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16-03-11, 12:31 PM
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Wow, i had heard of these but only believed it to be myth until now. Apparently Rover installed one of these babies into something like one in every 100,000 cars. Its a Geo Urban Longitudinal Latitudinal Identification Beacon Locating Equipment. They used it to gather information about the cars life. Fault codes registered, characteristics of the driver, annual mileage etc. The info received then went into the RD of future rover/MG models. Fascinating!
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16-03-11, 12:51 PM
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Yh i heard about the G.U.L.L.I.B.L.E devices. Amazing what a car manufacturers will do in the name of research!!
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16-03-11, 12:59 PM
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Have you any closer pictures of the said device? or can post any writing from the device so as to allow us to easier identify it?
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16-03-11, 03:25 PM
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Wow are you guys for real? how interesting if you are. I dont have any better photos of this but I will definitly get it back out of the dash this weekend and take lots of photos, measurements and report any writing on the device and get them posted up straight away. Anyone know when they started sticking these things in random cars?
Is this a wind up though? 
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16-03-11, 03:48 PM
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Nice work-does make a huge difference...
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16-03-11, 03:53 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ZsNutter
Yh i heard about the G.U.L.L.I.B.L.E devices. Amazing what a car manufacturers will do in the name of research!!
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The clues in the title. 
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16-03-11, 04:06 PM
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not keen on the blue bits on the dash but apart from that its looks superb! good job!!!
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16-03-11, 05:30 PM
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Proper job! 
I bet I was a huge relief when you fitted the very last fastener. 
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16-03-11, 06:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyCoupe
Is this a wind up though? |
yes they are winding you up, "Gullible" it probs part of an aftermarket satnav, post up pics of the unit, and any details printed on it.
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16-03-11, 06:49 PM
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I did think it was a joke but not being April 1st I should have been quicker jokers LOL.
Doesnt really help me indentify what it is but then again I should have taken a couple more pictures. Thinking about it I dont think it has any writing on it. It is definitly a power pack of some decription heavy in weight and a totally sealed metal block with extremely thin wiring. One red wire feeding cleanly into the hazard light switch on the centre console going straight to the power pack, a couple of wires then come out and into an external fuse cased in a black sleeving and then another extremely thin grey wire feeding up the passenger pillar into the roof covering. The interesting thing really is the way it was bound in black electrical tap and stuck up above the glove box and taped onto the metal front shell of the car, even from Rover I would expect better than that if it was anything to do with them. I cant see this being part of any old ICE system setup and the car shows no signs of having any such systems being fitted. I know the previous owner and its nothing to do with him and speaking with others they havent found any such device when removing the dash. Car is fitted with a tilt and slide sunroof and is a 120 but not the plus so first wondered if the car had been fitted with an after market sunroof hence being bound in tape but the sunroof appears to work without, very odd indeed. My mystery goes on...
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