SOHC Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Dose that opt out on the LTSA website work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brdflu Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 You can opt out and it hides the addres 100%. people like me who can check it at work still cant bring it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickJ Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Or tell the general public you've got one, so they can rip it out If someone is going to skip past all the other cars on here and work out how to disable my alarm system to steal a lada, jokes on them, it'll prob break down before they leave my driveway! lol this is funny, just think about the application of this idea vs your the car thief . . . just making something that would mask the signal the entire time , having to have the same mask at home covering the place its stored in, and covered for at least a few weeks or until you found the gps unit and ripped it out . they have back up battery too so you can still contact it for a few weeks with out vehicle batter power . . . also they don't have to make noise, they can just be there silently transmitting, the whole time and the thief doesn't know its there to make the craze faraday cover in the first place. you can install it in the boot or under b pillars , anywhere at all , its tiny. this is not 100 percent fail safe but its so far the most effective way of using current technology to fight back against car theft. far better than a car with just flashing lights and single immobilize system. this gives you the chance to get it back , and its all we really care about at the heart of it . Thats what I was thinking, how much effort would one have to put in? theoretically its possible, but in practice? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unhuman Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Are GPS trackers any good in cars that don't get driven often? i.e. project cars that sit in the garage. I had a cheap one in the daily I got off the tard, it drains the battery within a week if I don't drive the car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Yeah they haul through battery, use about a watt doing nothing. Hook your project car up to a trickle charger while it is in garage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Testament Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 They dont need a faraday cage, they just need to goto the wops. Or somewhere with an underground concrete carpark also may work. This said the GPS thing does seem a good option in general. Otherwise own weird unfashionable vehicles 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell'orto Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 GPS trackers will show last location at least, so if they take it to an underground garage/lead lined shed you'll have a pretty good idea of where it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingbrick Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Those trickle chargers are great for any rarely driven project, GPS or not. The old man had one on his bike with socket tucked away.. Blardy brilliant 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 What trickle charger does he roll? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kempy Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Unless the tracker is disconnected before the destination, it will still be logging the journey all the way to where it ends up, even if it ends up in a steel box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave123456789 Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 So what exactly do we need to buy and how does it all work? I want to GPS my cars now. I have insurance but still not getting a car back sucks immense amounts of arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toucan Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 OS group buy imminent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 ^Keen as on one of these GPS trackers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoKer Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 dx.com aliexpress snitch/poo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 will ask my boss he has some pretty good ones I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benno Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 Anyone got any recommendations for a good one? Or know of things to look for? I quite like the look of this one http://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-Realtime-GPS-Tracker-Car-Quad-Band-Vehicle-Tracking-Device-with-Relay-Battery-to-Cut-off/1243719248.html, don't really know what I'm looking for though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODB Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 You are sweet. I dropped a large version of this into their letterbox au. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Had a car in at work today with a GPS tracker. You could tell by the box sitting in front of the center console with "GPS Tracker" printed on it. Please hide your GPS trackers. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Had a car in at work today with a GPS tracker. You could tell by the box sitting in front of the center console with "GPS Tracker" printed on it. Please hide your GPS trackers. You'd put a ham sandwich in that box, ideally. You just use the labeling as a deterrent much like the flashing light of an alarm. Sure if someone really wants it they won't care but if having it there might stop some of the opportunistic thieves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowzer Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Not when ya can unplug it and hoick it out the window.. The whole car was horey as fuck, not much thought put into anything. GPS location included. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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