CAR THEFT

[dp52]

I have been looking at vehicle tracking and various other ways of stopping thieving gits from lifting your pride and joy. I have had too many bits and bobs nicked over the years and recently having my Escort stolen is the straw thats broke the camels back! It's time to take positive action.

 

I reckon if thieves want your car they will get it so you have to accept it may go on the odd unauthorised trip. Alarms and cut outs just won't stop them cos they know there way round most systems and will often just lift the car anyway. You really need to know where they have taken your car and that to me is the answer to getting it back. I will be investing my money in a good tracking system that gets my car back and should have done so before my Escort was nicked.

 

I have come across a great little device that is Home Office approved and has a 98% success rate in recovering stolen vehicles.

 

You are probably wondering how these units work. The hardware is a small black box that uses GSM and RFI technology to communicate. If the car is stolen the GSM will pinpoint the location to within 500 metres and the RF module then identifies the location to within 1 metre. The black box can be moved from one vehicle to the next very easily as it is battery driven. I can also be hard wired if you want. If not hard wired the batteries need recharging once every 6-8 months or up to once every two years depending on the units configuration. The configuration option simply decides how often the unit wakes up to transmit a signal of the vehicles whereabouts and this can be set to the customers own requirements.

 

So to the cost. The unit costs £450 + VAT and I have to tell you that seems quite cheap now that my Escort has been nicked. Ongoing costs are £3 a month for the sim card that allows the unit to communicate. For an additional (Optional) £7 a month you can have some software that allows you to track the location of your car on your PC. There is no installation fee and no extortionate annual subscription fees that seem to apply to most other systems.

 

If anyone is interested discounts are available depending on how many units are bought.

10-20 units get a 5% discount.

21-50 units get a 10% discount.

51-100 units get a 15% discount.

101+ gets a 20% discount.

 

Can be used on cars, caravans, motorbikes, trailers, in fact anything you like.

 

If I can get enough interest we should be able to get some decent discounts.

 

May even be able to demo a unit at a forthcoming meet.

 

Let me know what you think.

 

If you are seriously interested and I wouldn't expect you to buy one without seeing how it works then PM me. If I get enough interest I'll put some effort into this and take it forward.

 

Dave

[johnny_h]

Seems like a great device but £500 is a big lump of beer tokens.

[Rick]

do you get commission or somet ur very up on these devices.

 

the best test would be to let some of us steal a car (with permission) with one fitted and see if you could find us before we removed it.

 

thats the only test that would convince me...

 

i reckon most would fail against a good criminal that did a bit of research

 

not worth 500 quid in my POV

[Daggle]

Good idea, but hell of a lot of money to part with, that would get me the Milton rack and pinion steering kit, mind you if the car went, then I wouldn't have anything to put it on

[dp52]

do you get commission or somet ur very up on these devices.

 

the best test would be to let some of us steal a car (with permission) with one fitted and see if you could find us before we removed it.

 

thats the only test that would convince me...

 

i reckon most would fail against a good criminal that did a bit of research

 

not worth 500 quid in my POV

 

Nope I am not on a commission. I get the same discount you get. My interest is in getting a number of people interested to get the maximum discount we can on the units.

 

This is the second car I have had stolen so I have done some research on what is the best device. In my opinion this is it. 98% recovery says it all.

 

As I say if I get enough interest from people that want to keep their cars then I think it would be worth seeing if we can get one to demo it at a meet.

 

Keep voting.

 

Dave

[RFChris]

Security is like insurance. It not something you like to spend money on, but if something happens you know you're gonna be kicking yourself. On that basis its a must!

 

Chris

[Rich Sav]

if they want it thell do anythin 2 get it

[dp52]

if they want it thell do anythin 2 get it

 

Which is why knowing where it has gone is so important.

 

Firstly you stand a 98% chance of getting it back and secondly you stand a good chance of dealing with the thieving b*st*rds.

 

Keep voting.

[dp52]

Security is like insurance. It not something you like to spend money on, but if something happens you know you're gonna be kicking yourself. On that basis its a must!

 

Chris

 

You're right Chris.

 

I can tell you the last thing I want to do is spend £500 on security but insurance only gives you money and usually not the true value of the car. Don't forget insurance can never cover you for all the effort you put into it getting your pride and joy where it was before the theiving gits got their hands on it.

 

I'd rather have the car back and let the insurance pick up the cost of any repairs or parts that may have been nicked before the car was recovered.

 

Keep voting guys.

[Gareth]

I reckon its a sound investment.

[mk2_escort_chick]

Most people that go in the "chit chat" part of the site know my views on car thieves, esp after some b******s tried to break into my renault.

Dean paid £500 for the alarm on the tig and it does pretty much everything. Good old clifford alarms.

I will eventually get an alarm but it prob wont be for a little while yet.

Could ask for it as an early b'day present.

I fooooking hate car thieves

[bashmk1]

i dont think you can put a price on security. i paid 300 ish for my alarm and its a really good good. i only ever use toad alarms now and there absolutly brilliant, plus lifetime guarantee.

 

i watch all these police stop programs and they always recover the cars, weather there slightly dinged here and there is another issue, at the end of the day youve got your car back. and that for me would be good enough.

 

you see these rs' and mex's going for 6k plus on ebay, and yet people are arguing over 500quid. i think if youve got your pride and joy youve rammed thousands into then security should be at the top of your list, in front of the shiny YB engine.

[samurai]

Any good sites for alarms and mobs?

[samurai]

http://www.cliffordalarms.co.uk/

 

Which alarms have people got on here?

[bashmk1]

i wouldnt recommend clifford, there pretty awful things. just my opinion.

[samurai]

Okie stewie

[bashmk1]

as i said just my opinion but i hate them, everyone ive spoken to has had nothing but bad happens with them. and we have them on some cars at work and there just awful.

 

one in particular kept texting the bloke to tell him the alarm was going off, poxy thing didnt stop. not the sort of phonecall you expect

 

"hello, ive just had a text from my car to say the alarm is going off, is everything ok?"

 

toad alarms ive found to be the best, ive fund a firm that fit them for free too, my last one was £300. and ive had them fitted to my last three cars without a single hiccup.

[samurai]

Just need an approved alarm and immobiliser,none of that text crap etc.

 

Whats the cheapest that work good.

 

Thanks

[over_head_cam]

I voted no because it's not worth much more than that

[bashmk1]

samurai..... you want a toad AI606!

 

around about £275, and worth every penny!

[samurai]

Ill keep it in mind.

 

Thanks

[Jelly]

They're £220 fitted on Ebay

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOAD-Ai606-CAT1-A ... dZViewItem

 

Edited to say that you need to live within 100mi of the person to avoid extra charges.

[Rick]

what are the ones that gto mad when you walk near the car....

 

i step away and im not even stealing the car

[tazrocks88]

god how close are the results lol

[dp52]

god how close are the results lol

 

Interesting results. Keep voting guys.

 

By the way don't confuse this system with a general anti-theft alarm. They do completely different jobs but can complement each other. This system is all about recovering your beloved car if it is stolen.

 

I have tried all sorts of alarm systems over the years and the fact is I have now had two cars stolen and alarms just don't deter thieves nor do they get the car back. This system gives you a 98% chance of getting the car back.

 

Keep voting.