Not for me personally, when I first got my Focus RS in 2017 everyone was having ghost installed, I always thought they were like lemmings or sheep ! " oh, if hes got it, Ive got to have it too" sort of mentality. I do not like the idea of mucking about with a cars original wiring loom. The electrics on todays cars seem very touchy about having everything just right or it goes into sulk mode or plays up. As an ex car dealer back in the day, it always seemed to be cars that had starting issues or alarms going off at 3 am were those that had an aftermarket alarm installed. I do know the Ghost has a very good name if installed by an experienced Ghost fitter. I know I do not want to have to remember what buttons and in what order to press them every time I want to start the car up, would be a total chore to me. One missed finger press or get the order wrong and youre in a world of pain ! Also when you get to your age Gordy, out of the blue you will suddenly forget something like a debit card PIN or similar, so imagine that happening with the Ghost ! I have a lock on the OBD port, car is blocked in in an alarmed garage with a Disklok on, and I would never leave it anywhere suspect, and certainly not out over night. Innit?

 

Thanks Mike for your input I get what you are saying when we get old 🤣🤣 that's the one thing I was concerned about putting that code in & thinking did I do it right, to be fair he did have a GR there & he gave me a quick demo but he did say before putting the code in let the car wake up so to speak before doing anything...I have seen them OBD port thingys I may get you to send me a link through a dm so I can have a look 👀

 

Thanks Mike for your input I get what you are saying when we get old 🤣🤣 that's the one thing I was concerned about putting that code in & thinking did I do it right, to be fair he did have a GR there & he gave me a quick demo but he did say before putting the code in let the car wake up so to speak before doing anything...

IF, my car was parked out on a front driveway or out on the street, and I lived somewhere lets say "a bit grotty" and the car was my daily driver, then yes , I would definitely consider a Ghost or similar, I'd probably end up going for something that doesnt need all that button pressing malarkey though ! Imagine you're just sat in your car to drive off and a load of thugs come up trying to hijack your car or attack you, your doors locked and they are kicking at the windows to get in, would you calmly remember what code to put in once you have waited forever for the instrument cluster and screen to do their stuff ? I'd rather just press and go !

 

Imagine trying to start it after 6 or 7 beers! Nightmare! A friend of mine had one fitted to his F Type. Had it stolen off his drive in the middle of the day. Ring doorbell caught a glimpse of 4 guys.

 

 

In the early days there were lots of mentions of ghost running batteries down if left for sometimes as little as a few days, just to be aware of

 

I don't drive my car for sometimes a month at a time and never had an issue with the battery going flat.

 

Hi peeps, anyone got one of these fitted to there GR? Just want to get some thoughts on them I've pre booked to have one installed, but am just wondering if it's worth me having it done? Had the car 3 yrs now mainly track days so not a daily & the odd car meet etc

1. Car locked in garage with door guard (garage is in a block) 1 road in & out no other access to garages. (Out of sight out of mind)
2. Done away with smart keyless entry gone old school with the key fob hopefully less chance it being scanned if am out & about 🙏
3. Have moblie tracker but not insurance approved

Any help will be much appreciated

Hopefully this is in the right section 🤣

I have a ghost immobiler fitted on my GR and don't even notice that its there, You can input your code, have a fob or just an app on your phone, I have the app on my phone and as long as its in the car with me the car just starts as normal but it stops anyone stealing the car.

When I take it in for service I put the car in service mode and it stays in service mode until the car is driven over, I think, 32MPH at which point the service mode resets and they can't start the car again.

The fitting took about an hour and is the best thing ive done. I was going to have a tracker fitted originally and someone asked if I would want the car back if it was stolen, and my answer was no, so best to stop them stealing it rather than watching someone drive it like an idiot on a tracking app.

 

Why would you want yet another 'app' on your phone? lose that phone and to these post millennials it would be the end of their world ! I see these idiots in supermarket queues trying to get their phone to pay for shopping or find some QR code or whatever it is they do, fancy having all your banking on the phone ! jesus NO. I do the unthinkable, sometimes i actually leave home without my phone ON PURPOSE !!! to escape texts and calls for an hour or so ! Dont be married to the phone people !! be FREE !!

I wish the UK government and Police were more like the Americans in this clip than the wet woke Liberal dopey Canadian !!..

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Why would you want yet another 'app' on your phone? lose that phone and to these post millennials it would be the end of their world ! I see these idiots in supermarket queues trying to get their phone to pay for shopping or find some QR code or whatever it is they do, fancy having all your banking on the phone ! jesus NO. I do the unthinkable, sometimes i actually leave home without my phone ON PURPOSE !!! to escape texts and calls for an hour or so ! Dont be married to the phone people !! be FREE !!

I wish the UK government and Police were more like the Americans in this clip than the wet woke Liberal dopey Canadian !!..

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Well unfortunately that's the way we live today, cars have no CD or Cassette player any more so all of my music is streamed from my phone, so without my phone I would just have to listen to radio, I'm self employed and people call my phone to book in work, long gone are the days of carrier pigeons lol

Like I said the app is the easiest way to use the ghost immobiliser, I don't have to open the app or even take the phone out of my pocket but if thats a bother then they have bluetooth fobs.

And as for banking on your phone, I have had banking on my phone for years now and it's safer than a card as you use your biometrics to use it, and if someone manages to get hold of my bank details uses my card, my banks notify me at every transaction and even have to approve them sometimes using face id or the banks own face scan before they pay out

 

I missed the support act of a gig in Camden last week because of the new eticket bollox, queued for 30 minutes because no one could get a signal! In central London! Joke. Remember when they sent you a couple of bits of card through the post? How primitive.

 

 

we could go on to kitkats innit

 

I will try and put a little context to this thread, I know Mike doesn't even have a smart phone and is an advocate of all that is old school, in many ways I agree with him and he is a mind of information and a proper petrol head.
My experience is I had one fitted the Ghost 2 to my GR which I sold in May this year, yes I had the app and also the unique inputs of the code which you set, the fitter usually sets a simple code which you change when the fitter has left. The app words well as said by a previous contributor to this thread. You also get like a credit card with a scratch panel in case you forget the unique code that you have set, so no drama should you forget your code. Its simple and mine didn't suffer and battery drain issues. One big advantage is automatic door locking can be programmed by the installer which the GR doesn't have. Also the valet mode is excellent because after you have explained what it does to the service desk, they don't tend to test drive the car.
I also have one on my Focus RS, owned now almost 9 years, this is the earlier Ghost 1 which does the same as the later one. I am not aware of a car with Ghost being stolen unless it's low loaded away.
The crucks of the question is would I have one fitted again the answer is yes, but I would urge you or anyone considering this is to have it fitted by a proficient installer and the man to choose is Chris Preston based in Northampton.

 

I must say I didn't know about the door locking but will ask my installer about this as thats one thing I don't like about the GR, every car I've had in the last few years locks the doors once you drive away including my little Citroen Nero van, never understood why Toyota didn't give this option on the GR.

 

Having the doors lock when you drive away or reach 5mph is not much use when you think about it ! Gives you a false sense of security ! Nobody is going to run alongside your car at 10mph trying to get in ! You are more likely to be car jacked/mugged/attacked as you get in or out of the car while parked up, say at a petrol station ! You fill her up, go back to the car, sit in it, wait for all the screens to do their thing and then start it up, all the while, you re vulnerable as the doors are unlocked !! If you can get into the habit of putting a seat belt on and switching lane departure and auto stop start off, why is it so hard to simply lock the doors using the button when you get in ??? now thats REAL oldskool innit ! , so hard to lock the doors ! I lock my house doors by hand as well !

 

Get a room!