Fucks sake fit a tracker.

[Dave_Q]

I've put my money where my mouth is and ordered the one I linked to for £42.99.

 

Will report how I get on, although not where I've installed it etc obvs.

[Kiltox]

Nice. I'm definitely going to order one of the £10 TK102s and stick it in my shite Panda (which will be my loan car) during its rebuild

[JohnK]

How long before one of these trackers moves on with an AS car and the seller can do live location updates of the buyer whilst they are driving home ...

[andy18s]

 

 

RE: Da Po-leece, surely they would come and help recover the car as

1) It's a cheap win for them YAY GUISE WE SOLVED A CRIME +1 FOR US

2) If you requested their help and they didn't turn up, they would be in some way responsible for the vigilante vs. car thieves bust-up that would happen as a result.

 

 

 

You think?

I had an Opel Manta stolen from home whilst at the bike show a good few year ago.

It turned at a localish scrapyard 1 yr later,only after a friend had seen the interior out of it go up on eBay and asked if the rest of the car was there for breaking..

After seeing some poor pics I arranged to go look at the wheels on it,just so I could check the actual car

Turned out to be mine....

Off to the Main (Shrewsbury ) station to let them know it had been found, where and who had it ect....

6hrs it took for someone to go look and sieze it....6hrs sat next to a baler........

 

 

 

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[Anthony]

Be interesting to hear what the battery/current drain of these cheap trackers is like, as that's the main potential downside that I can see on occasionally-used cars.

 

I agree though that for the prices they're now available for that a tracker is making more and more sense, although of course it has to be in conjunction with other forms of passive and active security - after all, if you're at the point when you're reliant on the tracker then it's already too late, you're just improving your chances of getting something back.

[Dave_Q]

You think?

I had an Opel Manta stolen from home whilst at the bike show a good few year ago.

It turned at a localish scrapyard 1 yr later,only after a friend had seen the interior out of it go up on eBay and asked if the rest of the car was there for breaking..

After seeing some poor pics I arranged to go look at the wheels on it,just so I could check the actual car

Turned out to be mine....

Off to the Main (Shrewsbury ) station to let them know it had been found, where and who had it ect....

6hrs it took for someone to go look and sieze it....6hrs sat next to a baler........

 

 

 

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Not defending the police as that's a poor response, but I imagine if you mentioned that you and a group of friends were on their way to liberate the car yourselves they may have turned up a bit faster...

[rrsix]

Be interesting to hear what the battery/current drain of these cheap trackers is like, as that's the main potential downside that I can see on occasionally-used cars.

 

I agree though that for the prices they're now available for that a tracker is making more and more sense, although of course it has to be in conjunction with other forms of passive and active security - after all, if you're at the point when you're reliant on the tracker then it's already too late, you're just improving your chances of getting something back.

One i was looking at quoted 0.2Ah. at 12V

[andrew e]

I have a factory (Vecta???) tracker installed in my Audi (2002) anyone have any tips or links about cobbling it back to life? Yes I know I have to find it first...

[Squire_Dawson]

Driveway lift-up posts are good. Not the flimsy ones, but a big, solid, hefty one.

[Anthony]

One i was looking at quoted 0.2Ah. at 12V

That's disappointing if that's accurate, as a 200mA drain will flatten a typical battery to the point where it won't start in less than a week

 

(if I've worked it out correctly, a continuous 0.2Ah load would completely discharge a 45Ah battery - typical for an 063 type - in a little over 9 days)

 

0.02Ah (20mA) would be more like what I'd expect and would be broadly similar in terms of draw to a typical alarm.

[Dave_Q]

Probably need to measure one as it wouldn't be unheard of for the specs to be wrong.

[Tamworthbay]

Be interesting to hear what the battery/current drain of these cheap trackers is like, as that's the main potential downside that I can see on occasionally-used cars.I agree though that for the prices they're now available for that a tracker is making more and more sense, although of course it has to be in conjunction with other forms of passive and active security - after all, if you're at the point when you're reliant on the tracker then it's already too late, you're just improving your chances of getting something back.

mine does a month, not a problem as it constantly trickles anyway. Certainly wouldn't do a winter in a lock up though. No idea how that compares to an expensive tracker though but would guesstimate it's similar.

[Tamworthbay]

Just thought, the month includes drains from other things as well, so longer if it was the only thing.

[Anthony]

mine does a month, not a problem as it constantly trickles anyway. Certainly wouldn't do a winter in a lock up though. No idea how that compares to an expensive tracker though but would guesstimate it's similar.

Thanks, that sounds pretty good and certainly would be good enough for a typical weekend toy.

[Slartibartfast]

Could potentially be combined with a solar trickle charger?

[dieselnutjob]

comments on this ebay sellers stuff?  he seems to have good feedback

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/wirelesstracking

[Pillock]

200mAh sounds a lot, I know it'll take more than an alarm thanks to all the GPRS and GPS stuff being constantly awake but my phone has a 3000mAh battery and lasts nearly 48 hours with the screen off but radios on. That makes it about 60mAh doesn't it?

