Security for your F Type?
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Security for your F Type?
Picking up my new F Type on Monday, and after the delays, frustration (and now growing excitement) I was brought back down to earth yesterday when arranging my insurance, and was told that the car has to be kept in a locked garage overnight.
Wasn't expecting this, but has got me thinking about security, and read an article here in the UK about a huge increase in the theft of high-value cars, and the Police in london recommending that owners of "expensive" cars fit an old-fashioned steering lock as a deterrent - the technology exist to by-pass modern security systems all too easily.
So wondering what you do, and what you would recommend, to protect your own F type?
Grateful for advice, thoughts, or comments.
Wasn't expecting this, but has got me thinking about security, and read an article here in the UK about a huge increase in the theft of high-value cars, and the Police in london recommending that owners of "expensive" cars fit an old-fashioned steering lock as a deterrent - the technology exist to by-pass modern security systems all too easily.
So wondering what you do, and what you would recommend, to protect your own F type?
Grateful for advice, thoughts, or comments.
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Picking up my new F Type on Monday, and after the delays, frustration (and now growing excitement) I was brought back down to earth yesterday when arranging my insurance, and was told that the car has to be kept in a locked garage overnight.
Wasn't expecting this, but has got me thinking about security, and read an article here in the UK about a huge increase in the theft of high-value cars, and the Police in london recommending that owners of "expensive" cars fit an old-fashioned steering lock as a deterrent - the technology exist to by-pass modern security systems all too easily.
So wondering what you do, and what you would recommend, to protect your own F type?
Grateful for advice, thoughts, or comments.
Wasn't expecting this, but has got me thinking about security, and read an article here in the UK about a huge increase in the theft of high-value cars, and the Police in london recommending that owners of "expensive" cars fit an old-fashioned steering lock as a deterrent - the technology exist to by-pass modern security systems all too easily.
So wondering what you do, and what you would recommend, to protect your own F type?
Grateful for advice, thoughts, or comments.
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Reading around the internet about modern car security and the vulnerability of RF handshaking/links etc used with new cars, I decided to mitigate some of the theft risk by going normal instead of Keyless entry on my new F.
It seems thieves are very good at grabbing the code that is being sent from your fob/car as it 'talks' to it with keyless entry and of course it's a lot more difficult to obtain a snapshot when you operate the keyfob with conventional remote unlocking.
I always park another car in front of the Jag.
Also I have it rigged to the home security system and PIR lights
It seems thieves are very good at grabbing the code that is being sent from your fob/car as it 'talks' to it with keyless entry and of course it's a lot more difficult to obtain a snapshot when you operate the keyfob with conventional remote unlocking.
I always park another car in front of the Jag.
Also I have it rigged to the home security system and PIR lights
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Reading around the internet about modern car security and the vulnerability of RF handshaking/links etc used with new cars, I decided to mitigate some of the theft risk by going normal instead of Keyless entry on my new F. It seems thieves are very good at grabbing the code that is being sent from your fob/car as it 'talks' to it with keyless entry and of course it's a lot more difficult to obtain a snapshot when you operate the keyfob with conventional remote unlocking. I always park another car in front of the Jag. Also I have it rigged to the home security system and PIR lights
#7
This won't help too much. The best security is a GPS tracker with a proximity fob. If someone without the fob drives the car it activates the tracker and notifies you or the police directly. The catch is that if you say leave the car for service you must either disable this or leave the proximity fob in the car or it will be activated. I used to worry about this stuff in Miami. Since I moved Its become a non issue I live in a much more secure and low crime area. Plus car theft from private garage is rare.
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Picking up my new F Type on Monday, and after the delays, frustration (and now growing excitement) I was brought back down to earth yesterday when arranging my insurance, and was told that the car has to be kept in a locked garage overnight.
Wasn't expecting this, but has got me thinking about security, and read an article here in the UK about a huge increase in the theft of high-value cars, and the Police in london recommending that owners of "expensive" cars fit an old-fashioned steering lock as a deterrent - the technology exist to by-pass modern security systems all too easily.
So wondering what you do, and what you would recommend, to protect your own F type?
Grateful for advice, thoughts, or comments.
Wasn't expecting this, but has got me thinking about security, and read an article here in the UK about a huge increase in the theft of high-value cars, and the Police in london recommending that owners of "expensive" cars fit an old-fashioned steering lock as a deterrent - the technology exist to by-pass modern security systems all too easily.
