In Light of Marv's Stolen Car, My security solution and recommendation |
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In Light of Marv's Stolen Car, My security solution and recommendation |
Robarabian |
Aug 31 2022, 09:14 AM
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914 A Roo Group: Members Posts: 630 Joined: 11-February 19 From: Simi Valley, Kalifornia Member No.: 22,865 Region Association: Southern California |
Hi everyone,
Who would have thunk that our cars would become valuable enough to steal in the manner it is happening. If you scroll the FB and other sites, it is happening more and more. My answer to helping you secure getting it back comes from my LE experience. A Tracker. I use the one I post at the bottom of this paragraph. They are under a hundred bucks, and the air cards 60 bucks a year. I have 3 of them. 2 are hard wired and I keep one as a "floater" to just slap on whatever car I want. I bought these years ago when my kids were new drivers because they would forget to text that they made it to school and it was easy to just live time, dial up the car's location. You can set parameters to send you a text if the car goes outside of the geofence you select. Ie, travels more than 5 miles from home or wherever. You can set a speed alarm that will send you a text if it exceeds whatever speed you select. So say you think your mechanic is the same guy as the valet from Ferris Bueller's Day off, you will know the car is doing 100 mph... They are easy to hide, and use cellular and unlike an Air Tag, they don't tell anyone they are there. My insurance company provides a discount on my daily driver as it is considered a "tracking device" to assist in recovery. I think for the low cost, you get a high peace of mind with these. I hated reading the story about Marv's car and pray for its recovery. It is like losing a family member after the time, effort and energy we spend nurturing them through life. Robert https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07W7YJYSH?psc=1&...product_details |
narino |
Sep 9 2022, 12:43 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 8,001 Region Association: None |
Here is a good video that shows how to setup the device.
https://youtu.be/22lvq6r3f2M Also, tech help got back to me quickly. By default the device goes into sleep mode after 5 minutes of being idle. |
Robarabian |
Sep 9 2022, 08:40 AM
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914 A Roo Group: Members Posts: 630 Joined: 11-February 19 From: Simi Valley, Kalifornia Member No.: 22,865 Region Association: Southern California |
Which is what you want... it sleeps till it senses movement then awakens and you track.
And for the "Faraday cage" comment, it is true, you can block a signal, but you can track it to the last known location of the signal... leads are everything in car theft recovery. @Jim_hoyland they will to some degree but without a good cell signal or GPS signal, no. You get to the location it was last seen. My son is in school in San Diego. I can track to his campus parking structure, and then back to his residential structure. Dont be concerned about sleep mode, you want the battery to last as long as you can without a hard wire setup. Also, you dont want constant battery drain if it is hard wired. It awakens with the force of movement.... Here is a good video that shows how to setup the device. https://youtu.be/22lvq6r3f2M Also, tech help got back to me quickly. By default the device goes into sleep mode after 5 minutes of being idle. |
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