Totally agree with you Scotty because when this happened to me I found out it was one of my bin men and his mates who did it.They crashed my car within a mile of my home and when I went to court I told the police that I recognised the bin man and we also had a lot of fraud committed towards us as he had taken unshredded documents out of the bin(everything gets shredded now).This happened early 2000's but house is like Fort Knox now and everything gets checked before we go to bed but if they want something they will get it somehow.Those two know your car and house. As said, look back over CCTV footage. They'll pop up.
S3 all day.....Is that a Bentley Parked opposite? And they chose your s3?
Basically anything that makes them think it's better to walk away and look for an easier target (if they are opportunists), even something like this may make them think twice http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271824796332?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:ITOh, and a stop lock...
If they get through all of that then....
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Cheers thanks for that..I put the link above, although you seem to have to hit it twice to get the page.
No subscription, total cost £11, Pay And Go SIM, just send a text message every three months to keep it active.
Think my only issues are around the fact that you need to keep it on and charged and also effectively hidden. I know that the technology works, it just seems a crude option, albeit better than nothing.Why would PAYG SIM cards be an issue, they work very well and I have been using them in house alarms, automated gates and tracking systems with no problems for years in conjunction with the above GPS tracker.
The only issue is you need to send a text message every three months or the number gets decommissioned.
Actually I've just had a thought,
I have ordered the Tech Pack which has an embedded SIM in the car.
The car also has a SAT NAV which knows the GPS location.
So all the components of a built in Tracker already exist.
All it needs is a bit of software so you can input you mobile number, then if your car is stolen you could request the GPS coordinates from the car.
If they send me the source code I will add it for them, a weeks work, £65K should cover it
@pburv - Plenty of info on Trackers here mate -Is there a 'Tracker' thread on the forum?
I personally haven't a clue on such devices.I have done a quick search on google and there seems to be a lot available.
Is there one available that doesn't have a charge/subscription?
What do you guys think?
I just zoomed it, it's actually an old A6 with colour-coded bumper by the look of it...Is that a Bentley Parked opposite? And they chose your s3?
Why would PAYG SIM cards be an issue, they work very well and I have been using them in house alarms, automated gates and tracking systems with no problems for years in conjunction with the above GPS tracker.
The only issue is you need to send a text message every three months or the number gets decommissioned.
Link to the CCTV
........same here. My key go upstairs with me & the bedroom is fully protected, god help the little **** who try's.Scrotes.
If I found those two in my house they would have both left in a private ambulance, not an S3.
Cheers thanks for that..
Maybe the mods on the forum could set something up? ie 'Best Tracker' etc
Just a thought as it seems a few members on here are having their lives turned upside down by the many scumbags in our society ..
Mike can you recommend which PAYG SIM card to use (or supply a link to one)
Thanks,
RAF_S7
IMHO I cant see the point in having a tracker, far better spending your money stopping them taking the car in the first place.
I wonder if there are stats on the number of cars that have successfully been recovered and returned undamaged due to using tracker type technology. I expect the number is pretty low, hence the relatively low reduction in insurance premiums for having one.
Cheers BH...