Cheap Vehicle Tracking

Any salesman worth his salt when approached by a prospective client asking for a cheap vehicle tracking system should automatically counter with, "But sir, didn't you know that cheap actually means expensive in the long term".

This is not only good salesmanship; the statement does represent good common sense. However it doesn't mean that there aren't cheap vehicle tracking systems on the market, or even inexpensive as we would prefer to call them, that don't do a good job. Some of these vehicle tracking systems can actually be pretty effective in the right application. As long as you remember that you only get what you pay for!

A good but inexpensive tracking device will probably be pretty small. This does not detract from its power, it more evidences its portability. They can be suitable for cars, however their ideal application are motor bikes or small dinghies, as long as they are water proofed. Usually magnetic, and not designed or built for permanent application, they can be placed anywhere in the vehicle, and therefore can be easily removed. The appliance is usually only removed when the car, motorbike or whatever appliance is sold and then it is transferred to the replacement.

What keeps the cost of these cheap vehicle tracking devices down is their simplicity, and that also would describe their functional ability. These systems will always be off line and their maximum capability is to send a signal stating their current position. Not where it is going has come from, and how fast (or slow) it traveled on the way.

Any discerning person, who is prepared to invest many tens of thousands of dollars in a top or the range car, with every conceivable digital extra, will probably not think twice about investing the extra few hundred dollars to install the latest state of the art GPA powered vehicle tracking system in their new car.

They will have long since learned the words of the salesman who said "Cheap is dear!" In fact, one of them might be the salesman themselves, investing some of the money that they earned selling GPS systems on a new car. They will be installing the latest real time active vehicle tracking systems that the less expensive systems do not come anywhere close to offering.

The features that these systems include will run as follows:

  • A system that will alert the owner when the vehicle when the vehicle has been stolen and can immobilize the vehicle and lock the thieves inside.
  • A system that will indicate if the car is been driven too fast, and which rout its following.
  • A system that will alert the owner when someone else is driving the car and it remains in the same position for too long. It will also advise the owner of the vehicle's exact position. If it outside a casino in Las Vegas or your best friend's wives house. This feature has also proved to be a life saver where people have veered of the road, and are trapped inside the vehicle.
  • A system that will allow the installation of an onboard mapping system that will allow the driver with a shaky sense of direction to plan journeys and receive constant updates in real time.

These are the reasons why if you are considering installing a vehicle tracking system, especially to a private car. The savings that can and will be earned by reduced fuel and insurance cost as well as the security aspects of being traceable on line 24/7 will prove the salesman's point, "Cheap can sometimes be good, but usually works out to be expensive."