Thanks both. Yes already have a steering wheel lock. Probably won’t go for a tracker unless the insurer insists. Actually, it’s very easy to repurpose an old iPhone as a tracker using the ‘Find my friends’ function. Plug it in, hide it away, and forget it.
Does it need to have life in the battery?
It would if you wired it to a switched supply I guess, but if wired to an always on supply I guess not?
Thanks for that, LV looks good value.
Check the small print that you are actually covered for " camping accidents " such as a fire when cooking, electrical fire from leisure electrics, roof damage when roof up or damage to awning when being used. Many cheaper insurance quotes just insure agains " normal " car accidents . This is not the case with specialist Leisure Vehicle insurers who are often more expensive.
Good advice, thanks. Will check out a few but from various other posts I was thinking I’d probably go with the Caravan & Motorhome Club.
Great, enjoy your new toy. Have you bought any additional goodies for it yet?
Ha.
I've owned three Calis to date. I paid £500+ to have each of the first two vans fitted with monitored Vodaphone Cobra track Plus trackers and then paid annual premiums of about £145 on top. I found the service from Vodaphone was poor. No renewal reminder send year after year and when contacted they didn't have a clue! The insurance said that having this tracker didn't make any difference to my premium.
Just read the Policy Document and basically the only difference is an increase from £300 to £1000 for personal possessions on the Camper/Motorhome policy. Can't leave roof up on Campsite if vehicle unattended and no mention of damage to roof, awning due to any cause related to camping etc; nor any camping extras such as Driveway Awnings.
You can jam a Tracker electronically.
Your plan assumes that the police have the equipment, resources and the will to play ball. The Police have to prioritise the incidents that they respond to and I suspect vehicle theft isn't near the top of their list. You may be lucky but often their resources are spread out so thinly dealing with other more pressing issues that by the time they respond, your Cali would be in a container and half way to who knows where.
Interesting summary. I won’t get one unless the insurance company insisted. What I am planning to do though is to repurpose an old iPhone I have. Hide it in the van somewhere with a permanent connection. It has a PAYG SIM card in it loaded with £25 but that should last a long time because the phone will not make calls or send texts. Using our other phones we’ll use the Apple ‘find my friends’ function to track the vehicle if stolen (or find it if we forget where we’ve parked
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I considered doing that, but in the end, I sold the old phone on Fleabay and used the cash to buy a Back2You dedicated tracker.Interesting summary. I won’t get one unless the insurance company insisted. What I am planning to do though is to repurpose an old iPhone I have. Hide it in the van somewhere with a permanent connection. It has a PAYG SIM card in it loaded with £25 but that should last a long time because the phone will not make calls or send texts. Using our other phones we’ll use the Apple ‘find my friends’ function to track the vehicle if stolen (or find it if we forget where we’ve parked
When you use the WeConnect app on your phone it shows you where you have parked.or find it if we forget where we’ve parked
Ah yes. Forgot thatWhen you use the WeConnect app on your phone it shows you where you have parked.
Hope it covers my needs as I have been with LV for years.
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