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: 592 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 10 2022, 04:02 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 231 Joined: 14-August 07 From: Los Angeles, CA Member No.: 8,001 Region Association: None |
Got to test the system yesterday. Got into the car normally and started it up, within a few seconds I recieved a shake alarm via text. The second alert ,geofence "out", also triggered within a few seconds of leaving the boundary. So far, I am really pleased with the system. Is it perfect? No. But for the low cost, it does more than enough for me.
I'm also planning on using this in conjunction with a kill switch. Yes, those aren't perfect either. I'm not looking for the perfect no fail security, just something that will make it harder for the average car theif. And hope they give up and walk away. Or give me enough time to go check on the car and scare said theif away. Here is a page I book marked years ago. It's an old school way of making a kill switch that works with a magnet (reed switch). You wave the magnet near the switch to close the circuit. No visible switch for someone to find if they know what they are looking for. https://www.fordforumsonline.com/threads/ho...t-switch.30204/ *Edited |
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