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Old 04-24-2008, 12:03 AM
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Default Alarm Systems and other anti-theft devices

Anyone's car can get stolen or vandalized, some are higher targets than others. As annoying as they are, car alarms are a decent first step to securing your car, however it is important to buy the right one. With so many choices out there, that can be a daunting task. Which car alarm systems would you recommend to someone in the market for the best bang-for-the-buck alarm system.

Even though they aren't the cheapest, I'm personally going Viper with a starter kill system. Their alarm systems offer a wireless remote with a liquid crystal display that alerts the owner when the alarm is going off and which sensor was tripped in case they aren't close enough to hear the alarm, but not until after I do full window tint. Not the cheapest option, but each one of my cars have been broken into at least once, and with the stuff I will have in my car at one point, it is something I really would rather not have people messing with. A buddy of mine has a Viper and has it rigged to electrify the car's body when the alarm is triggered, if a thief or burglar touches the car when it is going off they'll get a nice DC current going through them.
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Old 04-24-2008, 12:07 AM
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Viper systems are pretty good
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Old 04-24-2008, 06:38 PM
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yeah, my brother's jeep has been broken into twice. I hate those scumbags who break into other people's cars.. get a job.
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I was thinking about getting into that...
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I was thinking about getting into that...
getting into breaking into cars? wow.
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Old 04-25-2008, 03:33 PM
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possibly, gotta go what I gotta do
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possibly, gotta go what I gotta do
Yeah, how about you go back to college, get a good job, make an honorable living. That's such a scumbag move to steal crap out of people's cars. Honestly, if I saw someone doing that to my car I would literally hurt them.
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Old 04-25-2008, 06:28 PM
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Breaking into people's cars is not nice at all. Plus you're unlikely to get too much outta the car that's worth anything. I've had my car broken into before. What was weird is they only stole stupid stuff like the ipod cables, my sunglasses, and things like that. They didn't take my stereo out or anything. The police caught the guys that did it because they hit up the whole apartment complex lot and broke into nearly every car there. Never did get my stuff back though.
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Old 04-25-2008, 06:53 PM
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Yeah.. I would advise you not to.
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What I want to do is rig up a camera system so that each time my alarm goes off it takes photos all around the car and sends them to my phone so that if someone is breaking into my car I can see who it is and have evidence. There should be a system like that. On top of that have contacts rigged under the door handles so that if someone tries opening the door while the alarm is going off they get the shock of their life straight from my Optima deep cycle battery.
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I still prefer the old trunk monkey route.

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I still prefer the old trunk monkey route.

Okay this had me snickering!!

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the Trunk Monkey kicks arse, I like the cop and the road rage ones
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Old 04-25-2008, 11:18 PM
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haha.. trunk monkey. Good stuff.
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but yeah, I need money. I thought my job at Goodyear would last for a while and I can buy a GTO but ****...and the job market in Buffalo alone is one of the worse...
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