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weemsy6147
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Post by weemsy6147 »

Hi all

What do people generally do with their tracker fobs? On keys? Wallet? Any leave in car?

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Didn’t pay the subscription so safely in an office drawer for the next owner.

Previous car (where it was foc for 6 months) the fob was attached to the keys.
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Not sure I got given mine for the current Macan. The last one was as above, stayed in their plastic case in a drawer until it was sold. For the first one I got 2 years free (in error) so kept one fob with me for about a year but got so much hassle from Vodafone when they took Cobra over that I ended up turning it off.

It's a great example of what should be a good innovation that has failed in execution and will eventually I think be forgotten.
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If I'm not using the car, it's in the same drawer with my car key. When I'm using the car, the fob is generally in my jeans ticket pocket to keep it separate from the keys.

My wife used to carry her fob buried deep in her handbag but we got fed up with vodafone ringing me up whenever she drove the car so now she puts in the front console pocket.
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Post by Bigboyrolo »

weemsy6147 wrote: Sat Feb 16, 2019 5:29 pm Hi all

What do people generally do with their tracker fobs? On keys? Wallet? Any leave in car?

Cheers
At first I tried to remember to take the fob with me, pita really, so I velcro'd it to the the back of the leather key ring. Problem solved.
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Post by Col Lamb »

Switched off and in a tin box.

System is U/S anyway, mine could not even find the car in a field
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Post by Taz »

Mine is stored in a steel box when not in use, to stop villains scanning it.

When driving I keep it in a separate pocket. I chose to pay for the tracking protection and have no problems with it.
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Post by CharlesElliott »

I have my house keys on a key ring with the tracker fob, and the car key itself is kept separately on its own (in a Porsche leather pouch!)
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Post by IainSmith »

I keep my tracker in a little indistinguishable pouch on the house key ring bunch, and the car key separate.
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Post by DJB73 »

What effect has it had in your insurance premiums, ie. does the reduction in insurance offset the cost of the annual subscription ?

Is the security / geo fence feature in the porsche connect app sufficient for most?
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