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I have been informed that I need a Cat 5 tracker on the new car. Do any of you lot have any experience of trackers ? From a brief search they appear much of a muchness, ~£500 fitted and then £150-£200 pa subscription.

Mostly I'm worried about the fitter ballsing something up. It's not like these cars are renowned for their bulletproof electrical systems is it ?

I got a battery powered one (Tracker) for the Evora as insurance insisted on it when I got the car…. That avoided anyone arsing about with the loom. Got a good deal on 5yr sub and they have to be replaced after that time anyway. No idea what category it is though.

They shouldn't balls it up, unless they are fully inept.

Tracker have a specified or recommended fitment guide for most vehicles, along with specific areas to fit them in, which means everyone knows where they are

You have to (or did?) go on a course with Tracker to become an installer for them, so you should be ok with whoever you choose.

Looks like Cat5 trackers have to have remote immobilisation so that would have to be wired into the loom. Or just find an insurer which doesn’t want one.

16vCento wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:15 pm They shouldn't balls it up, unless they are fully inept.

I'm leaving this here for future reference.

Mito Man wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:27 pm Or just find an insurer which doesn’t want one.

I've not tried, but probably easier said than done, and tbf the insurance is now coming in under £350, which would be incredibly hard to beat.

I'll do a comparison site quote just for teh lolz.

mik wrote: Mon Jul 24, 2023 7:07 pm I got a battery powered one (Tracker) for the Evora as insurance insisted on it when I got the car…. That avoided anyone arsing about with the loom. Got a good deal on 5yr sub and they have to be replaced after that time anyway. No idea what category it is though.

Cat 5 appears to be the highest cat. Includes driver ID via an app or separate contactless tag.

Hmm. OK then. Using a comparison site, it seems Admiral don't care about a tracker, and are only just over £100/pa more for the policy, which easily covers the subscription, but obviously saves on the cost of the tracker itself and the stress of having someone touching my car in intimate places.

I will call them tomorrow to be sure. I'm not 100% convinced about the not-needing-a-tracker.

I’m sure it will be fine - I also switched (with a little help from @alex88 ) to a policy that didn’t need one.

Good point. I should talk to @Alex88.

If you do go the tracker route we've got a Meta Trak one. Obviously haven't had to use it but it seems ok, no false alarms and the phone app allows you to see the location of the vehicle and state of the battery.

Issue is now fully moot. Admiral have covered it without a tracker *and* with Gavster as a named driver (Reis wouldn't put him on there). Reis were ~£100 cheaper but wanted a tracker, subscription for which is well over £100pa, plus buying it in the first place. Great deal from Admiral.

I'm really surprised. Reis are a motorsport specialist so I'd just assumed they'd be better for this kind of thing than a big high street name. <shrug>

And I'm now looking forward to going camping in a Ferrari

PS respect to big bro for adding me on his Fezza

Please make a food tiktok in it, casually ignoring the fact you're in a Ferrari.

Gavster wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 2:09 pm And I'm now looking forward to going camping in a Ferrari

PS respect to big bro for adding me on his Fezza

There was a Ferrari on the campsite we stayed on last week in the New Forest, it certainly gave the caravaners something to gossip about

tim wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 2:37 pm Please make a food tiktok in it, casually ignoring the fact you're in a Ferrari.

I get enough "This has tory vibes" comments already, that would totally seal it

tim wrote: Tue Jul 25, 2023 2:37 pm Please make a food tiktok in it, casually ignoring the fact you're in a Ferrari.

I'm liking this

Ha, casually parked up in front of lidl with their logo visible in the background or something

Lidl shop in a Fezza

Last time you were here we did an Aldi shop in a Bentley !