Scorpion Tracker

[Orchardbike]

Has anyone got a Scorpion Tracker fitted to their vehicle? What are your thoughts, good idea or not? Does it drain the battery much? What discount did you get off your insurer?

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

I have the scorpion tracker and have an airtag. I don't really see much benefit over just the AirTag. I don't use any of the features on Scorpion.

 

[Orchardbike]

I have the scorpion tracker and have an airtag. I don't really see much benefit over just the AirTag. I don't use any of the features on Scorpion.

Thanks SixSpeed. I believe you have to pay to have the Scorpion removed. Do you think it drains the battery much?

 

[Beachbum]

I have the Scorpion Tracker. Cant say I use it, but then, I dont want to be in a position to need to either. Not worked out if it saves much on the insurance yet, but will work that out in the new year.
As for battery drain, cant say either way, as it was installed when I got the car, so have no idea what the drain is like without. What I can say is that so far I have left the car for 2 weeks and it started fine. Have a trickle charger, that I use for durations greater than 2 weeks

If yours was installed by Lotus, you should get a years subscription with it, so dont see the point in not getting it setup. After the year, decide if you think its worthwhile

 

[Six Speed Stephen]

Thanks SixSpeed. I believe you have to pay to have the Scorpion removed. Do you think it drains the battery much?

Not sure. My car hasn't had any battery issues. I wouldn't mind removing it though. I don't like that all data is recorded - but that could just be coming from the ECU.

 

[Orchardbike]

I have the Scorpion Tracker. Cant say I use it, but then, I dont want to be in a position to need to either. Not worked out if it saves much on the insurance yet, but will work that out in the new year.
As for battery drain, cant say either way, as it was installed when I got the car, so have no idea what the drain is like without. What I can say is that so far I have left the car for 2 weeks and it started fine. Have a trickle charger, that I use for durations greater than 2 weeks

If yours was installed by Lotus, you should get a years subscription with it, so dont see the point in not getting it setup. After the year, decide if you think its worthwhile

No free years subscription as it was supplied via a third party.

 

[Orchardbike]

Not sure. My car hasn't had any battery issues. I wouldn't mind removing it though. I don't like that all data is recorded - but that could just be coming from the ECU.

If you want it removed, you have to pay for an engineer to remove it. I’ve got the options of ‘pay to keep it’ or ‘pay to remove it’! I can of course just leave it, but was concerned that it is draining the battery as I get a low battery warning after two days.

 

[Carig5A]

I have it installed by the dealership. Got a courtesy email ( posted in here ) . I hope I will never have a need for it

 

[MikeR]

Has anyone got a Scorpion Tracker fitted to their vehicle? What are your thoughts, good idea or not? Does it drain the battery much? What discount did you get off your insurer?

Been running a factory fitted Scorpion since Hethel collection of my V6 FE Auto in August 2023. No battery drain issues and no need to trickle charge during garaged winter ‘off season’. Just made sure the 12v battery was fully charged beforehand.

The issue here in the UK is that an increasing number of mainstream insurance companies will not quote on an over £50k value vehicle without a tracker. So its not a case of insurance premium discount, it more about getting a quote at all.

First year subscription is included with factory fit for year 1. The discount at subscription renewal time for multi-year is considerable.

Hope this helps.