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Anyone install a GPS Tracker on their speedy?

S Steve56
MUSBJIM wrote back in 2007:

" I have not heard of any Speedys that had been stolen. No history on the SAMBA for any stolen Speedys (Bugs, Buses, Ghias, 911s, Dune buggies, etc - but no Speedsters).

Rather than alarms or other preventative measures, just hide a GPS tracker on it. If your car ever gets stolen, round up your biggest baddest friends and trace the GPS to the dicks who stole the car, then beat the holy f**k outta them."

Sounds like a reasonable way to retrieve a vehicle to me.... These cars seem very simple to steal if someone was of the mind to do it. I see on the internet you can buy one for $150-$175 with no monthly service charge, just pay $5 to activate it for a 24 hour period only when you need it. I do have a kill switch but those too seem pretty easy to defeat.
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S Steve56
MUSBJIM wrote back in 2007:

" I have not heard of any Speedys that had been stolen. No history on the SAMBA for any stolen Speedys (Bugs, Buses, Ghias, 911s, Dune buggies, etc - but no Speedsters).

Rather than alarms or other preventative measures, just hide a GPS tracker on it. If your car ever gets stolen, round up your biggest baddest friends and trace the GPS to the dicks who stole the car, then beat the holy f**k outta them."

Sounds like a reasonable way to retrieve a vehicle to me.... These cars seem very simple to steal if someone was of the mind to do it. I see on the internet you can buy one for $150-$175 with no monthly service charge, just pay $5 to activate it for a 24 hour period only when you need it. I do have a kill switch but those too seem pretty easy to defeat.
Gordon NicholsGordon NicholsMassachusetts 1993 CMC Supporting Member
One can wonder, though, about the three speedsters which were stolen from Vintage Speedsters a few years back and NOBODY has seen anything of them since (not that we were actively out there looking for them, or had specific VIN numbers to check on or anything).

My guess is that they ended up in Asia or Europe, where they would be virtually untraceable, anyway, but what the hell do I know?

I agree with "Warm Jim" there in Fiji.....These cars are very unique and none of us have heard about any individual lost vehicles in the past 7 - 8 years. The best deterrent I can think of is a kill switch hidden somewhere, or a hidden gas shut-off, or both.

Or, maybe.....The Trunk Monkey?
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