Seirrah
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Registered: 4th May 04
Location: Cardiff, Drives: Silver Sxi
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Hi
I'm after a 'budget' alarm, when I say budget I do not mean shite, but I am not after a top of the range Thatcham jobby. I am basically after a nice system for less than £100, the main options seem to be TOAD or Microscan.
Has anyone recently got a an alarm from the 'C' range from toad ? or maybe the Sterling Pro ? Anyone have any comments on the Microscan 2XX or 3XX range ? I am presuming that talking alarms probably ask for attention, so that is not a good thing.
Does anyone know what a "Passive arm/Intelligent re-arm." is ? as the Toad alarms have it as a feature.
Thanks
Seirrah
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corsa_sri04
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Registered: 2nd Jul 04
Location: stourbridge
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dont get a microscan get a toad or a cobra. Its better to spend a bit more if your bothering with an alarm otherwise just get an led.
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
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£100 installed is a bugger to get mind for a decent alarm.
Supply is over £100 alone.
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o0MattE0o
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Registered: 3rd May 04
Location: West Drayton, West London
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most good alarms start @ around 300
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Seirrah
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Ok, but you can get many Toad alarms below £100, this is fine by me. Richie, I guess what you are saying is that there is no chance of a self install ?
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corsa_sri04
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The cheaper alarms you probably could install yourself but instructions are normally fucking unreadable
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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Self install does involve tapping into starting circuits ect, if you do it wrong then you'll have a car that wont start and a hefty bill from an autoelectrician.
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Seirrah
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Dad's an electrician so we might be able to pull it off 
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daman2k
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Registered: 18th Feb 04
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i have a "c" if u mean compact, the toad c3, gr8 alarm and has battery backup, shock sensors, ultrasonics, central locking, immobiliser, etc, good alarm for the price
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Seirrah
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"Passive arm/Intelligent re-arm" sounds interesting, you know what that refers to ? Did you manage to install it yourself ?
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Ally
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Registered: 2nd Jul 03
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Active arm is when you press the button to activate the alarm.
Passive arm comes into play when you forget to activate the alarm, and the intelligent rearm stops it locking the doors if you accidentally left the keys in the ignition, and has a time delay of about 30-60 seconds after closing the door after turning the ignition off.
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Seirrah
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very interesting. I reckon I might go for a C3 also 
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daman2k
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Registered: 18th Feb 04
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^ yeap, there well good pin over-ride, interior light immobilisation, 2 remotes, accessory output, pager output, 2nd siren output, bout all i can remember for now
i paid £50 to get it installed
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