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Camaro Research Group Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: BULLITT65 on October 04, 2014, 09:12:38 PM
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Hi Guys I ran across this from Hotrod hotline. Looks like a guy got his 1967 Camaro, he had just restored, stolen on September 19th (2014) in New York.
here is the link:http://www.hotrodhotline.com/stolen-1967-chevrolet-camaro#.VDBg4b5Rru2
Maybe one of us will spot it!
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Yes, I hope someone does see it and he ends up getting it back soon.
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Poor guy. More proof that every restored car should put LoJack in...or at the very least some GPS based recovery device.
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well Apple has find my device. It would be a good idea to have a "find my car" app. If you were able to covertly keep a device on the vehicle that could hold a charge from the car, and have a back up battery. You could get online and see where your car is at all times. If your car ever got towed, keeping track of your teenager with the car, and so on.
It is nice , I can do it with all my Apple devices, pretty easily (iPad, iPhone, macbook). Plus it is free.
I have not used Lojac, but from what I heard thee is an annual cost to keep it going and being on there satellite network. It may be a lot more reliable because of this.
I am just suggesting it would be nice if there was a low cost alternative.
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I am just suggesting it would be nice if there was a low cost alternative.
There are some small low cost GPS trackers that will last up to a week or so on a charge and could be wired to a car battery or backup battery. I've used a Garmin GTU 10 and it works very well for tracking anything remotely even when it isn't in direct line of sight with the sky. It's only about 2" x 1" x 1" and has an iPhone app to send alerts and track the unit. If a thief really wants your car they're going to get it but instead of leaving it to chance, I think it makes sense to have a comprehensive anti-theft plan that includes aspects of theft avoidance, deterrence, prevention, and recovery. A GPS tracker would fall in the recovery category. I hope it never comes to that.
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good suggestions
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And.. the bottom line... Make sure you have it adequately insured via an 'agreed value' policy to cover against all the various ways it might be lost.
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sure, but very rarely do you end up with a better car than the one that was stolen
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There is no annual fee for LoJack. :)
And no I don't work for them! Haha
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Can you break down the price for me (us)?
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I couldn't tell you man...I'm sorry. I've always bought it when I bought cars from the dealers. If/when I get a new first Generation I will buy it directly from the company though. I want to say it's around 700ish.
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In the past when I drove my car to work a few times in the '90's and left it in the parking lot under the security camera, nobody screwed with it.
But, there is always someone who is up to the challenge. At that time I used a steering wheel lock (I know they can be broken quickly) but I also would open the hood and switch plug wires 8,1 & 2,7 on the distributor cap and also substituted a hollow coil wire before I walked away from it. It takes less than a minute to set the wires and close the hood. If anything it would buy time and hopefully enough of it where I can get to the car. Fortunately nobody ever tampered with the car.
Now, I would invest in the steering wheel locks that have a built in motion sensor that triggers a self contained alarm and also will page you. Similar to the 'Bully' brand alarm I have for my Harley.
Mike
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I called Lo Jac when my John Deere was stolen. They have a dealer network and install price depends on where you are from a dealer. They actually come to you for the install and no you cannot watch. The one I called had a yearly fee. You have to call them to activate it. Now there are some devices (usually installed on boats) that have stiff fees but they actually call you when it moves if you have it set. As far as immobilization devices remember most older car thefts are done with trailers or tow trucks. At hotels at big shows you see cars on or in trailers backed up against something. The theft stuff is most likely on the truck.