What type of Tracker do you have?

[whoopy-do]

Just wondering what type of tracker you have installed (if any)? i have been looking at the RAC Trackstar and have read information on a thacham catagory 5 which (apparently) if your keys were stolen identifies that you are not in the vehical by the fact that you (or your partners) bluetooth mobile is not connected to the car! god knows what happens if your phone battery dies i assuming 20 armed police surround the car and pump you full of lead...

Comments and recomendations would be appreciated as im trying to sort this out this week.

[drod]

look into Clifford's Intelliguard... w/anti-carjack option...

very impressive...

i have Force Tracker (similar to Lojack) but thinking about going to the intelliguard...

[X5Jay]

If my X is stolen, I don't want it back - no tracker for me...

[whoopy-do]

how does the anti jack work drod?

[jayo]

My dealer advised me to fit the "Tracker Response" system which is BMW approved and wont affect my warranty.

It seems to be a system wherby the driver carries a tag (somewhere other than attached to your keyring).

If the car is started without the tag being inside the car then the Tracker module contacts the tracking centre. If your car has been stolen then they can track it's location.

[whoopy-do]

Originally Posted by X5Jay

If my X is stolen, I don't want it back - no tracker for me...

It seems to be a stipulation with all insurers, i wouldnt want it back actually and id rather torch the bloody thing after some skank has driven it but my hands are tied here...lol

[drod]

Originally Posted by whoopy-do

how does the anti jack work drod?

the anti-jack features has a two-button charactor keypad (which you can have installed anywhere in the cockpit)

you can arm/disarm the alarm with provide keyfob (that also gets programmed to replace the BMW standard keyfobs)

once disarmed, you start the vehicle and take off.... (like all alarm systems)

but in a scenario where you're stopped at a red light and someone opens your door to pull you out (let's hope that never happens)

the intelliguard detects the open door and immediately starts a count down (45 seconds)

at this point you need to enter your pin.... and if you don't within that time frame the vehicle will shut off and disable ignition...

off course it won't just shut down in the middle of a highway but the moment you slow down or come to a stop at a light it will....

pretty cool....

just something to consider...

[whoopy-do]

Thanks Drod, im liking the sound of that!

it would be great if it locked the doors on the chump aswell, prefferably 20 yards away from where he took the car, then pop the boot for me to get a bat out before i square up to him for a round or baseball with his head..

on a serious note ..ill have a look into that (the clifford not the bat thing)

thanks

[trapdoor]

Got a Tracker Horizon on my X3 - GPS and 'lo-jack' tracking.

Makes no odds if you have your keys stolen or not - you just contact a) Tracker to report it and they monitor its location until b) you report it to the Police and get a Crime Reference Number. On receipt of this number, Tracker activate the 'lo-jack' active side which is then picked up by Traffic Police, Police Helo's and some 'panda' cars (with the equipment in).

If it goes anywhere near a ferry port, they have the kit too and will stop any car that is 'transponding' a lo-jack ID.

The only delay is you noticing the car has gone (unless they have towed it) and phoning it in. If they tow it or lift it onto a flatbed, you get a call from Tracker.

They claim to have recovered every vehicle to date...

Mine was a no-brainer as it was already fitted to the car (at BMW) when I bought it! But after doing comparisons, I would still have gone with them as other systems use the phone network to activate/locate, Tracker has it's own VHF radio network...

[proveg]

Originally Posted by drod

the anti-jack features has a two-button charactor keypad (which you can have installed anywhere in the cockpit)

you can arm/disarm the alarm with provide keyfob (that also gets programmed to replace the BMW standard keyfobs)

once disarmed, you start the vehicle and take off.... (like all alarm systems)

but in a scenario where you're stopped at a red light and someone opens your door to pull you out (let's hope that never happens)

the intelliguard detects the open door and immediately starts a count down (45 seconds)

at this point you need to enter your pin.... and if you don't within that time frame the vehicle will shut off and disable ignition...

off course it won't just shut down in the middle of a highway but the moment you slow down or come to a stop at a light it will....

pretty cool....

just something to consider...

I had a very similar system years back on a Viper.. its was pretty cool, but you do get annoyed with having to keep entering the code (in my case it was hitting a hidden button) every time you open the door with the car being on...
Its a security feature which can become an annoyance, but can save your car "possibly"
Think of it another way, if a thief carjacks your car, he is going to gun it and not likely stop for many lights, who knows what would happen next and he does get pissed off of the car shutting down on him with the sirens going off, he may even shoot up the car from the frustration.