When I take my car for valuation, the insurance guys and valuation
firm ask me to state, by filling a form, what is my car alarm. The,
nevertheless bother to check whether that's what I have installed in
real sense.

My car has a key alarm, which came with the vehicle from the
manufacturer's and the locally assembled one.

On 06/02/2014, Steve Muchai <smuchai@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dennis, that's the alarm's sensitivity settings, and that can be adjusted.
>
> I have reservations regarding insurance companies' insistence that an
> alarm be installed, yet they do not check the quality of the systems.
>
> My car came with a full anti-theft system from the manufacturer, but
> my insurance required me to install another locally even after I
> demonstrated its features.
>
> Afterwards I had the local alarm disconnected from the car's systems
> but I couldn't get the original one working like before.  The features
> I lost: I could use the original one to roll up/down windows,
> open/close sunroof remotely before. And it would close all open
> windows/sunroof 5 seconds after being armed. Also, before, if one
> tried to open a door with the system armed, it would give an audible
> beep (like from a watch) on the first two attempts, then sound the
> alarm for subsequent attempts - this comes in handy when one's
> absent-minded. This feature now works only for the driver's door.
>
> The local dealer would charge and arm and leg just to try and get it
> working as before, with no guarantees.
>
> To date I wish I'd just gone to River Road and printed a certificate
> of installation.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 5:55 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Cheap alarms are a nuisance to society,the wind blows and all hell breaks
>> loose.
>>
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