Aftermarket Alarm
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Aftermarket Alarm
Has anyone installed an aftermarket alarm? I would like an alarm that can detect when the door is opened. Anyone install one of these?
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I have an E550 cabriolet. Because it is a soft top, I usually leave the car unlocked. I guess I figure if the car is locked and someone wants inside the car they would just slice the top.
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You have insurance to deal with that. I’ve owned many convertibles including the present day and yes they have been slashed. The price of open air and living in an urban environment. 🤷🏻♂️
Although, I did have one slashed in the Black Hills of SD in the middle of nowhere…
Although, I did have one slashed in the Black Hills of SD in the middle of nowhere…
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Locking your car readies the alarm. Anyone attempting entry will trigger the alarm. That would be enough audible deterrent to scare off the person.
Few -- if any -- would stick around long enough to slash your roof.
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When I was a young man 40 years ago, I left my convertible parked in Palo Alto, every morning I found a guy sleeping in it, he was neat, no messes but it aggravated me. he was not dangerous, but I would lock the car and he would just pop the snaps on the roof to get in, this went on for a whole semester! Since, I've had four convertibles but no-one ever slashed the roof to get in, but I do understand your concern, either way I lost until I moved, so I just lived with it thinking, this is how it is out here. Lock your car, if they want it bad enough to slash the roof you won't have to worry because it's unlikely you'll ever see it again!
In my case, it was a TR7 so he wouldn't have gotten far anyways, LOL
In my case, it was a TR7 so he wouldn't have gotten far anyways, LOL
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When I was a young man 40 years ago, I left my convertible parked in Palo Alto, every morning I found a guy sleeping in it, he was neat, no messes but it aggravated me. he was not dangerous, but I would lock the car and he would just pop the snaps on the roof to get in, this went on for a whole semester! Since, I've had four convertibles but no-one ever slashed the roof to get in, but I do understand your concern, either way I lost until I moved, so I just lived with it thinking, this is how it is out here. Lock your car, if they want it bad enough to slash the roof you won't have to worry because it's unlikely you'll ever see it again!
In my case, it was a TR7 so he wouldn't have gotten far anyways, LOL
In my case, it was a TR7 so he wouldn't have gotten far anyways, LOL
Me, I would have called the campus police.
I do wonder how anyone can sleep comfortably in that tiny Triumph. Do the seats even recline? Yours must have been the ONLY convertible available that semester.
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Only in California! he was a short little man of Mexican decent, so a foot shorter than Key08, damn that TR8 brings back memories and the Vicky -Brit bills.
I did call the police a couple times, but I would only actually see him on Tuesdays and Thursdays as I had early classes.
I did call the police a couple times, but I would only actually see him on Tuesdays and Thursdays as I had early classes.
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