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dy63 · 11-13-2014, 07:13 AM

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afalton · 11-13-2014, 07:57 AM

Under the centre console under the carpets or behind the dash somewhere that's not easy to find

makkan00 · 11-13-2014, 01:20 PM

Not a good topic to discuss.

Use common sense. Also, it should be hard wired so it should be automatically charged. When thieves disconnect your battery, at that time built in battery will play its role.

Waspo · 11-13-2014, 01:34 PM

would you really want back your car after it has been thrashed, trashed and crashed?

gaza01 · 06-11-2015, 04:47 AM

no security device is 100% secure but the more you have is the safer the car. I would advise on a tracker, obd security of some sort and may be a steering lock

AWSAWS · 06-11-2015, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gaza01

no security device is 100% secure but the more you have is the safer the car. I would advise on a tracker, obd security of some sort and may be a steering lock

Yep,
I have all of the above.

You can only do so much.

Where would I put the tracker? Somewhere I'm never going to tell anyone

AWSAWS · 06-11-2015, 05:27 AM

I do like the idea of having 2 trackers, even decoys. Something to consider!

Dann · 06-11-2015, 06:10 AM

Somewhere in the engine bay if it's waterproof.

They wouldn't look in there!

Ess · 06-12-2015, 02:39 PM

What I genuinely don't understand is why you'd want the stolen car back. You don't know what the theives have done with it, carried inside it, etc. Isn't it going to be declared as stolen and recovered which will show on the car's record? Surely the insurance pay out would be better, then you can buy a new one. I love my car to bits but if it got stolen, I would not want it back. In my opinion, get a steering wheel lock which will put off most thieves in the first place.

Jase 320d · 06-12-2015, 08:19 PM

Id love mine to get stolen

#gapinsurance

AWSAWS · 06-13-2015, 03:48 PM

When I think of the time and money I'd spent on my car I'd be hoping for a successful recovery. Hadn't considered a stolen recovered status tbh.

So I'd have to secretly steal it back

Ess · 06-13-2015, 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by AWSAWS

When I think of the time and money I'd spent on my car I'd be hoping for a successful recovery. Hadn't considered a stolen recovered status tbh.

So I'd have to secretly steal it back

Have you ever been burgled? It's a horrible feeling knowing that your property/possession has been taken from you by force and without your consent. A lot of people move after being burgled, not only because they fear it might happen again but also because of that horrible feeling that your home has somehow been violated. I expect I'd have a similar feeling if my car were stolen.

Things to consider:
Was it thrashed? Thieves aren't known for their mechanical sympathy.
What state will you find it in? Was it damaged from their break in or joy ride?
Did they use it to carry drugs? Or to get away from a mugging or worse?
I believe it will be marked as stolen and recovered, which the insurance companies and other bodies (HPI? Not sure.) will be able to see.
It will also lose value at resale point due to the stolen and recovered marker.

One of my friends had a tracker on his car. The police did not act very fast at all to get the car recovered as even though the tracking centre could pinpoint the location of the car exactly and immediately, the police needed a crime number, paperwork, etc. before they would do anything. Eventually the car was recovered several days later and in a poor state - the locks has been forced, the door around the lock was dented and scratched and the ignition barrel area was ruined due to whatever brute force method they used to start the car - there were wires and mess everywhere, it was a sorry sight. The car was recorded as stolen but recovered. Then he had to claim on his insurance anyway to get it repaired, and not long after sold it for peanuts as they had lost their attachment to the car after everything that happened. He wished it had never been recovered and he'd just got the insurance pay out for a new car. I can't blame him.

Like you I have spent a lot on my car and it is my most treasured material possession after my house, but if it were stolen, I wouldn't want it back.

The irony with the tracker is that unless you plaster your car with stickers warning that a tracker is fitted, it doesn't even act as a deterrent

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