The Yeti is used for trips to the hills & is often left in remote areas. These days any vehicle is a targer for thieves & I don't fancy walking home over several hundred miles. Either that or freezing my but off waiting for a lift in the Winter. So I'm seriously thinking that a Tracker system might be a worthwhile investment.

Anyone fitted a Tracker? Any problems or pitfalls? Any other thoughts on similar systems?

NOTE: Any system would be professionally fitted as my electrical knowledge is none existant.

There is not a lot to say.

I have experience of Tracker and it does what it says.

If the car moves without the keys they contact you to check if it's been stolen.

If you report it stolen with the key they'll still pass the details onto the police.

Like anything, it's not 100% effective. But it's a decent system.

Cost was £400 with fitting, which included three years monitoring.

There are some cheap alternatives using mobile phones or something, but I wanted a well known system backed up with support from the police force.

I tried to report a vehicle stolen once from work with a cheap tracking thing on it. It took them three hours to go round and have a look, by which time the unit was laying on the floor...

If you are in a remote area the likelyhood of getting a mobile signal can be doubtful, so a phone based system would be useless.

And to be honest, since most cars now are stolen following a house break-in because they won't work without their keys, the risk is pretty minimal.

Thanks.....BossFox I'd be interested to know what system you had fitted.

Unfortunately the car sometimes has to sit for a couple of days in remote areas. I don't leave a note on the windscreen where I'm going as it invites vandalism & theft. Some areas however are well known "hot spots" that it's difficult sometimes to avoid. I'd readily agree that nicking the car from my drive is pretty minimal but I'd like belt & braces elsewhere.

Don't get me started on phone signals. I've resorted to carrying two mobiles with different providers. Result..........usually nothing with them both

Don't get me started on phone signals. I've resorted to carrying two mobiles with different providers. Result..........usually nothing with them both

you need to make sure the providers don't share infrastructure (like orange and t-mobile did until they combined)

you need to make sure the providers don't share infrastructure (like orange and t-mobile did until they combined)

......I'm thinking of carrying a collapsible mobile phone mast with me ............either that or resorting to an EXPENSIVE satellite jobbie.

That aside any further info on the Tracker greatfully received.

Thanks.....BossFox I'd be interested to know what system you had fitted.

http://www.tracker.co.uk/

http://www.tracker.co.uk/

Thanks.

I've been told that these are pretty good by a guy in the trade who has fitted a few.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Car-Vehicle-Tracker-Tracking-Device-for-GSM-GPRS-GPS-System-/120942192091?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item1c28b765db

Even if there is no mobile signal when the vehicle is stolen as soon as one is available it will start to track, a thief is hardly likely to be out of mobile range for long in this country.

Not as good as a Tracker system obviously.

Pays your money etc.

I have used tracker before. Very good, but you must remember to leave the keys in the ignition when the car is being worked on, even having a tyre change, as they are quite sensitive. :lol:

I have used tracker before. Very good, but you must remember to leave the keys in the ignition when the car is being worked on, even having a tyre change, as they are quite sensitive. :lol:

............that's interesting I wouldn't have thought of that one. I take it that the key just has to be in the ignition & not switched on.

Having looked at the E-Bay jobbie I think that's not quite what I had in mind. Interesting though & pretty cheap.

Thatcham publish a list of approved devices on their website.

tom

............that's interesting I wouldn't have thought of that one. I take it that the key just has to be in the ignition & not switched on.

pretty cheap.

Position 1 I seem to remember. Having the keys in the ignition without turning is the same as not having them in the ignition.

Saying that, on my Yeti, turn it on to position 1 then back to off and the radio stays on & Bluetooth stay connected, so would probably be okay.

On the BMW 523i touring I had it turned to position 1 which didn't turn on the ignition. Position 2 was ignition on, position 3 starter.

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I've been informed (reliably?) that Central Scotland Polis have no facility to monitor any nicked Tracker vehicles. Next step I suppose is to ask plod if that's correct. Real bummer if it's true.

I've been informed (reliably?) that Central Scotland Polis have no facility to monitor any nicked Tracker vehicles. Next step I suppose is to ask plod if that's correct. Real bummer if it's true.

As that is the second smallest polis force in Scotland and will cease to exist on 1 April, it's maybe not such a big deal.

As that is the second smallest polis force in Scotland and will cease to exist on 1 April, it's maybe not such a big deal.

..........I'll have to check with my informant. He might have confused police forces in central Scotland with the police force for Central Scotland. I.e. Falkirk area and Stirling and Clackmannanshire area. My area is Tayside.

Noted on the one police force but they might have other things to think about than tracking one vehicle. Time will no doubt tell.

Methinks further investigation required.