hidin gps in the car? - United Bimmer Community

**intheothernews** · 07-30-2006, 10:45 PM

my friend and i are convinced his parents put a gps system in his car due to some trouble he got into where would it most likely been hidden??

witeshark · 07-30-2006, 10:49 PM

Maybe in the dash above the radio. I noticed a few of the cars we have has some space there. Also maybe above the steering column

DEATH2000 · 07-30-2006, 11:10 PM

Try under the the dash by the floor panels, like under the steering colum were all the wiriing usually is.

witeshark · 07-30-2006, 11:24 PM

Maybe in the trunk, right where the rear stereo speakers are - or where the spare tire is...

**xsperf** · 07-30-2006, 11:42 PM

under the seats, actually what i would do is i would look in the car for wiring that doesnt look like its stock, or if its nto wired to the car and uses batteries, i would guess somewhere in the interior compartment, or the trunk, b/c the GPS they used probably isnt weather proof,a nd if it is put outside the car, then go take a carwash

**RSF5** · 07-31-2006, 01:57 AM

Most of the time its hidden under the seat.

**c1apton** · 07-31-2006, 02:19 AM

Did his parents just happen to know where he was & when? LOL There are a couple of companies that sell units like "tattletale" and a couple of others that they place a small unit either under the seats or under the dash. They're a tracking/recording device that parents can monitor and track their kids actions - like how fast the car has gotten up to, or where it was at certain times & dates. I'd check the cars' fuse box and look for newly added wiring and trace it back from there.

**RSF5** · 07-31-2006, 02:41 AM

Good idea^^^ trace the wire from the fuse box

**cainchapman** · 07-31-2006, 03:20 AM

Look for an aerial somewhere. A GPS needs to get at least 3 satellites to gain a location on the Earth and a 4th to calculate altitude.

Or maybe, someone just saw him doing whatever he wasn't meant to be (more likely)

**intheothernews** · 07-31-2006, 10:59 AM

Thanks guys! Ya were pretty convinced his parents put a gps in because we were going to the movies and as soon as we went somewhere else besides the movies his parents sent him a text asking what movie, where its at and told him to bring his ticket stub home and than when he got home his parents interogated him about the movie.

**xsperf** · 07-31-2006, 12:22 PM

i guess i can never really appreciate enough the trust that my parents give me.. because, ^^^... DAMN!

**cainchapman** · 08-01-2006, 01:49 AM

Have they bought you a new phone?

http://www.forbes.com/2001/03/28/0328tentech.html

Here is a website with a good link regarding how GPS actually works.

www.rakon.com

Used to work there.