I received an email with a link to this website.

www.watchtowerintlgps.com

My '66 has LoJack Early Warning, so I'm really not in the market. But, it does look interesting, almost too good to be true. Every so often, there's a run of auto security threads, so I thought I'd share it.

Information overload, everything except the total cost. Makes me a little aprehensive. Does the whole thing sound a bit shady to anyone else.

I have one of the GPS locating systems like that on my chevelle. It works real good. You can pull up the web site and locate your car yourself. If tracking feature is turned on you can see where its been, top speed. It has a lot of features. I just use the locate, unlock doors and disable starter features. Also has Geo-fence, where you set the distance, if the car moves outside of the fence GPS will call you by phone to alert you.:cool:

If you guys don't mind could you tell me what kind of money you have in your systems and do you subscribe to these services? Thanks for any information.
Mike

Well here is a cheap and affordable way to make the same system. You also can get a nextel cell phone that has the GPS tracking feature on it and zoom in on the exact location of you car. But a thing i said someone can do to be cheap and have the same things is to just take your cellphone cut it on and wire it into your dash on a car charger type deal that constanly on but make a plug into lighter plug style into the back of the dash and open the cell phone up and take off the cover and find the power input signal test it at no incoming phone call & Then test it will a incoming phone call and you will see the power level will spike. Go to radio shack and get a science electrical circuit board and it will be complicated for me to explain how to wire it but if your read the instruction it will have alot of projects you can do with it and just kind of work of the instruction but just change them for this project size. And if you have any know how you will be able to figure it out too.So wire up the circuit board to take a .2 milliamp fast act fuse so when the fuse is introduced to around .9 milliamp it will blow and if the electrical board is setup correctly you should have a 12V source coming into one side that the electrical board is blocking until it is grounded and the grounded part will be in the fuse side of things so after you call you cell phone the power spike, blows the fuse there for now letting the 12V source past threw it and onto the activating side of a relay. Which trips the relay and kills the starter. Which you can wire 1-3 inline relay system because most thieves know about car & electrical system they know to look for but putting multiple kill sources will make them give up. Like one under the dash one inside the cowl firewall and one down by the starter. But as long as you have your cell phone on no ring and and pay you bill which you can add a extra line to your current bill for about $10.00 a month thats all it wil lost you plus parts and maybe me giving you exact specs on this. But i have done this to my acura legend and it works great just doing it. And i mean the cell phone will never die because it is always being charged and on no being use the thieves can still unplug the batter and most cell phone with a bigger battery can have a life time of 4-5 days stand by. Well its the way to go to me but thats all these GPS system are is cell phone system with a kill Telephone # kill switch.

Well here is a cheap and affordable way to make the same system. You also can get a nextel cell phone that has the GPS tracking feature on it and zoom in on the exact location of you car. But a thing i said someone can do to be cheap and have the same things is to just take your cellphone cut it on and wire it into your dash on a car charger type deal that constanly on but make a plug into lighter plug style into the back of the dash and open the cell phone up and take off the cover and find the power input signal test it at no incoming phone call & Then test it will a incoming phone call and you will see the power level will spike. Go to radio shack and get a science electrical circuit board and it will be complicated for me to explain how to wire it but if your read the instruction it will have alot of projects you can do with it and just kind of work of the instruction but just change them for this project size. And if you have any know how you will be able to figure it out too.So wire up the circuit board to take a .2 milliamp fast act fuse so when the fuse is introduced to around .9 milliamp it will blow and if the electrical board is setup correctly you should have a 12V source coming into one side that the electrical board is blocking until it is grounded and the grounded part will be in the fuse side of things so after you call you cell phone the power spike, blows the fuse there for now letting the 12V source past threw it and onto the activating side of a relay. Which trips the relay and kills the starter. Which you can wire 1-3 inline relay system because most thieves know about car & electrical system they know to look for but putting multiple kill sources will make them give up. Like one under the dash one inside the cowl firewall and one down by the starter. But as long as you have your cell phone on no ring and and pay you bill which you can add a extra line to your current bill for about $10.00 a month thats all it wil lost you plus parts and maybe me giving you exact specs on this. But i have done this to my acura legend and it works great just doing it. And i mean the cell phone will never die because it is always being charged and on no being use the thieves can still unplug the batter and most cell phone with a bigger battery can have a life time of 4-5 days stand by. Well its the way to go to me but thats all these GPS system are is cell phone system with a kill Telephone # kill switch.

pitures are worth... well you know..
a skimatic would be nice......
for the guy without a clue...
I get the idea but just can't picture it in my head

I think my GPS locator was $600. going in and $8.50 per month. That was 2 1/2 years ago. They may have come down now. It also has its own battery back up in case the battery is disconnected. It does work on cell phone but also works Satellite GPS. Although expensive its not that much considering how much work and $ I have in my car. LoJack does not work in a lot of places . This works anywhere.:)

I have one of the GPS locating systems like that on my chevelle. It works real good. You can pull up the web site and locate your car yourself. If tracking feature is turned on you can see where its been, top speed. It has a lot of features. I just use the locate, unlock doors and disable starter features. Also has Geo-fence, where you set the distance, if the car moves outside of the fence GPS will call you by phone to alert you.:cool:
Where did you get your system, or where do I find the company on the web?

Thanks, Les

mplusgps.com or 1-866-213-5138 should hook you up with info. The site will answer most of your questions.

this is the thread with my concerns on GPS. there are also flaws on lojack

http://www.camaros.net/forums/showthread.php?t=95048

Thanks elcamino66
Mike

flawed or not, lo-jack/gps tracking is the only real protection for your car, or at least, it sure beats the hell out of any alarm system

My LoJack came via an anonymous source, so I can't say the absolute cost. My understanding is something in the $900 neighborhood. This is a one time fee, with no monthly service charges.

I have the early warning system. A few months ago I dropped my keys with the LoJack fob attached. Within two minutes, I had a call on my cell phone and voicemail. My home, email and mothers cel phone were also contacted.

A subsequent test (leaving the fob at home), resulted in no call. Upon inquiry, I was informed of the bi-annual need to change the fob batteries. After doing so, I again tested the system, this time receiving the same battery of phone calls, but not until nearly a half hour later.

Just thought I'd share my experience.

I have a method of locking the hood, however, I am interested in a more discreet manner than physically fiddling with a padlock under a partially popped hood. Any suggestions. I have door solenoids that I have considered, but should the reason that I need under the hood be a dead battery, well then I'm screwed.