop. It's perfectly understandable why, for liability purposes, some places won't let you; I just won't take my car to any of them.
If you looked at the site you would realize it's not live video. It's just pictures of the progress of the repair. I think people are smart enough to realize it's not going to be worked on 24-7 when it hits the shop.