Lo Jack?

[glasgowjohn]

Does anyone have this installed in their car?

Does it work well?

 

[GS_Dirtboy]

I installed this in my car. His name is Jack. I have heard good things about Lojack here, as well.

 

[gpop]

I installed this in my car. His name is Jack. I have heard good things about Lojack here, as well.

I guess once you get past the slobber and gnawed seats... it's an ideal solution

 

[ajoknoblauch]

I installed this in my car. His name is Jack. I have heard good things about Lojack here, as well.

Cruel to leave in car on warm days.

 

[gpop]

There is this: a spray-on tracking device strategically sprayed on to the parts of the car that get chopped:

https://www.youtube....h?v=D4qODPZO6po

 

[gpop]

I've been pouring over vehicle anti-theft, anti-jacking tech and trends for a few days now and it's looking really bleak actually. The would-be tech that may make a difference is being outsmarted by thieves with hi-tech gadgets that mimic your car-key signal and opens up the car without any effort on the part of the thief. The usual physical locking methods are easy to detach, alarms are pointless, wheel-locks do little.
I did find the 3M window film that slows down a jacker... that is to say, if they keep at it they will get in, but it takes quite a bit of whacking to actually gain entry to a car. This buys you precious seconds to put the car in reverse, turn the wheel away from the attacker, and hit the gas. WHACK! THUD THUD!
Short of electrifying the car (remember Robocop?), those bastards can get away with anything. That said; having a low-profile car, having several layers of security makes a car less of a target and the thief moves on to an easier target. Let's face it, their thieves because they don't like to work hard so present them with something hard to do.

 

[hannstew]

I have lo-jack installed on my car and motorcycle but thankfully I cant say how well they work as I have not had either stolen.

 

[ghost]

Our insurance company installed LoJack as part of the service.

 

[jp]

Same here. The insurance company installed it free of charge, and gave me a discount on my insurance for having it installed. Which was nice.

 

[Gringoboy]

Difficult to say how effective lojack is until you get the car stolen.
A lot of bike friends use an alarma de presencia(English?), which cuts the engine if the bike gets 50 or 100m from the owner who keeps the remote round his/her neck.