what's your choice of gps security for your vehicle?

[hustla_ambition101]

dude i have gps rescue and well its just to put a phonecard every
2-3 months and you pay 2129 1 time payment they recover your vehicle for free

Good deal right there.....a lot of people just popping up as GPS alarm dealers

[dvyos]

a lot of people recommending gps rescue.

One question though... is brand name of gps systems important?
The reason i'm asking is because when i called a tramigo dealer, he was only saying that tramigo is an actual brand and most of those other companies have generic chinese made systems...

[Lance]

I am also interested in this system.

I would assume that the brand will be important. You can get these generic chinese systems for less that 100US on ebay.

[bluespeed]

now the thing with having a gps service provider, is that they know where you live...they listen to your conversation while you and your family are in the vehicle and send ppl to rob your home.

right know, I know one company that is under investigation because of the owner's colourful history in the underworld! ....

[hustla_ambition101]

a lot of people recommending gps rescue.

One question though... is brand name of gps systems important?
The reason i'm asking is because when i called a tramigo dealer, he was only saying that tramigo is an actual brand and most of those other companies have generic chinese made systems...

Have you contacted GPS rescue to find out what brand they use, a sales rep would say anything because at the end of the day their sole purpose is to sell their product.

[land rover]

I suggest carsearch all the way. Do some research concerning the increasing popularity of satellite phones and the impact they will have. There was an article in the papers recently with the advent of 4G phones and what not that may cause system failures to the GPS in the same way that mobile networks get jammed for new years.

Also to note that if your vehicle is in an area with no network coverage well look at trouble... same goes for very closed-up garages where underhand work can be in progress. Another thing is there is no way for you to check the credit on the sim card in your GPS unit so you will not know when credit is done. Another point is that if there is no credit in the sim card then there is the potential for no function on the unit as was my case. Also, some sim cards have recycled numbers in that they take phone numbers that were previously owned but deactivated because it was not in use...then produce that number on a new sim card. Then Voila! people calling your gps unit and running out the money because it works as a data sim hence it would be roaming everytime communication is made with it.

[land rover]

I suggest carsearch all the way. Do some research concerning the increasing popularity of satellite phones and the impact they will have. There was an article in the papers recently with the advent of 4G phones and what not that may cause system failures to the GPS in the same way that mobile networks get jammed for new years.

Also to note that if your vehicle is in an area with no network coverage well look at trouble... same goes for very closed-up garages where underhand work can be in progress. Another thing is there is no way for you to check the credit on the sim card in your GPS unit so you will not know when credit is done. Another point is that if there is no credit in the sim card then there is the potential for no function on the unit as was my case. Also, some sim cards have recycled numbers in that they take phone numbers that were previously owned but deactivated because it was not in use...then produce that number on a new sim card. Then Voila! people calling your gps unit and running out the money because it works as a data sim hence it would be roaming everytime communication is made with it.

[dvyos]

that's well thought out man....

[mitsu_chick941]

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Good info here guys,wanna put gps in my car also but i want the best!

I know what its like to park your car somewhere and return to see it gone. A million thoughts start running through your head and you just wanna cry or facking kill someone.

I called car search awhile ago and their prices were over $3000 and the options were to have them recover the car or not and it cost $1000 more for that.

[redmanjp]

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Good info here guys,wanna put gps in my car also but i want the best!

I know what its like to park your car somewhere and return to see it gone. A million thoughts start running through your head and you just wanna cry or facking kill someone.

I called car search awhile ago and their prices were over $3000 and the options were to have them recover the car or not and it cost $1000 more for that.

and they probably have recurring fees as well- some others like gpsrescue don't

[Lance]

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Good info here guys,wanna put gps in my car also but i want the best!

I know what its like to park your car somewhere and return to see it gone. A million thoughts start running through your head and you just wanna cry or facking kill someone.

I called car search awhile ago and their prices were over $3000 and the options were to have them recover the car or not and it cost $1000 more for that.

and they probably have recurring fees as well- some others like gpsrescue don't

Indeed. There are recurring fees as well. Something like 2K+ a year

[suffocate69]

LOL @ the GPS Network becoming congested. You do know that its a broadcast only network, you thoughr your phone shooting signal into space to get coordinates?

Anyways, the best thing to do is go with a company like Mora Systems. They have real engineers who have worked all the kinks out of the system. Others are just buying off the shelf things you can buy for yourself on amazon.

Also, just get a datasim through Mora, I believe they have special accounts made for vehicle tracking so you don't have to worry about hidden fees, expiring sims etc.

[dvyos]

Got a free trial from Orange GPS....


will let you guys know how it's working!!!...

[Rory Phoulorie]

Got a free trial from Orange GPS....


will let you guys know how it's working!!!...

Are you inviting us to try and steal your car?

[dvyos]

well if that's what you interpreted from my post then you are very much juvenile sir...

[hustla_ambition101]

well if that's what you interpreted from my post then you are very much juvenile sir...

So how it working?

[dvyos]

it's working fine. Doing just what the seller told me it would do.

It gives basic latitude and longitude co-ordinates and a link to MAPS. so if you have a smart phone with internet connection, u can instantly check the location. If not, u have to wait to use wifi or locate it using google maps from a pc. The location shown on maps are no more than about 50 feet off, which is not bad.

