FITTING A SCORPION ALARM AND IMOBILISER

[john newby]

BMW X5 50E TAKING DELIVERY NEXT MONTH I NEED TO FIT A TRACKER AND IMOBILISER WOULD THIS EFFECT WARRANTY, IS THE SCORPION THE BEST OR IS THERE ANYTHING BETTER ON THE MARKET

 

REGARDS JRN

[Greydog]

Morning John

Welcome to the Forum

My Insurers insisted on a Tracker being fitted when I brought the E53 4.6is 2003 I used their recommended supplier and it didn't cause any Warranty issues with BMW.

Dave

[X5smw]

I have one of those cheap Chinese things with a free SIM card in it and it’s great for tracking the car. 
it’s not insurance approved but it records speed and stuff. I can set it up so I can kill the fuel pumps if it moves outside of a boundary when armed… all sorts of parameters can be set to alert me.

i always had thatcham approved trackers etc fitted in my cars, but I have never had to use them for theft. 
 

[DDONNY]

Greydog. I posted about 41 minutes ago at "BMW 318i boot locked can't get into". It was the only post that I could find that was remotely close to my post. 

[DDONNY]

Oh. I forgot to mention that I have the State Farm "Beacon", Drive Safe & Save. Is it possible that the Beacon could shut down my '92 BMW 325i?

Are there any other posts that deal with BMW shutting down a near perfect car that doesn't belong to them?

[Greydog]

Morning Donald

I have never heard the "State Farm Beacon Drive Safe and Save" to me it sounds like an Insurance backed system to monitor use and charge accordingly. In which case it could very well be the cause of issues and is nothing to do with BMW as far as I know.

Dave

[DDONNY]

It is something that the owner of the cars can have $ removed from high insurance premiums. The APP lets the driver how well they are doing: How many miles, what the route is, Braking, Acceleration, Speed, Cornering, Phone distraction.

[DDONNY]

This Blue '92 is a sport car and acts more like a mustang than Its rider. Around here in the Atlanta area, A driver has to stop quickly and has to know when to get into the crowd, and away from the crazies. Also, the roads here are winding and up and down. It's not like Kansas, where roads are north and south and east and west, and one can see miles ahead and behind. Sooo, I'm not sure that they are treated the same way by the APP. (Maybe State Farm will read this).

[Greydog]

Morning Donald

I think you need to read very carefully just what your agreement/policy with Beacon says. Personally I don't need or want an algorithm in an Insurance suppliers computer deciding how and where I can drive. It quite probably decided you were to close to an allocated limit and shut down to prevent you exceeding it ???

Dave