Tracker advice needed

[carbonate]

Hi,
I have an base A110 on order, due March (can't wait!).
My current car has a Vodafone tracker fitted to it, and I have the option (at a cost) to move my tracker from my existing car to the A110 when it arrives.
My subscription is due for renewal soon, so I'm trying to work out if I should bother to renew and move the tracker to my new car, or just cancel it.
Have others had a tracker fitted, was the fitting trouble free, and was it worth while (has it resulted in lower cost insurance)?

Edited by carbonate on Wednesday 8th January 15:28

[jont-]

Had a tracker, would much sooner not have but insurance mandated it.

Never seen the benefit to me; if the car's nicked, I'm not sure I'd want it back. It's only a benefit to the insurer.

Really ought to have a dig about and work out where it is and remove it to get rid of the parasitic battery drain.

[TikTak]

Not an Alpine but had one on my 350z and VXR8.

Resulted in on average about £150-200 per year less on my premium in the London area, which was fine for my subscription of about £45 but I do realize some tracker subscriptions are 2 or 3 times the price and unlike premiums don't fluctuate because of your postcode.

You might need to do some quotes/math.

[fuzzy-si]

I have one from Trutrak, easy to install, and not just sitting on top of the battery, its pretty well hidden, 12 months is £60.

Customer service always very good, data it captures is good, can set up alerts and all sorts of fancy things, or just have it sitting there quietly.

I actually use the turn on/turn off summary data for when I arrive/leave the work car park as my work timesheet.

[gloomington]

I've got a Global Telemetrics tracker in my Land Rover 90 (proper one, hence worried about it being nicked). Works very well indeed. I had the same model in my last A110, fitted by a local place that does them, because my insurer LV refused to touch me (on-street parking) without it.

I agree that there's not much point otherwise - does anyone nick an Alpine? Bit niche for that. I won't bother putting one in my new Alpine, I have a new insurer/address and they didn't even ask.

[carbonate]

Thanks all, useful info.

[Soloman Dodd]

The my Alpine phone app tracks where my car is.

[carbonate]

Soloman Dodd said:

The my Alpine phone app tracks where my car is.

Thanks, that's really good to know, I think that's helped make up my mind.

[s111dpc]

I’ve placed an Apple AirTag in the my car so I can keep an eye on where it is if need be .

Edited for my poor typing!

Edited by s111dpc on Thursday 9th January 21:52

[Captainian]

s111dpc said:

I’ve placed an Apple AirTag in the my car so 8 can keep an eye 9n where it is if need be .

Same

[Stablinski]

s111dpc said:

I’ve placed an Apple AirTag in the my car so I can keep an eye on where it is if need be .

Edited by s111dpc on Thursday 9th January 21:52

AirTags in the car are ok but won’t deter a determined scrote and may even help them. The anti-stalking feature mean that if the aforementioned scrote has an iPhone, they will be alerted to the AirTag’s presence and then they can go looking for it.

A way to make life much harder for them if AirTags are to be used is to remove the speaker so it would be more difficult to locate (no beeping).