Z Thievery

[Deepseaskateboard]

Omg It works on mine too!!

Amazing!

Thats one hidden feature I had no idea about!
Thanks for the tip

Presumably it works when the phone de-pairs and tags it on the map?

[obewan]

Omg It works on mine too!!

Presumably it works when the phone de-pairs and tags it on the map?

I don't think that will work - I had a hire car recently so paired my phone to that - it dumped the Zed and tracked the hire car
On return I re-paired to the Zed and Maps picked it up again

[Deepseaskateboard]

Ah ok.

No idea how it works then, but it is something I didnt know about!

[obewan]

Ah ok.

No idea how it works then, but it is something I didnt know about!

Thinking about it, you could be correct. it may be the last de-tag position to the last paired phone
I'll try driving it down the road and leaving the phone at home

I think the feature is more about remembering where you parked it!

[obewan]

Sorry to mislead - it's the last disconnect position
No magic involved
Just drove it down the road (left phone at home) Maps still shows the car on the drive

[Deepseaskateboard]

Yeah, this is what I thought!

I wouldnt expect it to update the location, as cars without online services would have no way to connect.

My tracker idea is similar to this, using an iphone 5C, for around £60 on ebay / CEX etc and connecting it to a 20000mah battery pack and leaving it in the car.
Since the phone is on standby, it should last over a month in this configuration.

Obvs it would need charging every month...

Its position would be traced via find my iphone.

I think the entire thing can be done for less than £100

A project for next month anyway when I am paid!!

[obewan]

What about this - similar but cheaper maybe?
https://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Blog/ ... p/19908894

[eff1guy]

Yes I stick a Dislok on mine at night, help me sleep better

+1 for the Disklok We have 2 diskloks for the 3 vehicles Zed is always locked in the garage, 2 outside have diskloks on, when we go out in the Zed, one of the other cars goes in the garage and the disklok is transferred to the Zed. Bit of a nightmare all the swapping round etc but we had a break in at home not long ago and spare keys were taken (not the Zed's luckily as I didn't have it then).

[ric19]

Yeah I agree its a bit of a faff, but it only takes a minute and I have got a case that is velcroed to the boot to stop it sliding around, I go walking in Derbyshire a lot and am always comforted that the car is more than likely going to be there when i get back

[MACK]

I think I'm right in saying that BMW can track stolen cars if they have the SOS Button/feature fitted. I'm sure I've seen on a few forums cars have been recovered by the police this way.

[Deepseaskateboard]

What about this - similar but cheaper maybe?
https://community.giffgaff.com/t5/Blog/ ... p/19908894

Yeah, this is a lot cheaper.

I know nothing about wiring or car electronics, so I am more comfortable with the old iphone method, plus I know the technology is pretty reliable.

Ill def read more on it tho.

[TitanTim]

Good thing with Z4s is the thief usually forgets to bring a brown paper bag with them so fairly safe in nickable stakes, I imagine it would just be opportunists. The M135i/235is have suffered a little the past few years as they're compact, fast with 4 seats for friends.

Tim.