Better than stock security?
 

I am sure the stock security system is great on our Porsche, but does anyone have any suggestions of video recording systems or anything else to help protect against vandalism of our pcars?

keep one of these next to your driver seat.. and i've also got a machete from harbor freight sitting under my seat in my BMW
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The public place where the vehicle will be parked allows no weapons, of any kind.

Alright another idea, keep a 20ft python in the car. lol

Just a pet lol!

If the rednecks are really that bad at your school get a box and get a beater to drive to school. Then steal their girlfriends in the box later that evening.

Try a Trunk Monkey......

Rednecks are no issue, johnny boy is just upset with the way the insurance settlement ended up. Can i press charges on the quote "i wont be happy till those big ole jeep tires lie on your hood"

Here's an idea: Google 'in car video surveillance.'

Sounds like that kid who hit you isn't gonna be too happy you get yourself another porsche lol.

Particularly when its a nicer Porsche haha.

On a serious note though, you can check out Clifford alarm systems. I know they offer a proximity sensor with some of their alarms.

I am liking the viper systems, does anyone have experience with these?

Please, nobody is going to try to steal an old box. There is absolutely no way you can Hotwire it. So someone is going to flat bed it and part it out? These arent Hondas that you can sell the parts for a profit. And if that's your concern, Get a LoJack. But it's a waste of money, IMHO.

I never lock my car. If some crack head wants to get in and steal my change and multi tool, let them have it. If I lock it, they may try cut the top open to get inside, which will cost $2k to replace.

It is more of vandalism protection.

An alarm system will never protect it from vandalism.

The damage will already have been done, and an alarm will do jack squat to protect it from that.

This appears to be the Ultimate Weapon of All Time. It begins as a club/mace...but has a power switch which I can only assume is for the Lightsaber option. YES!!!!!! WIN!!!!

lol. it actually has a stun gun built into it

You can't protect your car from vandalism. If you want to capture footage of the vandalism being done, I again suggest you Google "in car video surveillance." There are systems available. Here's one example: brickhousesecurity.com

Those seem appealing and like they would be good for uploading porsche video as well, I am just worried that that only protects from the front and inside, more protection for on the road than when Parked.

Outside the house I have a "robot light" with camera built in .
At work there is CCTV .
Most parking lots and places I might visit have CCTV .
But tbh life's too short to worry about stuff like this .

I had a Clifford with proximity on a 964 I owned back in England .
I had it turned off about a week after the nieghbours little kids found out about " the car that makes funny noises" :rolleyes:
:D

Your only reliable protection is don't drive it to school. You don't want to catch him vandalizing your new Boxster, you want to prevent him from being able to do it! Security won't do that.
School must be nearly out for summer vacation anyway. Are you still a Junior? If so, I like the drive-a-beater-to-school idea.

This would make a good movie ;).

Out for summer today, sophomore now junior next year.

I wouldn't mind having some sort of dashcam/catch the $%^ that put a big door ding in my FJ a while back. But then I price them and never get around to it....

Jake, what you need is video surveillance. There are tons of dash cams out there, just do some research and pick one.

You can go all out on some expensive system, or do what I did; $20 cheapo dash cams from HK. One points forward, one backward.
I don't drive the 986 to campus much, but when I do, the cameras are always rolling. The units I purchased have night vision, motion detect, still shots, 1080 HD video and tons of advanced functions like loop recording.

I like to think that the sight of cameras themselves are a deterrent, but who knows. I do know this; I haven't had a single problem since I started using them and I used to get little door dings and scratches all the time ;)

Below is a link to the cam that I purchased.
I'm sure there are better options out there for the price, but I didn't feel like searching through thousands of different cameras.

Very happy with how well they work for $20. ;)

2 5 inch Color IR DVR TFT Night Version 270 Car Dash Camera Road Audio Recorder | eBay

Thank you very much! This should work.

Okay, I just checked that link and that one is not HD, though the two that I purchased are and look the same.

That's one thing to watch out for; you want at least 720 HD or you won't be able to see enough detail.

Does this record to a hard drive in the car? Whats the power source when the car is parked?

double post

Is this the baton thing from Demolition Man?