I want to put a tracking device on my car

[Stereolab42]

I had LoJack on a car I had that was stored in Arizona, while I was still living in california. Didn't help, cause it was stolen out of my garage and I didn't know it for a few weeks. The LoJack was registered to a close family friend that I bought the car from, neither of us knew it had been stolen. The car was absolutely ruined to make it look different than it did when it was mine.
Oh, almost forgot. It was used in home invasion robberies, and (I think) stolen by someone in my neighborhood, because it was abandoned, out of gas, on someone's sidewalk, within hours of our showing up in az and realizing it was stolen (along with the house being broken in)
Police have done nothing, hardly a surprise.

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[SlingLow]

I sell GPSandTrack brand at my store. They come with 2 years service included, a third year is $20. Self contained battery lasts 2-3 years (no recharging), so no draw on the car. Comes with Geofencing and more. Uses an app on your phone. These are non descript waterproof plastic boxes, 6 inches long, not obvious at all.
Best part is they do not use Air Tag or wireless networks, so not easy to find. They use GPS signals for location and cellular for communication, much more robust. I've had several successful recoveries, very easy to do.
For a 50k+ car my shop had a great idea. Put one in a fairly easy to find place and another in a more difficult place. Thieves find the easy one and stop looking. That's my plan for the Charger among other things.

At $250+ each these are not cheap. I could see hiding a cheaper dummy then burying this one. @tmaleck since you sell these, maybe you can enlighten me. They advertise a 5 year battery life with no recharging but what happens after 5 years? Do you throw it away? I couldn't find the answer on their site. Also, they have a motorcycle tracker for $80 less than the automobile tracker. What would keep you from buying that one for your car? Thanks for any info.

 

[Charles Cook]

I heard a few years ago that you could get Microdots mixed in the paint - but I guess the technology to read and locate them is not wide-spread enough to make it viable.

Last time I seen Microdots I stole my own car. Lol and Lol and Lol and kept laughing out loud.

 

[tmaleck]

At $250+ each these are not cheap. I could see hiding a cheaper dummy then burying this one. @tmaleck since you sell these, maybe you can enlighten me. They advertise a 5 year battery life with no recharging but what happens after 5 years? Do you throw it away? I couldn't find the answer on their site. Also, they have a motorcycle tracker for $80 less than the automobile tracker. What would keep you from buying that one for your car? Thanks for any info.

The website is hard to navigate. I sell mine for 175. After 5 years, you do replace them, but $430'ish for 5 years of true gps tracking with 2 devices seem fair enough.

 

[SlingLow]

Last time I seen Microdots I stole my own car. Lol and Lol and Lol and kept laughing out loud.

Would those be the purple microdots from the 70s?

 

[Charles Cook]

Would those be the purple microdots from the 70s?

Yup

 

[SlingLow]

Yup

Don't know nothin' about those!

 

[Dennis H]

Question for Air-Tag owners. I already have one in the trunk. We plan to travel from Florida North to Georgia and maybe even PA to see the rotten kids. Motel and Hotels. How can a foreign Tag be detected if stuck on during the day for a bad guy to track to a hotel? I don’t even remember where i put it.

 

[themechanic]

Question for Air-Tag owners. I already have one in the trunk. We plan to travel from Florida North to Georgia and maybe even PA to see the rotten kids. Motel and Hotels. How can a foreign Tag be detected if stuck on during the day for a bad guy to track to a hotel? I don’t even remember where i put it.

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You should install the IGLA to disable your car so it cannot be stolen.



Pull out the fuel pump relay after you park the car. Remember to put it back in before you're ready to hit the road.