GPS Tracker

This may not be the appropriate place to ask this, but you folks all seem to be pretty "hands on" when it comes to maintaining your 996s, so I'm giving it a shot. I'm contemplating installing a GPS tracker on my 996 and wonder if any of you have experience doing the same. Since I have a 2003, I definitely want something that won't drain my battery I've done some web searches and all I get is affiliate "review" sites that talk about how great x, y, and z are and give you affiliate links to them. I seen some that have absurd monthly cell fees and am not interested in those. I searched a bit on rennlist too but couldn't find anything that answered my questions. I want: * wired in "hidden" solution (not OBD) * something that will alert me (to iPhone via notification or text) when the car moves and the ability to turn that off easily or maybe better to just turn it on when it gets to a given location. * something that allows me to track car on iPhone * reasonable monthly fee. definitely less than $20/month, not the $80 I saw on one I think if 5G rolls out there may be better solutions, but it won't matter then because 5G is going to rot our brains and make us all kill each other (a la "Bird Box").

I received a gps key finder keyring for Christmas, was thinking about throwing it into my centre console. Doesn't answer your question but thought I'd mention I'm thinking about gps tracking as well. ​​​​​​

LoJack is the way to go if you're serious about tracking and property recovery. https://www.lojack.com

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Seems that you can't self-install though. That's a deal-breaker for me. I'm very particular with who touches any of my cars. I've seen too much hack work out of car dealers. Plus having someone else install it in your car means a bunch of people know it's there and where it is, which defeats the purpose.

Get a spare iPhone (iPhone SE) and hardwire a USB outlet wire into the trunk and hide it behind the "carpet" with the stereo wiring. The charging phone doesn't take much power and even if the car's battery gets disconnected, the iPhone will still send it's location. Use "Find my iPhone" to see where your iPhone & 996 is located. Cellular Data rate can be shared with your carry iPhone.

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I completely understand your concern, but the fact is you're more likely to have your car crushed by a falling meteorite than stolen by a LoJack installer. I've used both LoJack and simple iPhones (running the life360 app) to track my cars. As TexSquirrel suggests, find an old iPhone add a phone line to it, run a simple USB iphone cable to the phone. Hide it somewhere on the car and boom.... Your car is trackable.

I like the old iPhone idea--especially since I have one I would just need to add my extra SIM to my account. I wasn't saying the LoJack installer would steal it--I'm guessing they wouldn't be a LoJack dealer for long. I was more worried about "random" person walking by. There are so many people running scams that I wouldn't put it past someone to figure out that selling this info is a good "business". Too many people in this country spend too much time trying to figure out how to rip off hard working people so they don't have to work hard.

Lots of options here. The spare iPhone method noted above will certainly work. The cheapest option is to buy a prepaid SIM card ($10 from Amazon) and insert it into one of the mini-GPS trackers like this one like this one . I haven't used that tracker specifically but they're all pretty similar. They can be set up to send you a text when the device leaves your "home zone", i.e. driveway.

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Before you go to bed at night, do you peek into the garage to make sure your 996 is ok? Be honest.

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Who doesn't? My nightly routine: Lock front door, peek at 996 when locking garage door, let dogs out, peek at 996 again, let dogs in, lock back door, turn off lights, peek at 996 once more, get in bed and dream of driving my 996.

Just wanted to add my 2 cents as a tech. There are numerous times a month we get cars in with dead batteries. We ALWAYS look for the hidden GPS units first. I would say 90% of the time parasitic draws are caused by these cheap pieces of crap - either hardwired or obd plug in's. Majority of the time its either a used car lot unit that the owner of the car was not even aware of or its the insurance company savings plug in's. We have several fleets that provide us with units to install, those seam to be high dollar units and we almost never have the problem with them. I would highly suggest staying away from the cheap crap and spend some money on something reputable.

Is it really that easy to steal a 996 without the keys?

I have LoJack on my VW and have never had a problem with the battery. I bought the car used and it had the device already installed. It cost me $200 to have the account transferred over to me but there are no ongoing fees. A rep had to come out to do whatever needed to be done at the car. You will likely get a break on your car insurance if you have one installed.

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I have experience with gps devices and the parasitic load on your battery is the big issue. Any cheap device will work if battery drain wasn't the issue. I'd say LoJack is a good consumer option. If you know what the limitations are, it may help with your choice. GPS needs a good line of sight and a phone or cheap device inside doesnt work well. And battery drain. A cheap stick on tracker works well outside the car but they usually run on external battery so you need to charge it. More expensive devices can be hardwired and run on battery which is a better option. Then there are cellular fees. Do you want to text your phone to wake up the device to start using the battery? IE: its asleep until you wake it? Do you want a fancy software option to log in to check routing and location? Is your device transmitting all the time? You can get whatever you want and spend thousands on a personal gps system, just do your research and be mindful they all can be defeated very easily with a $15 gps 12v plug in jammer. And they wont work once they hit the chop shop or the shipping container to Nigeria.

Just wire in a kill switch.

