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Vehicle tracking, who's in the know?

Post by rodp » 07 Feb 2017, 22:21

Thinking of putting a tracker on the new shooting truck, just in case any of our travelling friends take a liking to it. Seems to be a bit of a minefield out there with everything from £5.99 ebay trackers to £400 unit installation and £250 a year thereafter :o :cry:

I would need something that's hardwired with long battery back up, preferably trackable on pc / laptop / phone, leaves trail to follow.

Any experts on here gents? :think:
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Post by jdk1 » 08 Feb 2017, 12:25

I will get you some details of the one somebody at work has just had fitted to his defender , it seems pretty good with added extras like being able to set certain times and different alert options.
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Post by rodp » 08 Feb 2017, 17:36

jdk1 wrote:I will get you some details of the one somebody at work has just had fitted to his defender , it seems pretty good with added extras like being able to set certain times and different alert options.

Thanks, because I know nowt about them :thumbup:
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Post by wanderingkurt » 08 Feb 2017, 19:12

I've had a few of these in use for a few years now. Never failed, lots of features. I use Giffgaff sim on £5/month.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01DEZ ... ref=plSrch#

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Post by hairyyoda » 08 Feb 2017, 20:10

Rod.
This might be helpful to you if I can pull a plan together ? I have family friends who run a plumbing firm with all their vans on a tracker system that is map viewable on their PC or laptop, I might be able to twist a arm or two and highjack a tracker module off them ? Can't promise for sure but can try O/K
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Post by Radagast » 13 Feb 2017, 06:26

Vehicle tracking, who's in the know?
GCHQ, NSA and the other 5 Eyes via Echelon... Oh, you want to track your own car? How about theft prevention?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRNVxHPJ0hM
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Post by rodp » 13 Feb 2017, 17:04

Radagast wrote:
Vehicle tracking, who's in the know?
GCHQ, NSA and the other 5 Eyes via Echelon... Oh, you want to track your own car? How about theft prevention?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRNVxHPJ0hM

Ha ha, do they still use a slim jim? Still got one somewhere but last time we had to use one a lot of vehicles had the locks protected inside the door.
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Re: Vehicle tracking, who's in the know?

Post by jdk1 » 14 Feb 2017, 11:01

This is the one a fella at work uses

https://scorpiontrack.com/
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