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Feb 19, 2007 10:44:14 GMT
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I reckon this, combined with a decent alarm, is probably one of the best, affordable methods of protecting/tracking your car in the event of a theft. Personally, I'd change the SIM over for another P.A.Y.G. one (you never know if anyone selling these is keeping note of the numbers and is able to track them himself to locate a car worth stealing NB: I'm not accusing this particular seller of anything, just thinking of all options that a crook could use!) cgi.ebay.co.uk/CAR-ALARM-SMS-PAGER-SUIT-MOST-CLIFFORD-SIGMA-TOAD-ETC_W0QQitemZ250083847115QQihZ015
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Last Edit: Feb 19, 2007 10:44:30 GMT by jettadeluxe
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street
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Feb 25, 2007 11:23:41 GMT
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That looks pretty good really. Think i'll bosh an old mobile in my car incase it goes missing again. How easy are they to 'track'? I mean how accurately does it show the location I wonder?
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i wouldn't bother with a tracker as they are no good if the vehicle is in a container for shipment this is what happened to my uncles 2 month old range rover it was stolen during the day and reported asap but it could not be located by the tracker but it did reappear in the far east. stolen to order buy a consortium was what he was told... still he has a new one now, flash git
i would just put a kill switch on so they can only tow it away........
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what the fcuk have you done lately
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Trouble is, these days they quite often tow them away anyway! Too much noise and damage breaking windows and locks, and alarms are getting too clever for your average crim. Most of the cars on this forum are either old and have poor security (sorry guys, but true) and were driven away, or newer and were professionally lifted. There's no point breaking into a, say, 2005 Subaru WRX as it'll be alarmed and immobilised up to its eyeballs but if you strike in the middle of the night with a lifting truck you can be away in minutes. Easily covering the cost of the truck hire.
This isn't giving criminals ideas, this is what already happens. You cannot steal a two month old range rover without either breaking into the house for the keys, or lifting it onto a lorry.
A mobile phone budget tracker will be a start - it won't prevent the theft but you've got a much better chance of getting it back, either by contacting the police or by going round with 15 big mates. It'll work wherever a phone works, I work in a big metal building and get 100% signal so a container will be fine. It'll also work for maybe 4 days after the battery is disconnected on the car.
Sorry, it just bugs me when people see cheap security and start saying 'wouldn't bother with that' and stuff..... every little helps. If someone wants your car, short of encasing it in cement you can't stop them so you might as well try stuff like this to help your chances of getting it back.
[edit] Street: most mobile phone tracker firms quote 50m... it can depend on the network but there's no 'best' network as each one has good areas and bad. Just down to how far apart the masts are in the area where your phone is, as it triangulates a position.
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Last Edit: Mar 6, 2007 11:49:34 GMT by Pillock
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Mar 31, 2007 21:06:24 GMT
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Just wondering, because i'm having a simple moment, how you track it? I know you get the text but do you like have to ring the phone operator and get them to triangulate the signla or something?
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Just wondering, because i'm having a simple moment, how you track it? I know you get the text but do you like have to ring the phone operator and get them to triangulate the signla or something? You do it on line as far as I know - you get a map with the general location on it.
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