RX 450 h L stolen

[PeterI]

Worth a drive around the local neighbourhood after a theft. I believe thieves sometimes park up nearby locally just in case the car has a tracker then come back again later on. I have seen a couple of stories on NextDoor where cars have been recovered.

I wonder if Lexus Link would show the current location.

[Fortiswick]

Someone stove in my front offside wing in an Argos carpark (no CCTV unfortunately). Hastings paid out with no quibble and gave excellent service, but as the claim was unrecoverable they listed it as a fault claim, explaining that it would only be a no fault if they could recover costs from the party at fault (the unknown driver). 

It didn't bother me as I had the car for less than a year with no NCD to lose ( My RX 450h is the first car 'I've had in my name for 30 years as the rest have  all been in the wife's name with me as as added driver, but she is not driving my baby 😁 )

Then I changed insurers on the hunt for lower premiums and noticed that with all the questions asked about claims there was nothing covering my type of claim (damage caused to a parked vehicle by an unknown driver), and it can only be listed as a fault claim which indicates that I ( the driver) was at fault, and the premiums rose accordingly, in the end I ticked the vandalism box as this was the closest descriptive they had.

[royoftherovers]

18 minutes ago, Fortiswick said:

Someone stove in my front offside wing in an Argos carpark (no CCTV unfortunately). Hastings paid out with no quibble and gave excellent service, but as the claim was unrecoverable they listed it as a fault claim, explaining that it would only be a no fault if they could recover costs from the party at fault (the unknown driver). 

It didn't bother me as I had the car for less than a year with no NCD to lose ( My RX 450h is the first car 'I've had in my name for 30 years as the rest have  all been in the wife's name with me as as added driver, but she is not driving my baby 😁 )

Then I changed insurers on the hunt for lower premiums and noticed that with all the questions asked about claims there was nothing covering my type of claim (damage caused to a parked vehicle by an unknown driver), and it can only be listed as a fault claim which indicates that I ( the driver) was at fault, and the premiums rose accordingly, in the end I ticked the vandalism box as this was the closest descriptive they had.

Would an installed dashcam not have provided some evidence Mike ?

[Fortiswick]

On 9/21/2022 at 11:18 AM, royoftherovers said:

Would an installed Dashcam not have provided some evidence Mike ?

Yes it would've so I installed a Nextbase 622GW, piggybacked it on the fuel filler flap fuse (as its always on) so I could use the record while parked function.

 All good I thought, until I was laid up with the flu for a week, went out to the car and  the Battery was completely drained.

 I've left the undriven car for up to a month before and never had Battery issues!

 So what about the Nextbase automatic Battery cut off, designed to stop this happening?

This is what the Nextbase FAQ says

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Will my car battery go flat?
If the automatic cut-off kicks in (to protect the car battery), but you don’t drive the car for some time after this occurs, your car may still naturally keep consuming power, which in a worst case-scenario could leave you with a flat battery. The same thing can occur if your car hasn’t been driven for an extremely long time, with no Dash Cam, or other electronic devices plugged in. If the vehicle is in frequent use, this shouldn’t happen, as your car battery is being charged when the vehicle is driven.

So lesson learnt, when I get home now I remove the camera and install it when I set out. if i'm going to be away from the car for more than a couple of hours I remove the camera.

 Much as I'd love to test it to see how long it takes to drain the Battery, I'm loath to drain the Battery again.

 Shame really as I was hoping for a fit and forget solution.

[RXtoNX]

57 minutes ago, Fortiswick said:

Yes it would've so I installed a Nextbase 622GW, piggybacked it on the fuel filler flap fuse (as its always on) so I could use the record while parked function.

 All good I thought, until I was laid up with the flu for a week, went out to the car and  the battery was completely drained.

 I've left the undriven car for up to a month before and never had battery issues!

 So what about the Nextbase automatic battery cut off, designed to stop this happening?

This is what the Nextbase FAQ says

So lesson learnt, when I get home now I remove the camera and install it when I set out. if i'm going to be away from the car for more than a couple of hours I remove the camera.

 Much as I'd love to test it to see how long it takes to drain the battery, I'm loath to drain the battery again.

 Shame really as I was hoping for a fit and forget solution.

