Homemade trackers found on show cars

[stevebroad]

mybrainhurts said:

Why go to all this trouble when the DVLA will tell you where any car lives?

Request information about a vehicle's registered keeper from DVLA
You can request details of a vehicle’s registered keeper and certain other information from DVLA if you have ‘reasonable cause’. You can also request information held by DVLA about you.
Why you might make a request
‘Reasonable cause’ can include:

finding out who was responsible for an accident
tracing the owner of an abandoned vehicle
tracing the owner of a vehicle illegally parked on private land
issuing parking tickets
tracing people responsible for driving off without paying for goods and services
tracing vehicle owners suspected of insurance fraud
What information you can request
You can ask for:

details of a vehicle’s registered keeper
information about previous keepers for a vehicle now registered in your name
information DVLA holds about you


I guess if you ask for this info you will be traceable and DVLA would get a tad suspicious after your tenth request :-)

[stevebroad]

james_gt3rs said:

Why would anyone steal a show car - it's so unique you'd be caught so quickly.

Unless it's a vigilante cleaning up the streets of stance cars

Lots of stuff to strip off and sell.

[stevebroad]

DanSI said:

But they wouldn't be aware of MY professional GPS tracker hidden somewhere around the vehicle. So they steal my car, I alert the Police and we track my vehicle back to the perpetrators...

Tracking my tracked, tracked car!

Professional thieves use kit that can find trackers within a few seconds, no matter where you hide it.

[stevebroad]

J4CKO said:

So, you go to all that trouble, for some old Fords

I am joking, I do like old Fords, but never heard of this happening on more valuable stuff, perhaps a 200 grand 911 ?

Well, a lot of old Fords are being stolen, so someone is taking the trouble.

[k-ink]

J4CKO said:

So, you go to all that trouble, for some old Fords

I am joking, I do like old Fords, but never heard of this happening on more valuable stuff, perhaps a 200 grand 911 ?

A £15 investment even just returning £5k is pretty good for a day's work, no? Do that on ten cheap cars in the public car park and you're at £50k in a day. Anything half decent, interesting, worth money as it is or as parts could be a target.

[mgtony]

Recent article on the huge number of classics being stolen. Not directly linked to the tracker story but somehow the thieves know which garages or lock-ups to target:

[k-ink]

I'm not sure you can rely on electronics to protect you any more. Whatever systems you put in place someone with have an answer for. Pop a tracker on - someone will have a scanner and find it quick enough.

So I think going old school may be the answer: hidden fuel pump cut off switch, removable steering wheel, gear knob lock, anything to physically make it harder to take than the car parked next to you. This is what I have decided to do.

[DanSI]

The Spruce goose said:

gps,wifi,4g blockers can be bought for peanuts.

Useful to know, thanks.

[k-ink]

DanSI said:

The Spruce goose said:

gps,wifi,4g blockers can be bought for peanuts.

Useful to know, thanks.

So when you get back in your car to drive anywhere, you will no longer be able to use your own phone or satnav, ever.

[R8Steve]

k-ink said:

So when you get back in your car to drive anywhere, you will no longer be able to use your own phone or satnav, ever.

Presumably you'd be able to turn it off.

[k-ink]

And if you turn it off you'll be tracked! So pointless.

The only electronic solution is to buy a gps/tracker DETECTOR. The ones which will likely work and be reliable enough will also not be some cheap Chinese tat from Ebay.

[mybrainhurts]

stevebroad said:

mybrainhurts said:

Why go to all this trouble when the DVLA will tell you where any car lives?

Request information about a vehicle's registered keeper from DVLA
You can request details of a vehicle’s registered keeper and certain other information from DVLA if you have ‘reasonable cause’. You can also request information held by DVLA about you.
Why you might make a request
‘Reasonable cause’ can include:

finding out who was responsible for an accident
tracing the owner of an abandoned vehicle
tracing the owner of a vehicle illegally parked on private land
issuing parking tickets
tracing people responsible for driving off without paying for goods and services
tracing vehicle owners suspected of insurance fraud
What information you can request
You can ask for:

details of a vehicle’s registered keeper
information about previous keepers for a vehicle now registered in your name
information DVLA holds about you


I guess if you ask for this info you will be traceable and DVLA would get a tad suspicious after your tenth request :-)

The requested car hit my car. Quote fictitious number. Use accommodation address/email.

Given that parking bandits do this all day, every day, I doubt anyone would notice multiple requests from the same person, even if he gave his true name and address.

Remember...you're asking sheep shaggers to provide this information...

[Ali_T]

ELUSIVEJIM said:

Or the back of a police car

Ideally unmarked...

[trackside tripod]

So the real answer is.........get yourself a tracker and hide it somewhere on your pride and joy. That way, if someone does it, you can always track it back when the scumbag has nicked it!

[48k]

silentbrown said:

The packaging is odd because a basic TK102 has a magnetic mount.

None of mine are magnetic, though they are cheap £12 jobs from Amazon. Would actually be handy if there were magnetic.