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[Kevin Wood]

if i'd have seen this a few weeks ago it might have saved me
£1400  

'kinell!  

Kevin

[zippo]

if i'd have seen this a few weeks ago it might have saved me
£1400  

'kinell!  

Kevin

i said something similar to that ( but that was the cheapest quote)

[waspy]

Piece of Tin Foil over the GPS antenna then! for cheaper monthly payments?

 

[waspy]

if i'd have seen this a few weeks ago it might have saved me
£1400  

Ouch, that hurts  

I only pay just a tad over £290.00 for fully comp with limited miles of no more than 5000 a year  

[albitz]

owletman, big brother is................bribing you.........thin end of the wedge

[theowletman]

owletman, big brother is................bribing you.........thin end of the wedge

I'd never heard of this scheme until a newly passed driver bought a car off me and mentioned it, she was 18 and bought a 51 Corsa, if she sticks to the mileage and off peak use she will pay about £567 a year. not bad. My own quote was £178, but I take the car to Spain at least once a year and they couldn't be accurate about the cost of that. Sticking wih esure until October, £277 F.Comp.Might help younger drivers as long as they leave Halfords car park before 10pm.

[albitz]

yeah i can see the benifits,especially for young drivers,its just that being an old cynic i do worry where it will lead in the long term.ie the politicians would love to get hold of it.they could know where we all are all the time,fit speed limiters and god knows what else

[Kevin Wood]

You can guarantee that the first thing they'll do if you have an accident is look at the data.... One hopes that they wouldn't put too much weight on  a very limited view of what was going on.

Can they track the car if it's reported stolen?

Kevin

[theowletman]

Not sure Kevin, the RAC fit it in 30 mins, presumably it will have a system which will tell NU if it has been disconnected, bit like a tag on a villain, don't know how it will react if the car battery goes flat. I agree it is probably a step towards Big Brother, but with cameras countrywide and ANPR in the few plod mobiles that are still left we are nearly there anyway. Can't decide if it is good or bad thing, it helped track the movements of the crims after the WPC was shot at the Bradford travel agents, it is used covertly against terrorism and if it helps solve serious crime so be it, it should not be used for petty things though, but then again nothing seems petty about car offences. I am a floating voter on this issue.

[Kevin Wood]

Yeah, me too. I guess it has a GPS and a GSM link to the outside world. If they became commonplace it would deter a lot of car crime, I guess, so some good could come out of it. :-/

Kevin