Thread: Stolen car at Springfield NSRA?

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Once you accept the fact that anything can be jacked, to me the most prudent course of action is to attempt recovery. The LOJACK system is probably the best thing going at doing this. Although what you may recover is only the piece of the car with the transceiver in it ..................

Kitz

I would consider the LOJACK system, but in NY State, only coverage is near New York City, 175 miles away. Even the VA area we are planning to move to - nada.

Here's their current coverage areas : https://store.lojack.com/content.asp...ntCoverageArea

That surprises me as I thought there was better coverage across the US

I wonder how successful LoJack is, percentagewise. Watching some of the cop shows, like that one in NJ where the wolfpack rides around looking for stolen cars, they have had LoJack signals pop up and they ride around trying to zero in on the car and sometimes think it might be a signal skip from somewhere in NY. I think I only saw one show where they ever found the signal, and it was on a piece of construction equipment that had LoJack installed on it.

I guess they are good, but just wonder how good. Are there any systems we can install ourselves or do you have to go to one of their dealers for install?

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

I wonder how successful LoJack is, percentagewise. Watching some of the cop shows, like that one in NJ where the wolfpack rides around looking for stolen cars, they have had LoJack signals pop up and they ride around trying to zero in on the car and sometimes think it might be a signal skip from somewhere in NY. I think I only saw one show where they ever found the signal, and it was on a piece of construction equipment that had LoJack installed on it.

I guess they are good, but just wonder how good. Are there any systems we can install ourselves or do you have to go to one of their dealers for install?

Don

Their optimistic advertising which I just read says 90%. My guess, probably closer to 60-75%, real lifehttp://www.lojack.com/ Happy reading, click 'Automotive' !!

It would appear that LoJack wouldn't have done much good since the state of Missouri is not on their cover list

Originally Posted by IC2

That surprises me as I thought there was better coverage across the US

That "coverage" sucks!! I was seriously considering LoJack but had only assumed that they used the major cell systems, crossing systems to cover the whole US. I wonder if a person could hardwire a cell phone, enable the GPS tracking, and bury it in a cubbyhole? It would work as long as the battery was hooked up, and then for another period of time on the cell phone internal battery. Probably not strong enough to be seen inside a metal building, though... Bummer!!