So wondering what you do, and what you would recommend, to protect your own F type?
Grateful for advice, thoughts, or comments.
I note that the system Jaguar offer can be supplied and fitted by car security specialists for a little more than 1/3rd the price that Jaguar charge
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My JLR dealer puts LoJack on all of their inventory as soon as each vehicle is delivered to their lot, so I had no choice but to pay for it. The contract cost of keeping it continuously active is minimal.
However, I have to ask when you say, "it works great," do you have any personal experience with need to use it on previous cars?
However, I have to ask when you say, "it works great," do you have any personal experience with need to use it on previous cars?
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SoCalJags: You'll be pleased to hear that your first sentence is not true. In the UK at least. But I'm guessing that what appears on the TV News in the US may be a different form of truth backed up by opinion masqueding as fact...
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My JLR dealer puts LoJack on all of their inventory as soon as each vehicle is delivered to their lot, so I had no choice but to pay for it. The contract cost of keeping it continuously active is minimal.
However, I have to ask when you say, "it works great," do you have any personal experience with need to use it on previous cars?
However, I have to ask when you say, "it works great," do you have any personal experience with need to use it on previous cars?
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Go figure - criminals and gang members not obeying the law. What's the world coming to!
However, coming back on topic - car with the old laser cut key were probably harder to steal. I park indoors. However, I do have concerns when I go to Toronto for the weekend and park in a parking lot. Part of me wishes for the old laser cut key.
Last edited by enfield; 04-18-2015 at 10:25 AM.
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In order for LoJack to be effective, local law enforcement must have receiving equipment in their patrol vehicles, and I would guess they'll eventually stop equipping now that GPS can locate a vehicle much quicker and more precisely.
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My JLR dealer puts LoJack on all of their inventory as soon as each vehicle is delivered to their lot, so I had no choice but to pay for it. The contract cost of keeping it continuously active is minimal.
However, I have to ask when you say, "it works great," do you have any personal experience with need to use it on previous cars?
However, I have to ask when you say, "it works great," do you have any personal experience with need to use it on previous cars?
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OK, thanks.
I don't have a "dongle" and can only guess what you're talking about. I just looked at the instructions for the LoJack system that came on my car, and it requires a police report and phone call to LoJack if I discover my car missing. After that, they activate the system which is linked to the VIN.
Sounds like you may have the option of knowing it's been stolen a little sooner, but recovering your car still requires law enforcement to be able to track it down with LoJack equipment in their cars. That's what I meant when asking why you said it works well.
I actually have mixed feelings about this. If my car is stolen, I'm pretty sure I don't want it back. Of course, the insurance companies feel differently, so they like it.
I don't have a "dongle" and can only guess what you're talking about. I just looked at the instructions for the LoJack system that came on my car, and it requires a police report and phone call to LoJack if I discover my car missing. After that, they activate the system which is linked to the VIN.
Sounds like you may have the option of knowing it's been stolen a little sooner, but recovering your car still requires law enforcement to be able to track it down with LoJack equipment in their cars. That's what I meant when asking why you said it works well.
I actually have mixed feelings about this. If my car is stolen, I'm pretty sure I don't want it back. Of course, the insurance companies feel differently, so they like it.
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OK, thanks.
I don't have a "dongle" and can only guess what you're talking about. I just looked at the instructions for the LoJack system that came on my car, and it requires a police report and phone call to LoJack if I discover my car missing. After that, they activate the system which is linked to the VIN.
Sounds like you may have the option of knowing it's been stolen a little sooner, but recovering your car still requires law enforcement to be able to track it down with LoJack equipment in their cars. That's what I meant when asking why you said it works well.
I actually have mixed feelings about this. If my car is stolen, I'm pretty sure I don't want it back. Of course, the insurance companies feel differently, so they like it.
I don't have a "dongle" and can only guess what you're talking about. I just looked at the instructions for the LoJack system that came on my car, and it requires a police report and phone call to LoJack if I discover my car missing. After that, they activate the system which is linked to the VIN.
Sounds like you may have the option of knowing it's been stolen a little sooner, but recovering your car still requires law enforcement to be able to track it down with LoJack equipment in their cars. That's what I meant when asking why you said it works well.
I actually have mixed feelings about this. If my car is stolen, I'm pretty sure I don't want it back. Of course, the insurance companies feel differently, so they like it.