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Old 04-05-2008, 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Ron61 View Post
Sekurus, the company who sells these boxes, has sold over 250,000 at $250, and its competitors are looking at ways to make these payment enforcement devices more efficient. One company is selling wireless systems that sends text messages to the car, and another one is adding GPS functionality to the device to make it easy for lenders to repossess the car.
Nice, huh?

I'd heard of this, but ... well, it seems like kind of a moot point to have the "On-Time" system on the car if the car has OnStar. OnStar always knows where the car is, can unlock the doors and make it remarkably easy for the repo man to pick the car up.

Personally, I don't much care for any of that stuff. Not because I'm going to default on a loan, but because I don't think it's anybody's business but my own where I am and what I'm doing.

...and don't even get me started on the black box technology that's on some cars nowadays!

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