GPS Tracker
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
GPS Tracker
This may not be the appropriate place to ask this, but you folks all seem to be pretty "hands on" when it comes to maintaining your 996s, so I'm giving it a shot.
I'm contemplating installing a GPS tracker on my 996 and wonder if any of you have experience doing the same. Since I have a 2003, I definitely want something that won't drain my battery
I've done some web searches and all I get is affiliate "review" sites that talk about how great x, y, and z are and give you affiliate links to them. I seen some that have absurd monthly cell fees and am not interested in those. I searched a bit on rennlist too but couldn't find anything that answered my questions.
I want:
* wired in "hidden" solution (not OBD)
* something that will alert me (to iPhone via notification or text) when the car moves and the ability to turn that off easily or maybe better to just turn it on when it gets to a given location.
* something that allows me to track car on iPhone
* reasonable monthly fee. definitely less than $20/month, not the $80 I saw on one
I think if 5G rolls out there may be better solutions, but it won't matter then because 5G is going to rot our brains and make us all kill each other (a la "Bird Box").
I'm contemplating installing a GPS tracker on my 996 and wonder if any of you have experience doing the same. Since I have a 2003, I definitely want something that won't drain my battery
I've done some web searches and all I get is affiliate "review" sites that talk about how great x, y, and z are and give you affiliate links to them. I seen some that have absurd monthly cell fees and am not interested in those. I searched a bit on rennlist too but couldn't find anything that answered my questions.
I want:
* wired in "hidden" solution (not OBD)
* something that will alert me (to iPhone via notification or text) when the car moves and the ability to turn that off easily or maybe better to just turn it on when it gets to a given location.
* something that allows me to track car on iPhone
* reasonable monthly fee. definitely less than $20/month, not the $80 I saw on one
I think if 5G rolls out there may be better solutions, but it won't matter then because 5G is going to rot our brains and make us all kill each other (a la "Bird Box").
#2
Race Car
I received a gps key finder keyring for Christmas, was thinking about throwing it into my centre console.
Doesn't answer your question but thought I'd mention I'm thinking about gps tracking as well.
Doesn't answer your question but thought I'd mention I'm thinking about gps tracking as well.
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#4
Racer
Thread Starter
LoJack is the way to go if you're serious about tracking and property recovery.
https://www.lojack.com
https://www.lojack.com
Plus having someone else install it in your car means a bunch of people know it's there and where it is, which defeats the purpose.
#5
RL Community Team
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Get a spare iPhone (iPhone SE) and hardwire a USB outlet wire into the trunk and hide it behind the "carpet" with the stereo wiring.
The charging phone doesn't take much power and even if the car's battery gets disconnected, the iPhone will still send it's location.
Use "Find my iPhone" to see where your iPhone & 996 is located.
Cellular Data rate can be shared with your carry iPhone.
The charging phone doesn't take much power and even if the car's battery gets disconnected, the iPhone will still send it's location.
Use "Find my iPhone" to see where your iPhone & 996 is located.
Cellular Data rate can be shared with your carry iPhone.
#6
Seems that you can't self-install though. That's a deal-breaker for me. I'm very particular with who touches any of my cars. I've seen too much hack work out of car dealers.
Plus having someone else install it in your car means a bunch of people know it's there and where it is, which defeats the purpose.
Plus having someone else install it in your car means a bunch of people know it's there and where it is, which defeats the purpose.
#7
Racer
Thread Starter
I like the old iPhone idea--especially since I have one I would just need to add my extra SIM to my account.
I wasn't saying the LoJack installer would steal it--I'm guessing they wouldn't be a LoJack dealer for long. I was more worried about "random" person walking by. There are so many people running scams that I wouldn't put it past someone to figure out that selling this info is a good "business". Too many people in this country spend too much time trying to figure out how to rip off hard working people so they don't have to work hard.
I wasn't saying the LoJack installer would steal it--I'm guessing they wouldn't be a LoJack dealer for long. I was more worried about "random" person walking by. There are so many people running scams that I wouldn't put it past someone to figure out that selling this info is a good "business". Too many people in this country spend too much time trying to figure out how to rip off hard working people so they don't have to work hard.
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#8
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Lots of options here. The spare iPhone method noted above will certainly work. The cheapest option is to buy a prepaid SIM card ($10 from Amazon) and insert it into one of the mini-GPS trackers . I haven't used that tracker specifically but they're all pretty similar. They can be set up to send you a text when the device leaves your "home zone", i.e. driveway.
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#10
RL Community Team
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My nightly routine:
Lock front door, peek at 996 when locking garage door, let dogs out, peek at 996 again, let dogs in, lock back door, turn off lights, peek at 996 once more, get in bed and dream of driving my 996.
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#11
Burning Brakes
Just wanted to add my 2 cents as a tech. There are numerous times a month we get cars in with dead batteries. We ALWAYS look for the hidden GPS units first. I would say 90% of the time parasitic draws are caused by these cheap pieces of crap - either hardwired or obd plug in's. Majority of the time its either a used car lot unit that the owner of the car was not even aware of or its the insurance company savings plug in's. We have several fleets that provide us with units to install, those seam to be high dollar units and we almost never have the problem with them. I would highly suggest staying away from the cheap crap and spend some money on something reputable.
#13
I have LoJack on my VW and have never had a problem with the battery. I bought the car used and it had the device already installed. It cost me $200 to have the account transferred over to me but there are no ongoing fees. A rep had to come out to do whatever needed to be done at the car. You will likely get a break on your car insurance if you have one installed.
#14
Just wanted to add my 2 cents as a tech. There are numerous times a month we get cars in with dead batteries. We ALWAYS look for the hidden GPS units first. I would say 90% of the time parasitic draws are caused by these cheap pieces of crap - either hardwired or obd plug in's. Majority of the time its either a used car lot unit that the owner of the car was not even aware of or its the insurance company savings plug in's. We have several fleets that provide us with units to install, those seam to be high dollar units and we almost never have the problem with them. I would highly suggest staying away from the cheap crap and spend some money on something reputable.
#15
Rennlist Member
Just wire in a kill switch.