On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Jim Felder<jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, the cops can triangulate on you if they want to. It has to be on, > except for the new iPhone which has a locator feature that even works > when it's off. But who would dedicate an iPhone to be a babysitter for > a vanagon? (the people on this list, that's who). But it would work. > That is a smart idea that guy had. Those devices will be cheap and all > over the place in a few years. It will be impossible for folks to > steal a car and get away with it unless they pull it into a > lead-covered trailer and find the device before they sell the parts. > Of course then they'll have to start stealing stuff from INSIDE your > house. Or your gasoline. > > Jim
Yah I thought it was clever too. But if not a lead covered garage, just take it up in the mountains outside of cell service. ;) Neil.
-- Neil Nicholson '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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