When u call the receiver, the response time is pretty decent. it take about 15-20 seconds to get a exact location which is ok. Unfortunately, if the vehicle is moving, u have to call, call, call and track, track, track until it come to a stop. so you see the hiccup there.


It's a very basic system for someone who doesn't want all the other features generally offered by the other sellers, eg. remotely shutting down the vehicle, listening to conversations, etc.

The unit itself is very small and easily concealable so that's great (i haven't really seen any other units, so i don't know if the small size is the norm)

All in all, the system works... does what it is supposed to do.

[SUPAstarr]

I felt the need to respond to this

I suggest carsearch all the way. Do some research concerning the increasing popularity of satellite phones and the impact they will have. There was an article in the papers recently with the advent of 4G phones and what not that may cause system failures to the GPS in the same way that mobile networks get jammed for new years. It is not the same, mobile phone jam networks because they send out and receive signals, to many ppl tryin to send at the same time will bottleneck it.GPS devices do not send any signals through the satellite, think of it like a solar panel, you jus put your antenna out and catch what is broadcasted (thats not a word), so you cant jam it if you jus listening. But i can be corrected on this

Also to note that if your vehicle is in an area with no network coverage well look at trouble... same goes for very closed-up garages where underhand work can be in progress.
TRUE this is a weak spot for the systems, however,you pay for what you get cuz there are two types of systems. The cheaper one that works via SMS where either you or they have to ask the device for the location, an if in a GSM deadspot you are screwed. Then there the more expensive ones like MORA, GEOTRAC, and EBSL who i used to work for. They all use data sims to track vehicles so its always sending its location which is logged on a map. So even if the car goes into a deadspot, you can see the trail of the vehicle going into the deadspot. It happened to me while at EBSL. Car stolen hit dead spot up in the back areas of Maraval, but the history led us straight to where it was parked.
Also keep in mind CarSearch similarly has towers which stolen vehicles must pass by, and they can be avoided, i have had a NFM exec come to us cuz this is the explanation he was given as to why his vehicle cannot be found (and we installed for a rental car company that complained of the same). But im not bashing them, their product is great but IMHO, its been around long so there are ppl who kno who to get around it. Just like in time they will learn how to get around GPS as well.
Another thing is there is no way for you to check the credit on the sim card in your GPS unit so you will not know when credit is done. Another point is that if there is no credit in the sim card then there is the potential for no function on the unit as was my case.
Again you get what you pay for, cheaper systems means added risk to this kinda thing.

Also, some sim cards have recycled numbers in that they take phone numbers that were previously owned but deactivated because it was not in use...then produce that number on a new sim card. Then Voila! people calling your gps unit and running out the money because it works as a data sim hence it would be roaming everytime communication is made with it. SAME AS ABOVE

[rangeroverpartstt]

Also, some sim cards have recycled numbers in that they take phone numbers that were previously owned but deactivated because it was not in use...then produce that number on a new sim card. Then Voila! people calling your gps unit and running out the money because it works as a data sim hence it would be roaming everytime communication is made with it.

Not true! These systems only respond to pre-programed numbers!

It would not reply to other callers!

[Rallyfignis]

Sent a couple emails over the last week and a half to GPS Rescue, called them a couple times and asked them to respond - all I've gotten so far is an email last week sometime saying that they've received it

Anybody know the owner of this company so that I could call him and let him know the service I haven't been getting? Know that if it was my company I would want to know...

PM me.

[demogorgon15]

There's a cell contact number listed on their site. I forgot exactly who answers but they are just about always on the road. We track all of our company vehicles with gpsrescue for billing purposes. So far for the roughly two years that we've been using gpsrescue the only complaint we have is 3 days where the service was down last year.

[Rallyfignis]

Yea, I want someone to email me some specs and details on a couple different things.
Once lady one the phone asked me "why don't you come in and see what we have to offer"
I was like "unfortunately I have a job"

Which coincidentally I'm not doing right now cuz I farting around on the internet

[Rallyfignis]

*crickets*

[kual]

I saw a man in trincity with a pit in his yard and he chained down the chasis of his car in the pit and he also chained the steering and clutch. kind of drastic but if somebody wants your car they would walk up to you with a gun and take it normal normal so GPS system for me. Installed by a place in mt lambert. so far works well

[AirSupport]

GPS without a recovery plan is like an smartphone without a data plan. Useless

[Ted_v2]

Car search seems to be the best iv seen so far. Well it's the only company I saw in action tho

[AirSupport]

The problem is the response time.....couple hours if your car was in a remote area isnt good enough.

GPS is already a funny subject as it is, so there is a requirement to have eyes on as quickly as possible before intercept otherwise you lose whatever is not bolted down in the car when its remotely shut down

[AllTrac]

GPS Rescue FTW. They do free recovery with their package. Check their page on fb, they do regular updates on the vehicles they recover with the time of report, time vehicle was recovered and area. Really good GPS company to go with.

[AirSupport]

The are as good as it gets for now, but all of them have the same problem, response time. Limited by traffic, distance and when the report was received. A new recovery operations is drastically needed to fix this. Then from what I heard GPS rescue uses police for the recovery, so it depends on which officers they get from which station. Carsearch do their own thing.

[AllTrac]

GPS Rescue uses TTPS for recovery.