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i think that no matter what alarm(i said alarm) you have if a theif who knows what he is doing wants to steal your car, he will..

i was reading in either HPI, or speed magazine, that there i a mob somehwere that offers an alarm with imobilizer, that if stolen via car jacking or what have you, you can call a number and it will automatically imobilize the car, and act as if quote ' it ran out of petrol' so theives will just leave it.. hopefully...

Dragon18 Rising Star

Dragon18

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I was talking to brant the other day and they said they are introducing there gsm tracking soon as a addon feature which sends you sms and rings you if somthing goes wrong.

good thing i found about the brant is its like a lego set they can keep adding things onto it with out changing the whole alarm

Phil Enthusiast

Phil

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I have a Mongoose 750S alarm/immob. Couldn't be happier. The transponder works reliably and from great distance (unlike my friend's Brant one), and I haven't had any false alarms.

It's also Australian Standards Approved (required for most insurance companies), which I don't think the Boomerang is.

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You all seem to be forgetting the most important aspect of a car alarm....the quality of the install. I can take a budget $200 alarm and make it more secure than a $1000 alarm - it all depends on how much effort the installer takes and how intelligent they are. The shop fronts are there to make money and that means speed and efficiency are often a priority, if not of the installer then of the manager. As mentioned earlier in the thread if an alarm can be built then the right person can unbuild it given time. Despite this i wouldn't go anywhere without one and if someone tows my car at least I know i did everything i could to deter them.

I have seen some bad installs in my experience and then some really bad installs! If you know and trust an installer personally then without a doubt go with them. Multiple cuts and black wires often buy you time but not much. 50% of the time unless you pay extra they won't go to the extra effort of connecting multiple cuts anyway (do you go out of your way for strangers?)

If you spend more money for something more specialised then you can only hope that the company will respect your needs and treat the install with care.

Wegs

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