[Cheggers]

TBH, if I had something high-end I'd be using a proper Tracker rather than a ten quid ebay jobbie.

Proper trackers the police can use their in car gizmos to find it instead of you having to hope the SIM doesn't run out of credit as you keep asking it for a location and then phoning the police.

Probably not a very Autoshite answer but if someone can bypass the security and trackers on a high-end car, let them have it.

 

"Classics" (however you define the term) have time & emotion invested in them. They have memories and are absolutely part of the owners' life. A new Ferrari, Porsche, SLS, Aventador or whatever is just money...Shrug your shoulders, report it to the Police and buy a new one with the insurance.

[Cheggers]

You think?

I had an Opel Manta stolen from home whilst at the bike show a good few year ago.

It turned at a localish scrapyard 1 yr later,only after a friend had seen the interior out of it go up on eBay and asked if the rest of the car was there for breaking..

After seeing some poor pics I arranged to go look at the wheels on it,just so I could check the actual car

Turned out to be mine....

Off to the Main (Shrewsbury ) station to let them know it had been found, where and who had it ect....

6hrs it took for someone to go look and sieze it....6hrs sat next to a baler........

 

 

 

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Compared to the year it had been missing, 6 hours is nothing. Harsh, I know, but I can see why it wasn't their most burning priority...

[dribble]

Smart water helped to recover the remnants of my gsxr after some pikey had it away (locked in a garage, bike and garage alarmed, disc brake and chained to a floor shackle). After insurance replaced the bike, got a call by plod around a month later, they uncovered a chop shop and parts of my beloved were on a partially loaded container. The fact that myself and 2/3 other victims had their parts marked and the dna matched means that hopefully it can lead to a conviction as it's proof the parts were stolen and not "bought for export" like the lowlives claimed - as they might've gotten off on a technicality without evidence the parts were actually stolen. 

 

Hope the scroats get gangbanged in the nick, although probably end up getting a suspended sentence so they can eye up some other poor fuckers pride and joy. 

[Pillock]

Probably not a very Autoshite answer but if someone can bypass the security and trackers on a high-end car, let them have it.

 

"Classics" (however you define the term) have time & emotion invested in them. They have memories and are absolutely part of the owners' life. A new Ferrari, Porsche, SLS, Aventador or whatever is just money...Shrug your shoulders, report it to the Police and buy a new one with the insurance.

 

Yeah, that's absolutely true - if I were blezzing around in a 6 month old Porsche, and it was secured to the terms and conditions of my insurance but stolen regardless, I would absolutely be looking forward to my brand new Porsche replacement. Classics are different, whether it's a 2.0 GLSi Sierra, a Caterham, or something worth a million quid.

 

I think what was on my mind, is that the types of people who are stealing top end nearly new motors are the types that pull up behind you on your driveway and pull a knife, or will just smash their way into your house at night. I'd suggest an expensive tracker is more likely to get them caught, than a ten quid eBay job that seemingly doesn't even have a battery mentioned on the adverts. Thief pulls into an industrial yard, shuts the gates, disconnects the car battery, and your car is lost.

[Dave_Q]

I think some of them do have a battery, the one I've ordered certainly does anyway.

[HH-R]

I've had cars in the past that I'd hoped would get stolen, thrashed to hell and back, burnt out and then bailed. It was all they deserved.

[Urko]

I've had cars in the past that I'd hoped would get stolen, thrashed to hell and back, burnt out and then bailed. It was all they deserved.

Me too, sadly they never take those ones.

[pshome]

Where in the car do you install these devices, i understand they need "clear" view of the sky to get the GPS signal?

Doesn't that rule out anywhere "under metal"? Considering to put them into the 504's,  the only cars i have of any mentionable value, but where to hide them?

[Kiltox]

I think some of them do have a battery, the one I've ordered certainly does anyway.

The TK102 definitely does, I've got one on the slow boat from China now

[Kiltox]

Where in the car do you install these devices, i understand they need "clear" view of the sky to get the GPS signal?

Doesn't that rule out anywhere "under metal"? Considering to put them into the 504's,  the only cars i have of any mentionable value, but where to hide them?

I was going to put mine either behind the front grill or bumper

[Dave_Q]

Most of the ones designed for permanent installation have a seperate aerial which can work through glass or plastic but not metal.

[Tamworthbay]

Where in the car do you install these devices, i understand they need "clear" view of the sky to get the GPS signal?

Doesn't that rule out anywhere "under metal"? Considering to put them into the 504's,  the only cars i have of any mentionable value, but where to hide them?

the separate aerial is quite small so could easily be tucked in many places. I doubt anyone will tell you exactly where they have fitted them in their own cars. The first one I fitted went in a spot where I had chance to repair the car so ended up in a welded in box section with access for the SIM card. I wouldn't do that again as there is no point. I would suggest somewhere where there is already a load of wiring so it doesn't look out of place. Many modern cars have space in or under the fuse box and for obvious reasons a few extra wires there would easily go unnoticed.

[Kiltox]

Be interested to hear where others are putting them - I was just going to stick mine somewhere easy because it's more "fleet management" / "pissing about" than anything serious