forester with gps?

[slider]

Hi there..
an aquantince of mine purchased a 2000 forester recently.
He claims that is has gps and be tracked if stolen,hence his insurance
dropped 300.00
This person tends to stretch the truth quite a bit on a lot of matters,and I
was wondering if this is another.
I know Outback is available with onstar,but is this guy telling little lies
again?
thx

 

[Greg Smith]

Hi there..
an aquantince of mine purchased a 2000 forester recently.
He claims that is has gps and be tracked if stolen,hence his insurance
dropped 300.00
This person tends to stretch the truth quite a bit on a lot of matters,and I
was wondering if this is another.
I know Outback is available with onstar,but is this guy telling little lies
again?
thx

Lo-jack systems can be purchased aftermarket for any car but I think
they are $700-1000.

If your car isn't on the top 10 most stolen list, I think this purchase
would be hard to justify, even IF the guy was getting a $300/year
insurance discount, which I doubt.

 

[slider]

so then it wouldn't be an option on the forester?

Lo-jack systems can be purchased aftermarket for any car but I think
they are $700-1000.

If your car isn't on the top 10 most stolen list, I think this purchase
would be hard to justify, even IF the guy was getting a $300/year
insurance discount, which I doubt.
--
Greg Smith
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^^^
Remove the bird to reply via email.

 

[Nige]

Hi there..
an aquantince of mine purchased a 2000 forester recently.
He claims that is has gps and be tracked if stolen,hence his insurance
dropped 300.00
This person tends to stretch the truth quite a bit on a lot of matters,and I
was wondering if this is another.
I know Outback is available with onstar,but is this guy telling little lies
again?
thx

Sounds like he has a tracker fitted. In the UK they are a good idea if your car is at risk (they are all
at risk in this chav ridden hole)

If you don't know what a 'chav is, have a look here www.chavscum.co.uk

Nige

 

[Ralph]

so then it wouldn't be an option on the forester?

Lo Jack is a $700-$1200 dealer installed option......

 

[John Varela]

He claims that is has gps and be tracked if stolen,hence his insurance
dropped 300.00

Let's see... That would be $300 Canadian, I suppose, or about $235 U.S.

Theft insurance is included in the "Comprehensive" or "Other than Collision"
insurance coverage. For my wife's 1999 Forester the Comprehensive insurance,
with $100 deductible, costs $68 a year, and the coverage for my 2003 Infiniti
G35 coupe costs $194 a year. That's $262 a year for *two* cars for insurance
for theft, falling objects, fire, vandalism, etc.

It would be pretty hard for me to save $235 a year on theft coverage alone for
one car.

YMMV.

 

[null]

Hi there..
an aquantince of mine purchased a 2000 forester recently.
He claims that is has gps and be tracked if stolen,hence his insurance
dropped 300.00
This person tends to stretch the truth quite a bit on a lot of
matters,and I
was wondering if this is another.
I know Outback is available with onstar,but is this guy telling little
lies
again?
thx

If the vehicle has Onstar then it has GPS and could be tracked and located
if stolen.
Lo-jack is a bit different as the Police have to a Lo-jack receiver and
then find
the signal and triangulate the vehicles location. It's not stretching the
truth
to say you have a locating system on the vehicle but it must have Onstar
installed on
it. In fact there are some websites that show you how to tap into the GPS
signal and
bring into a laptop to make your own navigation system.

 

[Alan]

Hi there..
an aquantince of mine purchased a 2000 forester recently.
He claims that is has gps and be tracked if stolen,hence his insurance
dropped 300.00
This person tends to stretch the truth quite a bit on a lot of matters,and I
was wondering if this is another.
I know Outback is available with onstar,but is this guy telling little lies
again?
thx

He may have OnStar, which has GPS for its own use, but in any event, he is
exaggerating. Most companies do not discount at all for OnStar.

 

[slider]

I did check on the Subaru website and it doesn't list the Forester as having
onstar as an option.It did say however that the Outback has that option.

 

[Andrew Webber]

Lo-jack systems can be purchased aftermarket for any car but I think
they are $700-1000.

If your car isn't on the top 10 most stolen list, I think this purchase
would be hard to justify, even IF the guy was getting a $300/year
insurance discount, which I doubt.

I don't know if the numbers quoted are valid, but at $300/year, even a
$1000 system would pay for itself just after three years, and be
producing a profit (in terms of reduced insurance) thereafter.

Wouldn't that make it a good idea, exclusive of any confidence of
finding it if stolen? I've never had one of these things, and don't
worry about theft, but if it puts money in my pocket...

Thanks!
=aw


andrew [(e-mail address removed)]