The XW

[defective]

Jeez, that's a fail list much newer cars only dream about.

[Road_Warrior]

Jeez, that's a fail list much newer cars only dream about.

Yeah its kind of like first world problems. A few other things the examiner said:

Reckons the bonnet is a genuine GT bonnet because of the neatness of the cutouts;
The gauges are wrong/aftermarket crud; and
It drives well despite the fact it has been slammed.

[prydey]

So they take the car for a drive over there? Here in sa, they basically check its not stolen, put a light meter on the windows and sign it off. I had a eb falcon failed for tint and ride height but they only check hub to guard specs, not ground clearance.

Sa - anything goes here. Drive around over here for a day and it's a very good advert for having yearly inspections.

Nice car by the way. Not sure I could own one but they will always turn heads!

[FTe217]

Good news RW, easy to get those issues resolved.

[Road_Warrior]

So they take the car for a drive over there? Here in sa, they basically check its not stolen, put a light meter on the windows and sign it off. I had a eb falcon failed for tint and ride height but they only check hub to guard specs, not ground clearance.

Sa - anything goes here. Drive around over here for a day and it's a very good advert for having yearly inspections.

Nice car by the way. Not sure I could own one but they will always turn heads!

Yep, they drive it after putting it up on a hoist to inspect the undercarriage. Sometimes I wish they had annual inspection here too with some of the buckets of shit getting around.

[Road_Warrior]

One of the things that was on the agenda long before I made the decision to go with this car, was a tracking system.

I looked up all sorts of GPS-based tracking systems that were usually boxes that needed to be wired into the car. Some of them can support remote disablement etc.

But then I figured, in all this smartphone age of awesomeness, why can't I find an app for that?

There is an app for that - and because I have an "old" smartphone lying around doing nothing, I decided to download an app made by https://corvusgps.com which allows me to log in from a pc or smartphone anywhere and track the vehicle.

I'm still getting the hang of the settings and so forth, and I have only just picked up a cheap data-only sim card today to allow me to use it, but with basic testing at home it showed I can track my car to within 5 metres and when the car is on the move, uploads data packets every 10 seconds or something.

Another tinkering job for the weekend!

[Bluestuff1]

please keep me up to date on this,
it sounds interesting, but does it use iPhones ..?

[Road_Warrior]

please keep me up to date on this,
it sounds interesting, but does it use iPhones ..?

I'll post over the weekend when I do the install. Don't know about iPhones, perhaps check the link above and see if iPhone is supported?

[defective]

So all good until your phone goes flat?

[Road_Warrior]

So all good until your phone goes flat?

I'll run power from a hot wire under the dash somewhere to a USB/cigarette socket adaptor.