Theft deterrents and recovery systems - ZR-1 Net Registry Forums

evl_twn · 03-02-2007

Sorry if this has been covered before, but I just searched for Lojack and didn't find anything. I just wonder if it would be worth the $$$ to get a Lojack for the Z. Mine has been in the family since new. I don't want a f&*#ing thief taking it in the first place, but if it gets stolen I'd rather get it back before it gets chopped. Sure, insurance will give you money, but the car means more to me than the dollar value.

As far as deterrents, I've been thinking about getting some sort of safe or lock box to keep keys in also. I've got the Z, and quite a few motorcycles in the garage, and if someone did break in the house it would be harder for them to get the keys if they were locked up. Preferably something bolted down, or otherwise permanently mounted so they can't just take the whole thing and crack it open later at their leisure. Any recommendations?

I'd also like to have a system that would catch the thief in progress so I could torture them later, but I don't think those are available.

tomtom72 · 03-03-2007

http://www.LoJack.com

I asked my Ins. carrier, Travelers, about one when I bought my Z and they said, "if you want to get it okay, if you don't get it that's okay also...your car has a VATS system so we don't require two systems."

I'm still up in the air about doing the LoJack...I guess I don't trust anyone poking around with my electrical system. It seems other people have had trouble with aftermarket alarms and I don't want to join that club. I asked the local LoJack dealer if I could do a self install and the answer was NO. However I'm in the NYC/Metro suburbs and they went on about how they work on cars that cost.....well you know what they said. "What's the big deal, it isn't a complicated install and we will not mess up your electrical system." They do mostly new cars and not many vettes they told me.

I don't have anything except for my Z so I have the keys. If I'm not home the keys are with me and the tags are in the pizza box and the extra keys are in my tool box which is at the car's storage garage. I live in an apt. though so it's a bit different from a house. If I lived in my own house I would proly get a bolt down, fire proof strong box for all those important things and anchor it in concrete in the garage floor or in a mechanical room in the basement slab. The thing is that all the single family homes in this neck o the woods have alarm systems from one of the biggies so big brother is always watching. In the small town where my parents live, Eastchester, NY, in the burbs, the response time is less than 4 mins after the alarm has been tripped and no one answers your phone...so figure that's a 8 - 10 min total elapsed time from break in till the PD shows up at your house. These are just my thoughts on the subject. The local PD says that with the advent of alarm systems being common the break in rate has fallen dramatically. Easier pickens elsewhere I guess. I know that when my pop's system was installed they put the old fashioned foil tape on the garage windows as an "advertizement" more than it was the "switch" for garage intrusion, there was another sensor array for that, it tied in to the opener remote and the key pad.

Oh, about the thief & catching them....dogs don't work too well...the one break in we had before the alarm install back in the late 70's....they decoyed the dogs to the basement via one of the basement windows and went in thru the kitchen slider and closed the basement door after them. Pretty slick. Since then there have been about 10 attempts....alarm tripped, siren goes off, theifs leave, PD shows up...it gets old but like the PD said after a while the word about the alarms got out and it's been quiet since the middle 80's.

Tom

GrayZ · 03-03-2007

Another thought...i have a battery easy diconnect installed on my car,
so if you open the hood for any length of time..(car show) or
just want to sit an admire the LT5 for a few hours...**grin**

It shuts down all power...and everytime I park my car in public...for any
length of time...i use it...just my .02 cents..(ya gotta reconnect by opening the hood (clam shell)

oh...and i have one of these...lurking...and when she's on duty..
stay away from the car with the big wide booty.

V

03-02-2007	#1
evl_twn Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Tennessee Posts: 116	Theft deterrents and recovery systems Sorry if this has been covered before, but I just searched for Lojack and didn't find anything. I just wonder if it would be worth the $$$ to get a Lojack for the Z. Mine has been in the family since new. I don't want a f&*#ing thief taking it in the first place, but if it gets stolen I'd rather get it back before it gets chopped. Sure, insurance will give you money, but the car means more to me than the dollar value. As far as deterrents, I've been thinking about getting some sort of safe or lock box to keep keys in also. I've got the Z, and quite a few motorcycles in the garage, and if someone did break in the house it would be harder for them to get the keys if they were locked up. Preferably something bolted down, or otherwise permanently mounted so they can't just take the whole thing and crack it open later at their leisure. Any recommendations? I'd also like to have a system that would catch the thief in progress so I could torture them later, but I don't think those are available.

03-03-2007	#2
tomtom72 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Jacksonville, FL USA Posts: 4,637	Re: Theft deterrents and recovery systems http://www.LoJack.com I asked my Ins. carrier, Travelers, about one when I bought my Z and they said, "if you want to get it okay, if you don't get it that's okay also...your car has a VATS system so we don't require two systems." I'm still up in the air about doing the LoJack...I guess I don't trust anyone poking around with my electrical system. It seems other people have had trouble with aftermarket alarms and I don't want to join that club. I asked the local LoJack dealer if I could do a self install and the answer was NO. However I'm in the NYC/Metro suburbs and they went on about how they work on cars that cost.....well you know what they said. "What's the big deal, it isn't a complicated install and we will not mess up your electrical system." They do mostly new cars and not many vettes they told me. I don't have anything except for my Z so I have the keys. If I'm not home the keys are with me and the tags are in the pizza box and the extra keys are in my tool box which is at the car's storage garage. I live in an apt. though so it's a bit different from a house. If I lived in my own house I would proly get a bolt down, fire proof strong box for all those important things and anchor it in concrete in the garage floor or in a mechanical room in the basement slab. The thing is that all the single family homes in this neck o the woods have alarm systems from one of the biggies so big brother is always watching. In the small town where my parents live, Eastchester, NY, in the burbs, the response time is less than 4 mins after the alarm has been tripped and no one answers your phone...so figure that's a 8 - 10 min total elapsed time from break in till the PD shows up at your house. These are just my thoughts on the subject. The local PD says that with the advent of alarm systems being common the break in rate has fallen dramatically. Easier pickens elsewhere I guess. I know that when my pop's system was installed they put the old fashioned foil tape on the garage windows as an "advertizement" more than it was the "switch" for garage intrusion, there was another sensor array for that, it tied in to the opener remote and the key pad. Oh, about the thief & catching them....dogs don't work too well...the one break in we had before the alarm install back in the late 70's....they decoyed the dogs to the basement via one of the basement windows and went in thru the kitchen slider and closed the basement door after them. Pretty slick. Since then there have been about 10 attempts....alarm tripped, siren goes off, theifs leave, PD shows up...it gets old but like the PD said after a while the word about the alarms got out and it's been quiet since the middle 80's. Tom __________________ 1990 ZR-1, Black/grey, #2233, stock. ZR-1 Net Reg Founding Member #316 & NCM member

03-03-2007	#3
GrayZ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Innsbrook, Missouri Posts: 1,727	Re: Theft deterrents and recovery systems Another thought...i have a battery easy diconnect installed on my car, so if you open the hood for any length of time..(car show) or just want to sit an admire the LT5 for a few hours...grin It shuts down all power...and everytime I park my car in public...for any length of time...i use it...just my .02 cents..(ya gotta reconnect by opening the hood (clam shell) oh...and i have one of these...lurking...and when she's on duty.. stay away from the car with the big wide booty. V Last edited by GrayZ; 03-03-2007 at 10:45 AM.