Car Security, Lojack Options

[jim_hoyland]

After Chris's 914 was taken, I called my Lojack rep for a service check. It still worked after being installed in 2002. The back-up battery was 76% and good for another 3 years.

The problem with the original LoJack is you have to call the police or LoJack after you realize the car is gone--a lot of valuable time can be lost.

The newer LoJack with Early Warning solves the problem. The system has a motion sensor mounted in the car. If the car moves or is started by a person without a coded key-pass the LoJack sends a signal to to your cell or email. If the user has the coded key-pass, it stays in sleep mode. TThe entire package with Early Warning costs about $1.0K

GPS units look like newer technological applications with greater potential, but monthly costs too.

Please chime in on Lojack or GPS.

[banger]

This tracker looks to be pretty good. It is $279 with a starter kill option, and you dont have to pay a monthly or yearly fee. You can choose to only pay when you need to track the device. It allows you to kill the starter on the car as well, via the web.


GPS Tracker

[Porcharu]

This tracker looks to be pretty good. It is $279 with a starter kill option, and you dont have to pay a monthly or yearly fee. You can choose to only pay when you need to track the device. It allows you to kill the starter on the car as well, via the web.


GPS Tracker

They need to have a kill the thief option (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[jim_hoyland]

Looks interesting. Has anyone installed this unit ? Going to look into this ....

This tracker looks to be pretty good. It is $279 with a starter kill option, and you dont have to pay a monthly or yearly fee. You can choose to only pay when you need to track the device. It allows you to kill the starter on the car as well, via the web.


GPS Tracker

They need to have a kill the thief option (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)

[banger]

There are a number of similar tracking units. They are basically a cell phone with a gps. The website sends a text message to the phone, requesting its position, and the phone answers back with a txt message. I believe there are some that you can use with your own sim card. This way if you already have AT&T or T-mobile, you could add another line to your account, and use that for the gps tracker. Typically an additional line on a wireless acount is around $10 per month. What most of the tracking companies sell you is a prepaid sim card that is good for a year, and has a few text messages included in the price.

[jimkelly]

this is a good thread - i'd like to hear more about the below.

how big are the units - where to hide them - how long does battery last - i have at&t acct. a cel phone would have to be wired to the car battery some how to be worth anything.

jim

There are a number of similar tracking units. They are basically a cell phone with a gps. The website sends a text message to the phone, requesting its position, and the phone answers back with a txt message. I believe there are some that you can use with your own sim card. This way if you already have AT&T or T-mobile, you could add another line to your account, and use that for the gps tracker. Typically an additional line on a wireless acount is around $10 per month. What most of the tracking companies sell you is a prepaid sim card that is good for a year, and has a few text messages included in the price.