That's true, But if you have a GPS locator (Lojack) you get the Vette AND the tow truck.

 

Lojack also has a pager device you can get that will page you if the car is moving without the pager in it (the pager is attached to your keys). That way you can report it and they start looking for it immediately. It will call up to 5 #'s to let you know when it's activated.

I know cause I sell these, I work at a car dealership.

Plus Lojack will typically lower your annual insurance rates by 10-15%. So it'll pay for itself after a while. It depends on you ins co of course. I know AAA or Allstate does not give a discount.

 

I believe the LOJACK device is an effective means of protecting ones property just as ONSTAR is (GPS). That said, the one issue that might be a problem to anyone considering a LOJACK is that not every PD, SO or HP has the receivers to track the signal.
Before one invests in the product it would be wise to investigate which law enforcement agency in your area has the receivers in either patrol cars or aircraft.

 

Opposite of a Hi Jack

 

I guess that the insurance company won't have to pay for any vehicle with a transponder key, not just vette's if this was a true story.
Like someone else said, it probably got repo'ed.

 

The inverse of a Car Jack!

 

Why would I want to buy a Lojack for my Corvette or any other car???? That's why I pay for auto insurance....

 

When you car is missing, call your insurance company and tell them to help you get it back...

 

If you live in an area where there are a lot of vehicle thefts, it might be worth the investment. We had Lojack locating devices in our squad cars for 4 or 5 years and didn't get a hit on a single car.

 

Well, Fred is partially correct. There can be a lapse in time from when the report is taken and when the LoJack is activated. The officer in the field comes to your home, or place of business, or wherever you happen to be, and takes the stolen vehicle report on a CHP 180 form. (By the way, we do not take stolen vehicle reports from anyone other than the registered owner of the vehicle. We don't take stolen vehicle reports from friends, neighbors, or acquaintances. There just too much liability if we have to remove the driver of a reported stolen vehicle from the car at gunpoint. We can't do that by mistake.) The field officer completes the CHP 180 form, but it is needs to be approved by a field sergeant. Hopefully, the sergeant isn't in the middle of a "hot call" and he/she can read, approve, and take the report directly to the station and submit it to the Record's Division ASAP. The Record's clerks then processes the report and they enter the vehicle on our local "hot sheet" and eventually they enter the vehicle as a stolen vehicle into the NCIC database. (National Crime Information Center). If the vehicle is equipped with a Lojack, that is when the LoJack is activated. Obviously, there can be a time lapse while this entire process is being done. Best case sceniaro, the lapse time is kept to a bare minimum.

As a side note here, my '02 was equipped with a LoJack from the dealer. It was a dealer installed option of $1,500 in 2002. I told the salesman that I could get a LoJack installed anywhere for less that $600. I had them drive it into the Service Department and remove it before I took delivery.

 

Another interesting LoJack story. It has nothing to do with C5 General discussion, but the thread asked for interesting LoJack stories. This may sound like it's from a movie script, but honestly it's true! We had one of our trailer mounted generators, that we use at night to run our boom overhead spotlights at special events. Someone had cut the chains and apparently hooked it up to a pick up truck's trailer hitch and towed it away from our City Operations equipment storage yard. The generator was equipped with a LoJack device. We called LoJack to report the trailer and generator stolen and they told us that they "had the beacon pinpointed for us". They said, "No problem, we get 9 out of 10 of these types of generators back." They told us that per their locating equipment, our generator's beacon showed that it was currently "stationary and immobile" located in a mountainous area of our rural back country. They told us due to the rough terrain in that area, they would need send one of their LoJack helicopter to the area to verify it's exact location and to direct our personnel into the area to make the recovery. Well, to make this story short, LoJack personnel didn't manage to get their helicopter out to our county until a week later. They claimed that they were "backed up" on calls. When we finally got to the area, we discovered that all that was left of our generator was the trailer's frame (LoJack beacon still attached) and the sheet metal covering of the generator's motor. Can't say much for LoJack's response time.