I am a new (1 week) owner of an S3 having owned Subaru Imrezas for the last few years both of which required trackers for insurance purposes.
From my experiance Rac Trackstar are a bunch of tossers when it comes to customer services. Countless threads on Scoobynet regarding stolen Impreza's and lack of backup from tracker companies.
Usual excuses, must have been in sleep mode or must have been removed etc etc.
I phoned them once to test my tracker but they wanted me to tell them where the car was before they would tell me where they thought it was. I pointed out that it didn't really tell me that the system was working if i had to tell them where it was first, at which point the operator agreed and just told me where it was.
Anyhow, if my car was stolen, i wouldn't want to see it again after some tw*t had ragged it.
Blackjax is a better anti theft device as the little sh*ts dont get chance to thrash the car before the engine cuts out.
A better option would be a device that drove the car to a field then blew up with the thieving occupants still in it.
Not politically correct i think
Nik.
coupe-se said:
Trackers really are a waste of time and type like the 'Trackstar' units (that rely on a mobile type sim card to dial out) are a joke as any halfwit can find and disable one in minutes.
The best type of units are the Blackjax ones that allow the car to be driven for a short while and then shut the whole car down. Most thieves don't understand what is happening and just leg it leaving the car.
An ex-girfriends father had his car stolen, ragged to death and then severely vandalised BUT was returned and repaired. He couldn't sell it on fast enough and would have prefered to have not had it found and returned to him.
When I sold my Impreza with a Trackstar unit fitted I did'nt let them know I was no longer the owner. They never did phone to query its movements me even though I know it had at least one trip on a transporter.
