Sat nav / phone cradles

ballooba

Do thieves still break into cars that display these? I just bought one today and am wondering if it's foolish to leave it in place when parked. The phone will never be left in the car but thieves sometimes chance that it is in the glovebox.

coylemj

I think you're probably ok with a phone cradle that is permanently mounted on the dash but a SatNav mount on the windscreen with a suction cup is a definite invitation for thieves.



Even the mark left behind when you put the cradle in the glovebox is a giveaway, I always keep some heavy duty rags in the door pocket to wipe the evidence from the windscreen after I use the SatNav windscreen mount and I take the SatNav down around the corner from my destination so nobody sees me stashing away the device and the mount when I'm parking.

ballooba

My phone cradle is similar to the above but for a Samsung Galaxy S2.

R.O.R

When you can pick up a decent Nav for under €100, are there still thieves nicking them?

Never remove the cradle from my car.

coylemj

R.O.R wrote: »

When you can pick up a decent Nav for under €100, are there still thieves nicking them?

Never remove the cradle from my car.

Some models have mp3 players, Traffic FM receivers, Bluetooth interface for a mobile phone etc. etc.. www.expansys.ie currently have 13 in-car satnav models costing more than €300.

The problem is that the thief only finds out that you've a cheapo Aldi/Lidl model after he's broken your side window.

bazz26

If it is worth something to someone then you can be guaranteed that a thief will want it. Even a stolen sub €100 sat nav will fetch x amount from someone who will not ask where it came from.

mondeo

Sat Navs wow I remember them. Back in the old days I use to leave my mount on the windscreen. Now I just use the satnav app in my phone as I am never gonna leave the phone in the car anyways. A thief probably wont break into a car when he sees a phone holder as 9.9/10 the phone is probably not in the glovebox anyways:)