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Post by Karl on Sept 15, 2019 19:31:07 GMT 1
Looks the part. Surprised you didn't obscure the plate, even more surprised you went derv? 2.0 petrols he ( non turbos ) are gutless 2.5 5 cylinder plenty of power but gonna be poor on fuel What’s the thinking behind the plate Is in incase someone clones it or something???
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Sept 15, 2019 19:56:34 GMT 1
Post by Joepublic on Sept 15, 2019 19:56:34 GMT 1
Looks the part. Surprised you didn't obscure the plate, even more surprised you went derv? Is in incase someone clones it or something??? Yes
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Post by Karl on Sept 15, 2019 21:12:07 GMT 1
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2019 20:14:01 GMT 1
Not sure about the security of that really, if criminals really want to clone plates they can just do so on any vehicle from any street anywhere. I was recently at a Police seminar and I'd never heard of these gadgets until the Police introduced them, but apparently they are freely available. You drive and own your own motor in the security and piece of mind that the vehicle tracker fitted would allow you or the police to track and find your vehicle if it was stolen, not!
Now there is these handy (not so) for honest people "Blockers" that can be in your pocket switched on and any vehicle they have stolen with a tracker on does not matter because the signals are now blocked. Gone are the days where the criminals ripped the car apart to find the tracker, now they just jam its signals.
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Sept 16, 2019 21:43:02 GMT 1
Post by Joepublic on Sept 16, 2019 21:43:02 GMT 1
Not sure about the security of that really, if criminals really want to clone plates they can just do so on any vehicle from any street anywhere. I was recently at a Police seminar and I'd never heard of these gadgets until the Police introduced them, but apparently they are freely available. You drive and own your own motor in the security and piece of mind that the vehicle tracker fitted would allow you or the police to track and find your vehicle if it was stolen, not! Now there is these handy (not so) for honest people "Blockers" that can be in your pocket switched on and any vehicle they have stolen with a tracker on does not matter because the signals are now blocked. Gone are the days where the criminals ripped the car apart to find the tracker, now they just jam its signals. There have been 2 instances in the last two months where cars have been cloned on fb groups, both times the cars have been long term owned and the tickets issued have been far away from their registered addresses - imo its not worth the risk however small. Crewe police have recovered 4 cars today for no insurance and no license and its a tiny place with few police on the beat.
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Post by huffo on Sept 17, 2019 10:36:05 GMT 1
I think it’s a reasonably good idea to personalise the back end of your car in some way: Put a sticker for the dealer or your favourite radio station in the rear window, or whatever else you like or can tolerate. That way, when a car wearing your number plates is photographed by a speed or traffic camera, you can provide at least some evidence that it really wasn’t your car without having to find evidence/witnesses who will attest to you and your car being somewhere else entirely. I’m reliably informed the police are quite open minded about this sort of evidence.
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Post by valhalla on Sept 17, 2019 23:11:26 GMT 1
Not sure about the security of that really, if criminals really want to clone plates they can just do so on any vehicle from any street anywhere. I was recently at a Police seminar and I'd never heard of these gadgets until the Police introduced them, but apparently they are freely available. You drive and own your own motor in the security and piece of mind that the vehicle tracker fitted would allow you or the police to track and find your vehicle if it was stolen, not! Now there is these handy (not so) for honest people "Blockers" that can be in your pocket switched on and any vehicle they have stolen with a tracker on does not matter because the signals are now blocked. Gone are the days where the criminals ripped the car apart to find the tracker, now they just jam its signals. Any vehicle tracker fitted by the car manufacturer is not worth the aggravation - and that applies to the very best companies out there of German origin.....
The only way to be sure that you will see your car again is to fit one of the better aftermarket tracker systems, and have the tranceiver fitted by one of their experts. That way, the issues that Guardian raises above are almost negated - it is near impossible to jam every frequency under the sun at the same time, and these aftermarket units use a number of UHF channels in conjunction with GPS transponder and also a mobile SIM. To be frank, that pretty well covers the bulk of options; you would need to have the tracker discovered and removed by the thief to stand any chance of not tracing the car. Most theives are not too clever at doing that; they can only cope with "standard" fitments, hence the reason why you would never rely on manufacturer systems.
The chaps at Automatrics have a series of YouTube videos that show the value of "bet-spreading" in tracker technology, and this is why they are so successful for their customers - and appreciated by UK police forces and Interpol alike. Their big customers seem to be plant-hire and construction companies, as these trackers are fitted to the most bizarre (but frequently stolen) bits of machinery on-site!
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