Car Shows: Very Cool Idea!
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Jun 15, 2018 06:17AM | thebluepotato | Edited: Jun 15, 2018 06:18AM |
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Jun 14, 2018 02:37AM | SCUM | |
Jun 13, 2018 05:54PM | Rosebud | Edited: Jun 13, 2018 06:00PM |
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New technology/too much information......
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There's no ON/OFF switch on the transmitter, the battery lasts 4 years and it just sits in the glovebox. Its range is about 150 feet, so as you go up and down an isle of cars, more cars come into view on your phone. The information on each car that gets displayed is from Gas Geek's website and you can include as much or as little info as you wish, including pics & video and a link to your car's own website if you should have one. Mine's linked to Poser MotorSports.
He gave me a free transmitter that's linked to my car and a t-shirt. The shirt has a QC code on the sleeve that's also linked to my car, so you don't even need to use the app. Just snap a pic of the QC code and there you are! This is the Gas Geek link to 'Rosebud.' [link]
There's a couple of big car shows in town this summer w/ 1000+ cars. I hope a significant number of them have this gizmo onboard. Should be fun.
BUT - You can do the same thing with a printed QR code (there area TON of free QR apps available) on your window or even an @tag for directing people online via their mobile device to see more about your car (i.e. Instagram). This way, you can control what is seen, shown and not be a part of a larger monitization effort by the fruits of your labor.
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Hmm… maybe I’m missing something. So a car thief who has the Gas Geek app on his phone and is within 150’ of my car which is in plain view, can see technical information about my car on a website who’s URL I freely display on my business card?
Or perhaps the car thief could randomly cruise my neighborhood, locate my car using the Gas Geek app and discover my car, again in plain view parked in the driveway?
Maybe the thief could drive down the freeway until he receives a Gas Geek signal coming from my car and then follow me home, club me on the head and steal it? Da*n that Gas Geek app!
I had an uncle who kept his credit cards in his wallet wrapped in aluminum foil to prevent someone from stealing his credit info from space. Just sayin’…
So I wouldn't want to make it easy for strangers to know about my car(s). It's already known that thieves can scan for, interrogate and decode the locking key fobs for many modern keyless entry cars. At least my old British cars don't have that weakness, but adding a gadget like this, that can't be turned off, is the worst of both worlds. Advertise its presence, and then they can be stolen easily via numerous old fashioned techniques if they wait for me to park it outside for some reason (or even break in if they think the car is worth it.)
No on/off button seems like asking for trouble. If you can take the battery out readily, that's no big deal though. I can see that for something they give away, they'd want to keep the production costs as low as possible and skip an on-off switch.
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Hmm… maybe I’m missing something. So a car thief who has the Gas Geek app on his phone and is within 150’ of my car which is in plain view, can see technical information about my car on a website who’s URL I freely display on my business card?
Or perhaps the car thief could randomly cruise my neighborhood, locate my car using the Gas Geek app and discover my car, again in plain view parked in the driveway?
Maybe the thief could drive down the freeway until he receives a Gas Geek signal coming from my car and then follow me home, club me on the head and steal it? Da*n that Gas Geek app!
I had an uncle who kept his credit cards in his wallet wrapped in aluminum foil to prevent someone from stealing his credit info from space. Just sayin’…
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Also Michael, I must say that I absolutely love your car and the tasteful upgrades you've done to it. Can't think of a nicer car to drive up to Cold Springs Tavern or cruise the beach in!
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New technology/too much information......
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New technology/too much information......
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There's no ON/OFF switch on the transmitter, the battery lasts 4 years and it just sits in the glovebox. Its range is about 150 feet, so as you go up and down an isle of cars, more cars come into view on your phone. The information on each car that gets displayed is from Gas Geek's website and you can include as much or as little info as you wish, including pics & video and a link to your car's own website if you should have one. Mine's linked to Poser MotorSports.
He gave me a free transmitter that's linked to my car and a t-shirt. The shirt has a QC code on the sleeve that's also linked to my car, so you don't even need to use the app. Just snap a pic of the QC code and there you are! This is the Gas Geek link to 'Rosebud.' [link]
There's a couple of big car shows in town this summer w/ 1000+ cars. I hope a significant number of them have this gizmo onboard. Should be fun.