They stole my player and boost controller but its damn lucky that the anti hijack immoblizer stopped the car within a few mins of them stealing it. It was found on the LDP and towed back to the police station afterwards.
I'm glad you got your car back with minimal losses. Could have been much worse, but at least you had the good sense to spend some money on a proper security system.
Your immoblizer stopped the car after a certain time-lapse ? Or did it immobilize after a certain distance travelled ? As far as I know, most immobilizers arm themselves when certain parameters are met and then immobilize after the car has travelled a set distance. I could be wrong though. How far away from the original parking spot was your car recovered ?
If you want to get the GPS tracking stuff, just remember satellite tracking is dependant on line of sight to the unit's antenna. They drive your car into a container or an underground carpark and you are effectively blinded. Better to get a dual GPS/Radio Frequency tracking if you don't mind paying a little extra. GPS for real time immediate positional tracking and RF for the added security of being able to function when line-of-sight is compromised. They need to send tracking teams to 'triangulate' on your RF signal though, so it's not immediate like GPS but as long as your vehicle is within the tracking services coverage they will know the general location. The tracking teams will be sent to 'home' in on the exact location.
By the way, some services like Captor comes with their own immobilizer, BUT with companies like Captor their policy is not to immobilize until their tracking team has a clear visual on your car. The reason for this is company liability issues (imagine suddenly immobilizing the speeding car on a highway and causing a big accident). So they won't immobilize until the tracking team tells their HQ that it is safe to do so.
If you are happy with your current immobilizer, but you want to go with someone like Captor, you might want to incorporate your immobilizer with Captor. That is to say, you let the people at Captor check the installation and safely incorporate your own immobilizer with the Captor system, so you still have the immediacy of your immobilizer without relying on Captor's policy in activating their immobilizer.
Get a security tint if you can afford it. It won't stop your windows from being smashed. Ultimately, they will still get through but if you incorporate a smash/impact sensor with your security system you get maximum alert. Ask the tracking services whether their system detects unauthorized towing.
A friend did most of the stuff to his car. It seemed like a lot of money sometimes, but it's really cheap compared to the nightmare of losing the entire car.