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Wow, this was great! Very educational! Thanks, Toby. I like alarms, but I wish there was a way to prevent the neighbours cats from sleeping on the hood. They do so on our Ford Mondeo which has a lot of sensors, and they often trigger the alarm, always in the middle of the night :-( (and yes, 90 seconds IS too long...) Bye /Karl-Olov Sandin (prepared with my ol' side-by-side shotgun next time...) (Toby Erkson wrote) >> > First, you can buy a good alarm for under $50 -- heck, even under $30. > And > they are very easy to install and hide (mine is under the stock speaker > grill). >> >> > Proximity sensor. Again, something I think is important, > particularly if you have any kind of convertible (sun/moon roof, targa, > ragtop or true convertible), even rolled down windows. These are > adjustable. You can pick out the ones who don't know how to adjust these > as > their alarm will go off if you sneeze within 4' of it. Basically, if > something moves within the perimeter that it monitors then the alarm will > go > off. They use either very high frequency sound waves (you can't hear it) > or > a type of radar wave like what's used in automatic door openers at > supermarkets. Mine is one of these and I can't park near an entrance > without it interfering and setting my alarm off. Luckily, I was able to > put > a manual switch on it to turn it on or off for such situations. > There are more but these are some of the basic ones. > > Most alarms will sound for 30 seconds though some will sound longer (90 > seconds is far too long in my opinion) and some are adjustable. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe