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Cat 1 Alarm sugestions

skendrick

skendrick

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Can anyone suggest a good Cat 1 alarm to put on my 944 Turbo. I currently have the standard Cat 2 alarm and for insurance purposes I need a Cat 1.

Questions
1. What is the prefered alarm Sigma, Clifford etc..?
2. Should I get rid of the existing immobiliser?

Your input would be apriciated.

Steve
 
Get rid of the existing insurance company?

Seriously, most just ask for a Cat 2. Do you really want something that drains your battery and wakes you up in the middle of the night when not if it goes wrong?
 
Mine has a Clifford Cat1 as well as immobiliser.
Good Alarm I have to say, but if the wind gets up it will set it off no problem.
Over here they just ask "Alam Yes/No?" No such thing as asking what type.

Anyway, if someone wants your car they will get it. alarms are rubbish.
They pull up in the truck and crane, lift your car up off the driveway and put it on the back and worry about the alarm when the car is in south africa. [X(]
 
Not to worry I call my insurance company and the difference in cost is £3.04 so i'm sticking with the cat 2.

Thanks

Steve
 
I too have a Cat 2 immobiliser and found some difficulty with insurance companies last time round. One of the problems I found is that my particular Cat 2 immobiliser (a Meta one) is going to slip off the Thatcham cat 2 list soon so I will definately need to replace when that happens as it wont be recognised any more. I priced up a Cat 1 system and it came out at about £300ish. I personally would go for the cheapest recognised brand on the basis that car alarms are useless anyway as everyone is so used to them going off they rarely pay any attention, so for me it's simply for the insurance. Having said that it will be nice to have the central locking operating from the remote - and the tailgate too now i've replaced my struts and it now opens on it's own (well as long as i'm on a fairly level surface at least!).

Depending upon which Cat 2 immobiliser you have it might be cheaper to get a cat 2 immobiliser to cat 1 alarm conversion. For my particular system i'm told it's just as cheap to rip it out and replace with a new system, but the newer systems are upgradable.

I have also been told by one of those 'know it all' sales people that Cat 1 is very soon to be superceeded by Cat 5 which basically is a keyless entry type system. You can get systems that link into a Bluetooth device, like your phone, or ones that have a special key fob. Don't know how long they will take to come in but according to him all the insurance companies will jump on the band wagon and demand a Cat 5 and Cat 1's will be consigned to the scrap heap. The cheapest Cat 5 systems i've seen so far are around the £500 mark. We'll see.
 
Hi Scott,

So far I found a place that fits a Cat 1 alarm for £329, I've been told to stay clear of Clifford as they are not reliable (going off in the middle of the night etc..). Insurance I'm with Adrian Flux who is insuring me and the wife for £442 with limited mileage of 8,000/yr and parked on the drive, protected no claims and only £250 excess. They were cheaper by £200 to all the others I've tried except Porsche who came in at £526. Adrian Flux are happy with just a Cat 2 alarm, it might be worth giving them a try as they didn't ask which Cat 2 alarm I had.

If you've found cheaper insurance then let me know as mine is up for renewal in October.

Steve
 
I worked on a TVR Cerbera yesterday that had a very wierd alarm/ entry system with a keyless fob and a whole sequnce of unlabelled dashboard buttons to start the flipping engine [:mad:]

Even worse. I managed to lock myself in and had to phone the owner on my mobile to get out again :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Those cars have no blummin door handles inside (or bonnet handles, or boothandles.......)

Engine sounded ropey too
 
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