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- From: ifbb657@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Douglas Floyd)
- Newsgroups: rec.audio.car,alt.locksmithing
- Subject: Re: interest in car alarm group?
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- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:45:45 GMT
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- In article <Uf10bOO00WB5FP2Vlr@andrew.cmu.edu> al1x+@andrew.cmu.edu (Amit Likhyani) writes:
- >
- >If we just blow off alarms as useless, we are contributing to our
- >stereo's demise. In the final analysis though, I think a stealth
- >installation in a low profile car is the best deterrent. I am sad to
- >say that I may currently have the best stereo I will over own. As I get
- >a nicer and nicer car, I will be less willing to cut holes and more
- >leary of people looking in.
-
- First of all, I am for a car alarm discussion.
-
- Second, I agree with the person who says that car alarms are basically useless.
- The only car alarm system I like is the one that is silent, and does something
- like Lo-Jack or what I like, MagnaVolt.
-
- I used to go to a high school where car alarms went off every day in the
- parking lot. Cars were stolen in broad daylight, because of the
- many, many false alarms. One car's alarm would go off all the time if
- somebody pushed down on the car a quarter of an inch. The only car
- alarms that do not go off in my experience are factory-installed,
- passive ones, like on the Nissan Maxima, Toyota Camry, or the Toyota
- Supra. I prefer an alarm with a starter kill and the buzzer inside
- the car, but a siren does nothing.
-
- My favorite alarm is the one in the old James Bond movie, break in,
- BOOM! :-)
-
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