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by User23 1296 days ago
Yes but will your local police care?
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My bro had his car stolen with this feature.

The cops waited at the Walmart until the thief got out and had my bro on the phone lock him out remotely.

Car stolen at 6:00, back by noon.

Did the cops actually arrest the thief, or close the case after your bro got his car back?
Arrest and release, but that is expected in Minneapolis.
My new car got stolen earlier this year and the built-in GPS is the reason I got it back.

Police in my case took it super seriously and recovered the car even though it was on private property and the GPS signal was 400 yards off of the actual location.

I called at 10 am and had the car back by 1 pm.

Is it now a dirty title?
Not as far as I know. I didn't file an insurance report and nothing shows up on Carfax about it.
Glad to hear it! Cheers.
No, I know from personal experience