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SpookyAwol
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  #822200 20-May-2013 08:04
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http://www.chinavasion.com/search?q=car+gps+track

They are extremely easy to order from and the one in my car works just fine - youll only use a lot of data / texts for testing. The novelty of checking your car location every 5 minutes wears off after a few weeks :)



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  #822222 20-May-2013 08:44
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I like the idea but to me I would rather have my car insured. I somehow don't fancy the idea of retrieving my stolen car. Who knows what its going to look like after a few hours.


DonGould

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  #822243 20-May-2013 09:34
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Klipspringer: I like the idea but to me I would rather have my car insured. I somehow don't fancy the idea of retrieving my stolen car. Who knows what its going to look like after a few hours.



Would you like me to post some photos?

6 weeks working though the insurance process.  I have no issue with the company, it simply takes time.  It took 3 weeks just to be priced before they decided to write it off, then a week while they have a value assessment done, then a week of back and forward because I wanted a wreck price.  Then you wait for money to clear, but then I had to pay for the 'loss of use' before I could submit that invoice, so the car payment went on that....  6 weeks later.

One tip... 

If you have a baby seat, it's a 'car accessory', so make sure your car policy has enough cover to include that expensive car seat that you take out of the wifes car and put in yours for a day...

If your car is worth $2,700 then you have to have enough insurance to cover the $500 seat, the tow rope, wheel brace, jumpers, and $500 dollars of other 'car' odds and sods that normally travel with you.









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Ramjet007
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  #822749 21-May-2013 06:08
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I had monitored tracking in my Subaru. $40 a month but my insurance co. wouldnt give me any sort of discount, so i got rid of it.

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  #823282 21-May-2013 23:43
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you should easily be able to find software that phones home via a txt rather than by continuously monitoring a data connection.




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