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Model specific boards => Golf mk7 => Topic started by: p3asa on 31 March 2014, 22:01
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Just wondering if anyone is using a tracker in their car? Not necessarily for its whereabouts if stolen but just in general given that they can be had for under £10.
30 unexplained extra "road test" miles at a service.
Making sure my kids who might be driving it are ok if something happens to them while out.
Are a couple of reasons I can think of.
Or the more sinister side of this is, given the Mk7 GTI/D is a desirable car, there is nothing stopping someone sticking a magnetic one onto your car and following its movements. Planning the ideal time to either hold you up or break into the house given these things can last months on one charge!
I may have been watching too much Breaking Bad its not that far fetched.
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No offence mate but your sounding a bit paranoid :grin:. At the end of the day that's what you pay insurance for so I wouldn't worry about it.
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Who's paranoid? :grin:
Not worried in the slightest. Just wondering what folks thoughts were on it now this kind of technology is more than affordable.
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To be honest my concern with trackers are the 'black box' ones offered by some insurers, that determine your driving safety by looking at speed, braking and acceleration style, time of day, etc. It's not that I'm a bad driver by any stretch - I'm certainly better than the majority of idiots I encounter on the roads of south London - but I don't think I'd want to share my not-irresponsible exceeding of the speed limit (such as on clear motorways in good conditions) with an insurance company because they'd naturally take a very dim view of such activities. To be honest being a male driver under 25 in south London, I've already paid the price through insurance for my age group's misdemeanours on the road, and I don't want to give them any reason to believe I'm part of the same group of irresponsible drivers.
I've worded this carefully so as to not start an off topic argument about speeding, but tldr: I'd only consider a location tracker, not one that can/does track speeds/g forces/etc.
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Just because we're paranoid doesn't mean they're not watching us!! :tongue:
I keep telling myself i'm going to get one of these but it hasn't happened yet!
http://back2you.com/store/product_info.cfm?product_id=75
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To be honest if its not an insurance requirement I would nt fit one. If it did get stolen I wouldn't want it back anyway... Who knows what the lowlifes have been up to or used it for.
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I certainly wouldn't have one for insurance requirements. Would rather pay slightly higher premium than have someone snoop on me. However I think that is the way insurance will go in the future.
Jimble why that one at nearly £200 when you can get them for just over £5?
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I certainly wouldn't have one for insurance requirements. Would rather pay slightly higher premium than have someone snoop on me. However I think that is the way insurance will go in the future.
Jimble why that one at nearly £200 when you can get them for just over £5?
Tbh i haven't looked around for one much, i think it was advertised/reviewed in one of the car magazines and i was quite impressed with the iphone app support and the fact everythings included, any links to the cheap ones? Any good?