What to look for in a Vehicle Alarm System

Do you have valueable items in your vehicle on a regular basis? You may want to consider purchasing a vehicle alarm system to protect your property.

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Added Jan 26, 07 by caliberchic

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Why Should you purchase an Alarm System?
A lot of vehicle owners leave their property and even children in the car when it's unattended by an adult. Having a security system in place will protect your person and your property. It creates a great peace of mind. Also many insurance companies offer a discount for policy holders that have alarm systems in their vehicle.

How an Alarm System works?
When you leave your vehicle unattended you arm your alarm with a push of a button on a hand held remote, this will trigger a series of sensors that when triggered will set off a series of flashing lights and audio chirps/honks/sirens.

What to look for in an Alarm?

Motion Sensors: Motion sensors will trigger the alarm if anyone invades the personal space of the vehicle. This is a great feature for convertibles, you are able to leave the top down on your vehicle with out worry that someone will climb over the doors to enter.

Glass Break Sensors: Which will trigger the alarm when they HEAR glass breakage. Some theives will just try to break the window verses jimming a lock to enter your vehicle.

Drivers Side Priority Unlock: Which is a feature that allows you to safely unlock just the driver side door and not unlock the passengers doors. This protects you from car jackings.

Remote Outputs: Which is a feature that allows you to expand the capabilities to your alarm now and/or in the future. You may what to add remote start or window controls.

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Recent Comments (2 total):

bodble2 - May 24, 2007 2:42 pm

What about for cars that already has a factory alarm? Often these systems are quite basic. How would you go about installing an aftermarket system on top of the factory system? Some manufacturers, such as Honda, actually discourage customers from installing aftermarket systems, claiming it may interfere with the car's wiring. Is there any validity to those claims.

trackwrex - Feb 27, 2007 2:59 pm

Distance is something I like to keep in mind. I also like the newer alarm systems (re: expensive) with the LCD monitors that isolate the area your car was hit. heh. yeah, i'm a bit anal. these units usually have a distance (signal) of about 1/2 a mile.