tracker

[350 Russ]

has anyone got a tracker fitted to their car? what make and how much? im a bit worried about security of my car after some dodgy characters creeping round it at 3 in the morning!!!

[Maccaman]

Had a tracker fitted when I bought the car from new.

[DontPanic]

Mine had one fitted by Nissan. If its any use to you its a "trackstar"

 

Might be useful

 

http://www.ractrackstarplus.co.uk/shop/ ... s_list.php

 

Cheers

Dave

[RobD7]

I've always liked the idea of one but then got thinking if my car got nailed one night and damaged by joyriders, would I really want it back!?

[Zednick666]

I've thought about it, if anything for the fact it brings insurance down a bit, but for the time being I'm making do with a disklock, car keys in my bedside drawer and a baseball bat for any f*cker who dares

[rtbiscuit]

i liked the idea, but was always put off by the cost, does it really cut that much off the insurance. how many years before it pays for itself?

[ianp]

i liked the idea, but was always put off by the cost, does it really cut that much off the insurance. how many years before it pays for itself?

 

+1

 

How much reduction do you get for fitting one?

[ace]

I have this one http://www.tracker.co.uk/TRACKER/ on my BMW I renew it every year at a cost of £110 and it's NEVER made my insurance cheaper EVER! every time I have told insurance companies it's fitted with Tracker I have never got any more discount so I'm not sure why I keep renewing my Tracker policy.

[rtbiscuit]

I have this one http://www.tracker.co.uk/TRACKER/ on my BMW I renew it every year at a cost of £110 and it's NEVER made my insurance cheaper EVER! every time I have told insurance companies it's fitted with Tracker I have never got any more discount so I'm not sure why I keep renewing my Tracker policy.

 

this was kind of my thought,

 

just doesn't seem cost effective, when you have insurance in the first place

[matth76]

My gf Mini has a tracker, fitted by BMW and her insurance company said it made no difference to her premium. Her insurance company is Liverpool Victoria (LV). Apparently you pay around £100 each year and keep doing so, however if you pay one lump sum of ~£300 it is paid for for life. This is all in addition to the initial set up cost. All these costs are approx. Only thinking from memory when she bought the car. It's worth it if you want to get your car back very quickly (of course this is reliant on the police doing their job quickly) before any damage is done to the car. It also relies on you finding out your car has been stolen just after it has been stolen. Waking up the next morning and finding the car is missing gives them several hours to torch it. But definitely don't get a tracker to reduce your premium because it won't. Up to you though.

[Ian]

My gf Mini has a tracker, fitted by BMW and her insurance company said it made no difference to her premium. Her insurance company is Liverpool Victoria (LV). Apparently you pay around £100 each year and keep doing so, however if you pay one lump sum of ~£300 it is paid for for life. This is all in addition to the initial set up cost. All these costs are approx. Only thinking from memory when she bought the car. It's worth it if you want to get your car back very quickly (of course this is reliant on the police doing their job quickly) before any damage is done to the car. It also relies on you finding out your car has been stolen just after it has been stolen. Waking up the next morning and finding the car is missing gives them several hours to torch it. But definitely don't get a tracker to reduce your premium because it won't. Up to you though.

 

Some policies will require a tracker A mate of mine was looking at Imprezas & nearly every company requested a tracker to be fitted

[steve-r]

My gf Mini has a tracker, fitted by BMW and her insurance company said it made no difference to her premium. Her insurance company is Liverpool Victoria (LV). Apparently you pay around £100 each year and keep doing so, however if you pay one lump sum of ~£300 it is paid for for life. This is all in addition to the initial set up cost. All these costs are approx. Only thinking from memory when she bought the car. It's worth it if you want to get your car back very quickly (of course this is reliant on the police doing their job quickly) before any damage is done to the car. It also relies on you finding out your car has been stolen just after it has been stolen. Waking up the next morning and finding the car is missing gives them several hours to torch it. But definitely don't get a tracker to reduce your premium because it won't. Up to you though.

 

Some policies will require a tracker A mate of mine was looking at Imprezas & nearly every company requested a tracker to be fitted

 

Tell him to get a zed then instead

 

 

I was also thinking about some kind of tracker, but after reading the comments, dont think its really worth it now.

[Ian]

I've been trying, I even tried selling mine to him

 

Hes going to look at an Evo7 instead now

[steve-r]

I've been trying, I even tried selling mine to him

 

Hes going to look at an Evo7 instead now

 

im sure they will also insist on a tracker with one of those aswell, dont you think

[Ian]

Apparantly not, Hes got a good deal with his insurance company on a multi car policy for an Evo7 & his Golf GTI

[steve-r]

Apparantly not, Hes got a good deal with his insurance company on a multi car policy for an Evo7 & his Golf GTI

 

cool beans

 

but the moral of the story is still that trackers really arn't worth the money