Lo-jack

[no-nos]

Well i figured i'm spending a bunch of money on parts for my buick, I better do the smart thing now before i regret it, SOOoooo i went ahead and got the Lojack installed in the gn , It feels good having it, let's you know your car is a little safer now, i got the lojack early warning system and the lifetime warrenty, it came out to are you ready??? $1,170 bucks ....
... i know that's alot but hell i just spent almost $2K for some champion alum-heads. I had a gn stolen from me before and i'm sure it was by tow-truck , that's was my biggest fear, that and the fact that i will be taking my car to the body shop where it will be staying at for about 2wks , and then off to place in my nice new stage 1 block with all the goodies. I know it's alot guys but trust me you feel alot better knowing you have an early warning system protecting your GN.

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

Do you get a insurance break from your ins company?

Make sure you get stated value, get a appraisal lately?

BW

 

[no-nos]

no not yet, but thanks for reminding me , i will have it appraised but i'm having the car placed in the body shop, this thursday , and by then i'm hopeing to have all my parts ordered( i don't think so but who knows )
these things have a way being delay'd especially when their NOT IN STOCK!
but i will call the insurance co. and see what they say

now if i could only get a GN's engine/w-tranny into a pontiac fiero

 

[Quiky One]

Does lojack require a monthly service? Sounds like a neat security feature.

Jason

 

[no-nos]

nope!, that's what i liked no monthly bills, i paid $100 bucks for the lifetime warrenty, every 2 years i can bring it in for a check-up if something is found to be wrong they replace it free , and the early warning is awesome i asked the operator if i can test the alarm while she was on the phone, ( she said yes) as soon as the car was role'd back she told me there was movement
, i love that, alarms are great to have but my worry are those focking tow-trucks they can latch on your car and be gone is 30 seconds!

 

[Quick6'n'-K.C.]

So, what would happen if a theif, hotwired the ignition and towed it away?

Im just wondering how lojack knows its you driving the car versus a theif stealing the car?

Just wondering...
I really need to get that system for some of my buicks...

EDIT: would the system work on cars that are in long term storage with the battery disconnected?

BW

 

[Jbenn911]

I worked with Atlantic City's auto theft unit for a while..The system has to be activated, it's not an alarm, per se. Their Early Warning system does go off if the car is moved, period..Towed, hot wired, whatever..If it doesnt sense the pass key or key pass(???) it will activate. The only real downside to LoJack is in our area only two departments have the equipment to track. It's only as good as the number of PD's that have it in their cars...But it works just as well or better than anything out there for recovery

 

[tthorngen]

viper gps is now out... has been for a bit. uses GPS and a cell unit. 500ish bucks. like 100 bucks a year

http://www.electronicscity.com/product_info.php?products_id=551

 

[WakkoSS]

I have both the EWS and the standard LoJack and feel it was worth it. I saved a whole SEVEN Dollars a year on my insurance, too!

 

[no-nos]

nice looking general lee

 

[denn454]

there are only 2 problems i see with it. first you have to have it installed, you can't do it yourself. and apparently your not allowed to be any where near the car while its being installed, so you won't know where the unit is. i guess thats good and bad. good if the guy knows what hes doing, bad if he doesn't. and if i had a car i cared about again i'd want to know exactly what someone is doing to it. i took the t-type to get new tires one time and i hung out in the shop and watched them, just because after i made a little stink about it they didn't stop me. and it beats reading golf digest waiting on them.

also i believe its powered through the car battery. so if a theif were to steal the car and disconnect the battery then the lojack does absolutely nothing. it would make sence if it was battery powered, and i;d be willing to bet the new ones are. but if they aren't that does suck.

for whatever its worth all county sherifs and state patrol cars around here have the tracking equipment, so do a lot of the city police.

so i guess i only have one little unjustified complaint.

 

[no-nos]

as far as the power supply goes it does go connected to the battery but it does have it's own back-up power, I know cause i told them i was going to remove the engine and have another motor installed, he told me " thats no problem it has it's own power supply" I wondered about that before he told me that also. here read the second to last paragraph.
http://www.lojack.com/lojack-faqs/index.cfm#early-warning

 

[Grumpy]

I had one in my first TTA ... what I paid I saved on insurance because F bodys were the top stolen car then .. they had thier own battery back up even then ....