Re: Alarm recommendations for 16v?

[Riley McDowall <rileym@sfu.ca>]

On Sat, 1 Mar 1997, Shawn C. Meze wrote:

> I too prefer to be optimistic otherwise I wouldnt have a car that looks like 
> mine does. (Looks like a potential theft candidate)   

I agree, although my insurance adjustor does not.  Last time I saw him he
asked me when I was going to figure out that owning a modified VW in this
city was simply not practical.  I almost agreed with him.....

> The stole the whole car. My neibors heard not a peep from that then $1200 
> alarm system. The stripped it down to a shell and even took the alarm! 
> Like I said, if they want your car, they WILL get it. 

Wow, I didn't think it was possible to sleep through an alarm!  I know in
the neighborhood I live an alarm sounding at 2 or 3 AM would more than
likely wake a few people up.  I guess all it takes is a couple falses to
convince people to go back to sleep.

> Well, the feeling of security is only maintained with seeing your car still 
> parked where you left it and untouched. I think for the moment, the best 
> protection there is on the market is "Lojack". Theres nothing a cop loves 

I recommend this type of alarm 100%, especially if you live (or work) in
an area with a lot of auto thefts.  I think there's only certain cities
that are equipped for it, am I right?  

Another thing you can get for these alarms is a remote shutdown of the
car, or a slow shutdown.  For certain systems you can instruct the
computer to slow the car to a stop, whereever it might be, and shut the
engine off.  Issues of Car Audio & Electronics or Auto Sound & Security
would be able to tell you more.  

> I hope nobody on this list has to ever go through having a car stolen. It 
> sucks in a majorly bad way!

Does it ever!  My floorpan is still all warped from where the sh*theads
jacked it up...

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