Anyone have the Lo Jack system? How much is it? Interested in hearing anything about it. Thanks - Mark

 

Lojack is $600 installed. No monthly maintenance fees.

I prefer a DIY tracking system so you can find the car yourself. Rather not wait for the police.

Do a Google search for "vehicle tracking" and you'll come up with quite a few products.

 

It looks like coverage is sparse at best...

Statewide coverage (over 80% of the population)

* Arizona
* California
* Connecticut
* District of Columbia
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* New Jersey
* Rhode Island

Major Metropolitan areas, cities and high crime area coverage

* Colorado
* Northern Delaware
* Florida
* Georgia
* North Carolina
* Northeast Illinois
* Southeast Louisiana
* Washington
* Southern Nevada
* Southeast New Hampshire
* Southeast New York
* Southeast Pennsylvania
* Central Texas
* Virginia

 

Here in San Diego they advertise LoJack a whole heck of a lot...Does not a lick of good because most of the cars that are stolen here end up on the other side of the border. Mexican authorities don't give a hoot about US stolen cars; in fact, about 10 years ago stolen U.S. vehicles were found to be IN USE by the Mexican authorities. It was a whole expose on the local ABC afilliate.

If someone REALLY wants your car, they're gonna get it, and you're most likely never going to see it again. Spend the $600 on several theft prevention devices, like a fuel cutoff switch, the car alarm, The Club, etc. Yes, all of those devices can be worked around, but maybe the guy who's trying to steal your car doesn't have all the tools to dismantle them. Or maybe someone takes notice of them trying steal your car because you made them spend an extra 30 seconds getting past one of your devices.

 

http://www.advantrack.com/

I'd rather let them take the car, then track them, then kill them...

 

I have owned several theft alarms and in my own professional opinion...They aren't worth diddly squat. If someone wants it they will get it. The next unit I put in will blow the car up. If they want it that bad then they can have the whole damn car too!

 

 

Here's the best one I've heard about auto theft/carjacking yet:

Airbag Weapons
1999 Honorable Mention
Confirmed True by Darwin
(April 1999, South Africa) In South Africa, car-jacking has become popular in recent years. The South African law has lenient provisions for self defence, and allows "lethal action" if someone's personal property is in danger. Citizens are inventive in creating martial security systems for their cars. Poison gas, acid showers, flamethrowers and automatic gunfire are not unknown.

One such security system relied upon an airbag installed in the car roof. If a driver sat down without disabling the mechanism, the airbag would inflate and hit the victim atop his head
with a force strong enough to render him unconscious.

And that is exactly what happened to Pieter Niewoudt, who, armed with a pistol, attempted to steal this vehicle. When the airbag exploded, he thought that someone was shooting at him, and he instinctively fired the pistol twice. Unfortunately for him, his gun was still in his pocket at the time.

One bullet hit his knee, and the other lodged in the base of his *****. The consequences of his injuries may include sterility, making him a contender for the 1999 Darwin Award.

 

but this happened a while ago.
see this thread
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...post1552936145

 

Heard a story about a guy who's car was repeatedly broken into. He decided to mount a bunch of razors up underneath his dashboard. A week later he came out to his car to find his window broken, and a puddle of blood under the dash. Not sure what came of it, but with something like this, the c***sucker thief can sue the hell out of the owner of the car.

I've had plenty of ideas such as this (most utilizing a DC voltage multiplier). Dont want to deal with a lawsuit though.