Try this, no battery connection, hide it anywhere... Link to GPS tracker

unless you literally leave your keys in the car, the car is hard to steal through hotwiring it. Not to mention, lets be honest, these arent 100+k cars with a high theft rate. Being in the ATL metro area you are gajillion more times likely to be car jacked than have your car stolen when unattended.

So you have stated alot of covert needs in your project. Like "nobody can know" and "don't trust the installer". Also that you want to alert you and then ability to possibly turn it on when it gets to its location. For theft prevention, I think knowing that a car can be tracked is a deterrent to the actual theft. That being said, it sounds like you are more likely trying to surreptitiously and covertly track who is in the vehicle and where they are going when you aren't in the car with them. Might get more useful answers if you ohrase it that way. If that is the case, an old iphone is probably the best bet. It is cheap and once you get the answer you need you can take it out and not be paying a monthly subscription. ​​​​​​ Good luck with your search, Debo sends.

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Not sure where you got that idea--maybe you need to watch less ID Channel because you are hearing hoofbeats and thinking unicorns... My wife can't even drive a manual and I trust her completely. I would only care about where she is if she went missing. This came up mostly because I might have to put my car in storage while I'm doing some remodeling for a while and I'd actually like to know if the car was moved. Say I didn't go check the storage for a few weeks and somewhere along the way it was stolen--there would be zero chance of recovery.

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fake news! I didn't ever say that.

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Me and Springfield Armory have got that part covered.

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The anti-theft GPS function can indeed be achieved by using an old mobile phone. However, such a device is easily found by thieves and throws it out of the window. In this case, how far can you track your car? This is the reason for the existence of the hidden GPS tracker for car . A hidden GPS is much cheaper than a new car, isn't it?

Spot Tracker they make a vehicle one, they were running a special.. I have the hiking version its very accurate. (Inches accurate) Smaller than a pack of cigarettes.. www.findmespot.com

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}-->If you are thinking about the best car tracker that can give you real time information, you can check out Infiniti Tracking. Their GPS tracker system are very innovative and you can even check the status of your vehicle via your mobile phone. They can even install it for you! They are one of the best choices if you are looking for vehicle security.

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And by bed, you mean the driver's seat, right?

Just my 2 cents. You're in GA, so the vehicle will automatically be deemed a salvage if it's recovered. It might be worthwhile to look into an agreed value insurance policy. If the car is stolen, no big deal. Just collect your check. I know the 996 qualifies for Hagerty's Guaranteed Value insurance.

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Could you share what the qualifications were for this? I've been meaning to look into this option but my car is my daily (which ironically I don't drive as a daily) and it's my only car at the moment. With regards to GPS trackers, if you're an iPhone user, the new AirTag is a hard to beat option at $29. It's already being adapted to bicycles so why not your car? Just toss it into the glove box or another storage compartments and done.

State Farm also does agreed value now. Classic car rates, full protection.

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Just go through this quoting process: Exotic & Import Car Insurance | Newer Vehicle Qualifications (hagerty.com) Last time I filled it out, there was a checkbox for daily drivers.

Functions and advantages of GPS location tracker 1. GPS location tracker : It is a GPS satellite location tracking terminal based on GPRS (data flow) + SMS (short message) communication mode. It adopts the GSM public network with high stability guarantee, and completely absorbs all the characteristics of this communication method. It has the advantages of fast response speed, always online, and billing according to traffic. 2. Product types: A handheld tracker suitable for personal use, easy to carry. A vehicle-mounted tracker suitable for cars, remotely cut off oil and power, and recommended for anti-theft. 3. Positioning system: The global GPS satellite positioning system keeps track of precise positioning 24 hours a day. 4. Product advantages: You can query the current location through SMS, or log in to the GPS platform system to know their location data at any time, including latitude and longitude, speed, direction, power, temperature, etc. 5. SOS alarm: SOS emergency alarm refers to the emergency alarm sent by the GPS tracker holder to the supervising mobile phone. So as to achieve the role of emergency call for help. 6. Position movement alarm: In the fortified state, once the GPS tracker is moved more than 300-500 meters, it will automatically send an alarm to the supervisory mobile phone, so as to achieve vehicle anti-theft, personnel monitoring and other functions. 7. Low battery alarm: When the GPS tracker battery is lower than 10%, it will automatically send a low battery alarm to the supervising mobile phone. 8. Speeding alarm: When the moving speed of the GPS tracker exceeds the upper limit, it will automatically send a speeding alarm to the supervising mobile phone. Note: The upper speed limit can only be set through our company's online GPS tracking system. 9. Vibration alarm: In the defense state, if the vehicle is abnormally vibrated, an alarm will be triggered. Send the alarm information to the owner's mobile phone. 10. Cross-border alarm: Through our company's GPS monitoring system, the active area of ​​the GPS tracker can be delineated, referred to as electronic fence. When the GPS tracker goes beyond the designated area, it will automatically send a cross-border alarm to the supervising mobile phone. 11. The GPS tracker manager can track and monitor moving targets in real time through the platform, monitor current speed, direction, driving distance, driving time, etc., automatically record driving trajectories, and users can play historical movement trajectories.