as it happens... You CAN do this. http://www.instamapper.com/diy.html

I'd suggest starting there. There are a LOT more in-depth things you can do... I have something similar hidden in my car, I can pull it up while I'm in the mall on my smartphone and view where my car is in the parking lot on google maps.


You may not like the idea, but head over to team-integra.net. Older integras are prone to getting stolen, so there is a LOT of good antitheft info on that site.

Battery cut-offs, fuel cut-offs, multilayer alarm install diy's... There's a guy who has it set up so that he gets a text every time his car alarm goes off or his car moves. Those guys know their ****.

 

1) Car alarm with pager feature. 2) Desert Eagle. 3) License to carry.

 

Bedder

 

I used to park in a bad part of city couple of years ago.
My theft deterrent was a homeless guy that watched my car for 5 hours a day for 40oz.

 

Are you serious or was that a joke?

 

My car was a pretty decent target at my last apartment. It was flour bombed, egged, and successfully broken into once. Thankfully they just used a coat hanger and slid the lock on the door and didn't damage the car. I also have my factory alarm set to go off instantly when anything is opened. They took off and my car was left alone after that. But it made me increase my security on my car.

IMO, car alarms don't do anything. When was the last time you heard a car alarm going off and DIDN'T think "If that f'er doesn't turn that thing off...". People are so used to them nowadays that they just ignore them.

So my 'security' is very simple, but, I think, very effective. I changed the factory alarm to go off instantly if any door / hatch is opened. The instructions for that is in the owners manual. I installed a hidden kill switch that disables the ignition system. This way even if they do break the column and try to hot wire it, the car still won't start. I also removed the slide locks and the bars they attach to inside the door. Now the only way to open the (locked) door is to unlock it with my remote, or my key. If someone tries to coat hanger it again, there's no slide lock to hit, and the buttons don't work when it's armed. If they decide to break a window to get in, they'll have to climb their happy *** through that broken window to get in. And even then it still won't start if the kill switch is armed. I'm thinking by that time they're probably gonna give up and walk away. So at worst all I have to deal with is a broken window.

 

No, I'm very serious. The only parking near my college was close to the projects. This hobo always hung out there and complimented me on my car (made me paranoid first), but somehow It came into negotiation he 'd watch my car for liquor. So I'd give him an Old E on days I went to school. LOL

I agree, only times other people paid attention to car alarms was in late 80s and early 90s when the first came out on high end cars.
I liked your approach to the whole subject.
Any security: an alarm (pretheft) or gps tracking by on star (post theft) are best at slowing down thief.

 

Geo-fencing is the concept this device follows.