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Kryste... hope the scumbags that did that end up in serious pain some evening. Preferably with flames and ditches involved.
Sounds like that car didn't have an alarm/immobiliser. If I had a '5 without one, I would be quaking in my boots right now - the wires behind the ignition lock are almost designed to grip common paperclips, and you only need two of them to hotwire a '5. Ridiculously easy. It's a small world after all. It's a small, small world
out of interest lads , whats the better / best alarms to go for , starting to worry about my alarm as it kept going off in the strong winds the last few days , it could be hyper sensitive of just crap , but i don't wanna find out the hard way
thanks mark
Maybe your alarm just needs adjusted ? If it has an internal sensor (not ultrasonic), there may be an adjustment screw on it.
Clifford is best, Mark, but pricey. Whatever alarm you go for, it needs to include a microwave sensor for inside the cabin and not an ultrasonic sensor. The ultrasonics don't work well with soft-tops, and will forever be false-alarming. Microwaves can be adjusted so that the protective 'bubble' is just outside the fabric of the roof. Some alarms have dual-zones too, which means one zone for giving warnings and a second zone for giving a full alarm. As well as the microwave, the alarm should monitor the door/courtesy-light circuit, and should also have a shock sensor (may be separate, may be built in to the alarm box) The alarm should have one or two immobilisers built in as well - one should interrupt the wire that lights up the dash and electronics and the other should interrupt the wire to the fuel-pump. Nice thing about the Cliffords is that they also have an anti-hijack feature - if the doors open or you are yanked out of the car and is driven off, the engine will shut down 30 seconds later - with plenty of warning, the car lights up like a Christmas tree just before that  It's a small world after all. It's a small, small world
How does that work Frank? do you have a remote control. How does it know you've been reefed out of he car
just when the doors open.
It means you have to type in your code every time you start the car or someone opens the doors though - you have 30 seconds to do that before it goes into anti-hijack mode; then 30 seconds after that it knocks the engine out when the brakes are on/engine is slowing It's a small world after all. It's a small, small world
I installed a system recently on our Heep, the pager fob has an anti-hijack button on it to kill the car too, it avoids a "did I type in the code or ..?" issue
Now I'm getting paranoid..I don't have mine alarmed but then mine is probably not as valuable ( in monetary terms) as some members' cars. Let's face it , what is an insurance company gonna pay out on the theft of a 1991 1.6 mx5, no mods as such? How much is one of these state of the art alarms gonna set me back?? In the "old" days I used to have a kill-switch fitted between the distributor and the coil, is it possible nowadays to do the same or do you run the risk of damaging the electronics??
John
Clifford are excellent!
http://tinyurl.com/8u68wk Alternatively, this is v.good too, http://tinyurl.com/7arcfy Not difficult to install either, the wiring diagram might give you a heart attack when you first look at it but if you take one connector at a time you'll find you get through it easily enough. Yup, a kill switch like that would work.. or on the fuel pump wire .. No harm in a big chain around the seat base + steering wheel either
yeah, the Cliffords are about a grand. But any alarm is better than no alarm, especially the Falcon Steve showed - they're great.
Thing about the '5 is that it's practically the one car out there now that's the easiest to steal. Do a google for 'lucar connectors' as that's what the '5 uses for its ignition wires. They are great for holding paperclips
A killswitch would be sooooo easy to install. I would put it behind the seats, wired to the fuel pump (also behind the seats) It's a small world after all. It's a small, small world
I've had v.good experiences with this one :
http://tinyurl.com/93bz5q Great range of features, works very well (and the pager range/signal is better than the Falcon EVO4+ above).
just checked with a crowd in dublin called aaa.systems
and for a starter clifford alarm pack comes in at 350euro but no microwave sensor they cost 750+ as a pack think i'll look for the little screw to adjust mine first 
mark
I have a TOAD IMMOBILISER meself.
** note the poison sack**  Last edited by Stig on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 3:18 +0000, edited 1 time in total.
I would too dude
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