Tracker?

CrossyN · 03-14-2018, 08:12 AM

In the ConnectedDrive app we can use locate vehicle to find where it is, does this qualify as being a "tracker" for insurance purposes? For all intents and purposes, I can track the car using GPS so should I be saying yes to the tracker question when insuring?

CrossyN · 03-14-2018, 08:20 AM

Just been doing a little Googling, apparently the general consensus is that it doesn't qualify as a tracker. Was just worth a thought.

Wills2 · 03-14-2018, 12:46 PM

I'd try not fitting one, who wants it back?

Wo-Wo · 03-15-2018, 03:14 AM

No it won't because the driver can turn it off.

Geordie Amanda · 03-16-2018, 04:41 PM

After a fairly recent update, my M135 Connected 'tracker' only works when you within around half a mile of the car. I'm told it's something to do with concerns over privacy. I don't know if it's the same on the 3 and 4 series, but I had assumed it was?

t5pilot · 03-17-2018, 07:14 AM

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Originally Posted by nCrossy1980

In the ConnectedDrive app we can use locate vehicle to find where it is, does this qualify as being a "tracker" for insurance purposes? For all intents and purposes, I can track the car using GPS so should I be saying yes to the tracker question when insuring?

No it doesn't. Only "approved " trackers count.
I have an old iPhone with a PAYG sim with its own iTunes account. Hard wired, buried deep.
Find my iPhone shows real-time location.
That way, should it go, I can be selective as to weather to share the info or use the gap insurance.

notused · 03-21-2018, 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Geordie Amanda

After a fairly recent update, my M135 Connected 'tracker' only works when you within around half a mile of the car. I'm told it's something to do with concerns over privacy. I don't know if it's the same on the 3 and 4 series, but I had assumed it was?

I often check mine is still in the airport car park when I'm abroad. Did so recently and it still works. On M3.

YMBF801989 · 03-23-2018, 06:05 AM

I'll be getting a tracker fitted on mine when it arrives. I will be using the company "Tracker".

TiggerFO · 01-27-2019, 12:46 PM

I use TrackStar and comes with a driver identifiable fob too

SO8 · 01-29-2019, 07:59 AM

All Cat 5 Trackers have a driver id fob - the issue with any make of Tracker is how well it is fitted.

Automatrics do a tracker which is not hard wired and you put it in the car - it fits using magnets if needed and can literally go anywhere. It is Cat 7 Thatcham approved and unlike Tracker UK can be moved between cars.

In fact, I am pretty sure even all the hard wired Trackers can be moved between cars except the Tracker UK one - and that one I am sure could be, but they just want you to buy another unit !!

That said, Tracker UK's units are the only one hard wired ones that uses radio wave as well as GPS/GSM. Automatrics does too but is not hard wired so not Cat 5 or 6 Thatcham.

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CrossyN Private First Class 82 Rep 176 Posts Drives: M4 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: - iTrader: (0)	Tracker? In the ConnectedDrive app we can use locate vehicle to find where it is, does this qualify as being a "tracker" for insurance purposes? For all intents and purposes, I can track the car using GPS so should I be saying yes to the tracker question when insuring?
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CrossyN Private First Class 82 Rep 176 Posts Drives: M4 Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: - iTrader: (0)	Just been doing a little Googling, apparently the general consensus is that it doesn't qualify as a tracker. Was just worth a thought.
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Wills2 Barge driver 8656 Rep 12,425 Posts Drives: 730d Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	I'd try not fitting one, who wants it back? __________________ 730d/Z4C
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Wo-Wo Captain 297 Rep 701 Posts Drives: BMW M4 Comp Coupe Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: East Mids iTrader: (0)	No it won't because the driver can turn it off. __________________ Wo-Wo Detailing Accessories www.wo-wo.co.uk
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Geordie Amanda George Clooney Stalker 26 Rep 38 Posts Drives: M4 DCT with a bag of Haribo Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Manchester iTrader: (0)	After a fairly recent update, my M135 Connected 'tracker' only works when you within around half a mile of the car. I'm told it's something to do with concerns over privacy. I don't know if it's the same on the 3 and 4 series, but I had assumed it was?
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03-23-2018, 06:05 AM	#8
YMBF801989 Private 18 Rep 87 Posts Drives: 2018 F80 M3 YMB/Silverstone Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Europe iTrader: (0)	I'll be getting a tracker fitted on mine when it arrives. I will be using the company "Tracker".
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TiggerFO Private First Class 132 Rep 106 Posts Drives: F82 Individual Join Date: Jan 2019 Location: London iTrader: (1)	I use TrackStar and comes with a driver identifiable fob too
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01-29-2019, 07:59 AM	#10
SO8 Major 243 Rep 1,205 Posts Drives: BMW G42 M240i xdrive Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Earth iTrader: (0)	All Cat 5 Trackers have a driver id fob - the issue with any make of Tracker is how well it is fitted. Automatrics do a tracker which is not hard wired and you put it in the car - it fits using magnets if needed and can literally go anywhere. It is Cat 7 Thatcham approved and unlike Tracker UK can be moved between cars. In fact, I am pretty sure even all the hard wired Trackers can be moved between cars except the Tracker UK one - and that one I am sure could be, but they just want you to buy another unit !! That said, Tracker UK's units are the only one hard wired ones that uses radio wave as well as GPS/GSM. Automatrics does too but is not hard wired so not Cat 5 or 6 Thatcham.
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