Vehicle tracker with auto-disablement?

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barrydidit replied

1 April 2018, 12:06
If said pikey has hoiked a half brick through your window and grabbed the keys then the immobiliser idea is spoiled.
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Paddy replied

1 April 2018, 09:01
In which case he needs to buy a fuel cut off solenoid and hide the switch
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Lockhouse replied

1 April 2018, 08:01
Originally posted by Paddy View Post

I don't think cars have rotor arms these days.

Tha OP said "old car".
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Paddy replied

1 April 2018, 07:40
Originally posted by Lockhouse View Post

Why not just pull the rotor arm etc to immobiliise and stop it being driven in the first place?

ps. This thread is useless without pics.

I don't think cars have rotor arms these days.

The best immobilisers were on the old Citroën Peugeot cars. You had to insert a pin number to activate the ECU and the fuel pump.
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Lockhouse replied

1 April 2018, 07:30
Why not just pull the rotor arm etc to immobiliise and stop it being driven in the first place?

ps. This thread is useless without pics.
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clearedforlanding replied

1 April 2018, 05:30
I have just spent one hell of a lot of money on a fleet of performance cars and naturally looked into this. The legal implications of a car being disabled on a public highway are not great. When I spoke to our insurers, they suggested deleting Keyless go on our vehicles at order as they felt that keyless go put our clients at a higher risk of assault.

Invest in a good GPS/GSM tracker AND place it yourself. Alternativley carry the fuel tank in a backpack.
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rl4engc replied

31 March 2018, 23:08
Would welcome any good answers. I'm three sheets to the wind but I can generally be relied upon to spot a gap in the market.
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tarbera replied

31 March 2018, 22:41
Originally posted by Paddy View Post

Connect a cellphone on vibrate to detonate a canister of novichok.

Yes that will give them a mild headache for a few days
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Paddy replied

31 March 2018, 22:18
Originally posted by rl4engc View Post

Hi All,

Does the above exist? For reasons that are myriad and complex*, I now own a 'desirable' old car. Initial thoughts were just get a tracker, but then I thought, why can't the tracking device just disable the vehicle if it goes out of range of (say) a fob that will be with my car keys.

So say some pikey nicks it off my drive intending to strip it down for bits, the device just goes "Can't detect [fob], shut down". Pikey runs away in his dark sportswear.

Anyone know if this has been developed yet?

*Stolen from "The Death of Stalin (2017)"

Connect a cellphone on vibrate to detonate a canister of novichok.
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rl4engc started a topic Vehicle tracker with auto-disablement?

31 March 2018, 21:59
Vehicle tracker with auto-disablement?

Hi All,

Does the above exist? For reasons that are myriad and complex*, I now own a 'desirable' old car. Initial thoughts were just get a tracker, but then I thought, why can't the tracking device just disable the vehicle if it goes out of range of (say) a fob that will be with my car keys.

So say some pikey nicks it off my drive intending to strip it down for bits, the device just goes "Can't detect [fob], shut down". Pikey runs away in his dark sportswear.

Anyone know if this has been developed yet?

*Stolen from "The Death of Stalin (2017)"
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