Doesn’t your camera have the facility only to record in parking mode when movement is detected, or the facility to disable parking mode as & when via WiFi connection to your phone?

[royoftherovers]

58 minutes ago, Fortiswick said:

Yes it would've so I installed a Nextbase 622GW, piggybacked it on the fuel filler flap fuse (as its always on) so I could use the record while parked function.

 All good I thought, until I was laid up with the flu for a week, went out to the car and  the battery was completely drained.

 I've left the undriven car for up to a month before and never had battery issues!

 So what about the Nextbase automatic battery cut off, designed to stop this happening?

This is what the Nextbase FAQ says

So lesson learnt, when I get home now I remove the camera and install it when I set out. if i'm going to be away from the car for more than a couple of hours I remove the camera.

 Much as I'd love to test it to see how long it takes to drain the battery, I'm loath to drain the battery again.

 Shame really as I was hoping for a fit and forget solution.

Thanks Mike.

I have one of these bought from amazon.

https://www.halfords.com/motoring/battery-maintenance/jump-starters/halfords-advanced-lithium-jump-starter---up-to-2l-677444.html?istCompanyId=b8708c57-7a02-4cf6-b2c0-dc36b54a327e&istFeedId=367c5610-f937-4c81-8609-f84582324cd6&istItemId=wrpxpiair&istBid=t&_$ja=tsid:|cid:17363835999|agid:|tid:|crid:|nw:x|rnd:6441170675769373502|dvc:c|adp:|mt:|loc:9046565&gclid=CjwKCAjw-rOaBhA9EiwAUkLV4hPo5z7-KC5NUWFkR-X1G8XxNllxoF6kCgqYu65n77fGevmVdDTZMhoCJzYQAvD_BwE

[LenT]

4 hours ago, Fortiswick said:

Yes it would've so I installed a Nextbase 622GW, piggybacked it on the fuel filler flap fuse (as its always on) so I could use the record while parked function.

 All good I thought, until I was laid up with the flu for a week, went out to the car and  the battery was completely drained.

 I've left the undriven car for up to a month before and never had battery issues!

 So what about the Nextbase automatic battery cut off, designed to stop this happening?

This is what the Nextbase FAQ says

So lesson learnt, when I get home now I remove the camera and install it when I set out. if i'm going to be away from the car for more than a couple of hours I remove the camera.

 Much as I'd love to test it to see how long it takes to drain the battery, I'm loath to drain the battery again.

 Shame really as I was hoping for a fit and forget solution.

My BlackVue is connected to a live feed via what they call a Power Magic Pro.  When switched on, it supplies a standby current to the dashcam when the vehicle’s ignition is off and the camera is in Parking Mode.
The current level is preset by dip switches so that should the Battery charge drop too low, it is automatically switched off so that the Battery is protected.

I don’t know if Nextbase provide something similar or, if the connectors are the same, why the Power Magic Pro couldn’t power a Nextbase.

https://blackvue.co.uk/products/power-magic-pro/

[RXtoNX]

Similarly the Thinkware has the ‘Power Magic’ working built in. You just select the cut off voltage via the app and use WiFi to send it to the camera, or alternatively set it up on the SD card when connected to the laptop.

[Wolfie1959]

On 9/14/2022 at 11:10 AM, LexusLadLondon said:

Well Insurance is treating it as my fault. And they say if a theft happens, that's how they treat it. Does it seem fair or even legal? I have both set of keys, it was parked on my driveway all along.

Unfortunately when there isn't a third party to lay the blame on (i.e. the culprits haven't been identified) then it's classed as a 'fault' claim.  Not fair, but that's how the insurance companies work.

[Fortiswick]

As a follow up to my dashcam install, the Nextbase dashcam is set to (while parked) only switch on if there is an incident to record, Nextbase say that it will still drain the Battery if left connected for a considerable (no hints as to what considerable means) time while the car is unused.

I could rewire it to switched power source and have a Battery pack cut in to power it when parked, but they don't seem to do one for this model and I am not going to experiment while its still under guarantee.

I have left it undriven  for up to 4 days without draining  the Battery, that's good enough for me as I wouldn't expect it to be left in an unsecure spot for longer than that so would remove the dashcam anyway.

 @Roy of the Rovers  I've now bought one of those jump starters you recommended, thanks for the advice.