Ghost vs Pandora?
Discussion
My car was stolen recently and I fitted a Ghost 2.0 to its replacement perceiving it to be the best. It has thwarted a few local thefts with other cars fitted with it.
A neighbours Range Rover was recently however stolen with a Ghost fitted, thief was under the bonnet for a minute or so. Clearly knew what they were doing / how to find the Ghost. Appreciate this is very rare statistically.
Googled a few alternatives and Pandoras seem to be well regarded.
Anyone have a technical view on them? Views on ghost fitted cars being stolen also appreciated.
A neighbours Range Rover was recently however stolen with a Ghost fitted, thief was under the bonnet for a minute or so. Clearly knew what they were doing / how to find the Ghost. Appreciate this is very rare statistically.
Googled a few alternatives and Pandoras seem to be well regarded.
Anyone have a technical view on them? Views on ghost fitted cars being stolen also appreciated.
I had a Pandora Mini BT alarm / immobiliser on my old M240i ... caused me issues the company blamed on the fitter. I had a tracker fitted by another company and asked them to look at the wiring of the Pandora. They said his wiring was first class and incredibly neat ... more than 90%. they saw !
The Pandora unit left me immobilised at work about three times when it wouldn't disengage. Repeated tries and eventually I got the car started. I won't go into how here but it was a total pain.
The Pandora also messed up the cars double locking system. It would lock the car but not deadlock it. It would if you left it about 45 seconds after shutting the door before locking. If you did it sooner it only locked, not deadlocked. Again, the installer was blamed.
I also had issues with it being over sensitive no matter what settings were applied to the alarm.
I will not go back to Pandora as a result. Nice idea but too much tech interfering with in this case a BMW brain it seemed.
The Pandora unit left me immobilised at work about three times when it wouldn't disengage. Repeated tries and eventually I got the car started. I won't go into how here but it was a total pain.
The Pandora also messed up the cars double locking system. It would lock the car but not deadlock it. It would if you left it about 45 seconds after shutting the door before locking. If you did it sooner it only locked, not deadlocked. Again, the installer was blamed.
I also had issues with it being over sensitive no matter what settings were applied to the alarm.
I will not go back to Pandora as a result. Nice idea but too much tech interfering with in this case a BMW brain it seemed.
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