If It Is The Least Consolation...

silversand wrote:

A gps tracker and anti hijack device is looking cheaper all the time

....sorry to tell you, but I read on the Internet that: any TSCM (either contractor, independent or other) can locate, and shut down ANY hidden miniature GPS device (or, bug) hidden in any vehicle very quickly. I speculate that IF the Mexican car theft industry (thousands of vehicles per day) is as big as we read about in the "media", "they" probably readily have this countermeasures technology...and probably utilize it within minutes (or hours) of the vehicle theft = no effective tracking possible /?/

That is assuming they know it has one and something tells me they are not going to hang around long trying to renable it. Most of these guys are common criminals and opportunists. Most will abandon the vehicle rather than sit around only 3 or 4 min away from where it was stolen. I still think a combo of GPS and anti hijack is a good investment. I lean to the one made in South Africa where hijackings are very common. I doubt they would still be in business if they were that easy to disable. As far as the gps tracker is concerned, the key is to hide it where it cannot be founnd unless they are actually searching for it. To me the obvious spot is in the plastic housing of one of my side mirrors. They would have to disassmble that to know its there.

BTW if you do not dissable the anti hijack device, the only way to restart the vehicle is with a code of rapid ignition on & offs. Normally you get some warning signals to diaable it before it kills the engine. In my mind, for Mexico, it is best to disable those signals so they think there is just a problem with the truck.