Where to mount alarm main box?

Your'e one of the asshats that give alarms a bad name, and render them
ineffective.

Car alarms going off all day just because someone walks too close, or bumps
them.

Alarms can serve a function when installed and used properly (not like
yours) When they are improperly set up, and false constantly I believe the
owners should be FINED for noise pollution!


"BRUCE HASKIN" > wrote in message
...
> Hi Pat,
>
> My Viper has an impact and a prox. on HIGH ! It goes of in a milisecond
> :-) as soon as it is touched ! Even a slight bump to the car with your
> hand, or if you put your hand inside of the window line when the top is
> down.
>
> The alarm went off and there were lots of people in the parking lot near
> the car both times. The bumper was not damaged that much each time, but
> it is about $500 to have it repaired and painted each time. ( I am a
> grumpy old man and will not stand for scraches or dings !!!!!!! )
>
> I have to turn the alarm off when I am at home and the car is in the
> garage. The door of the garage opening (the motion of it ) will set it
> off. (Scares the crap out of my wife when she takes her car out and that
> happens :-) ) even with the hard top on the car.
>
> You are correct about people not reacting to alarms. They go of when you
> forget to disarm them !!!!!! I have done that many times. :-)
>
> Bruce RED '91
>

Asshat ???? What pray tell do you mean ? An alarm is on the car to
"tell on people" that are doing something to my car that I don't want
them to do !

What would you use it for ? .... Wake up the neighborhood ?

Why is this giving YOU "The all mighty one", a bad name ?

I live in Seattle and reired. I don't park the car where some "Dick
Head" will slash the top, steal the radio, or steal the car. I don't
like oily finger prints, advertisements stuck under the wiper blades, or
some ASSHAT bumping into my car and costing ME a lot of money.

As I said, "I think the alarm has paid for it's self", by protecting the
car from careless people !

You need to know more about the conditions before you shoot your mouth
off and call me a "Asshat"

By the way, while I am lashing out, what kind of a piece of crap Mata do
you drive that you don't want to protect ?

Bruce RED '91

In article >,
says...
>Hi Pat,
>
>My Viper has an impact and a prox. on HIGH ! It goes of in a milisecond
>:-) as soon as it is touched ! Even a slight bump to the car with your
>hand, or if you put your hand inside of the window line when the top is
>down.
>
>You are correct about people not reacting to alarms. They go of when you
>forget to disarm them !!!!!! I have done that many times. :-)

I've seen people react to cars with the alarm set the way you have yours.
It is not a pretty sight. The guy drove off with 3 broken windows. He
never parked in that same spot again.
---------------
Alex

In article >,
says...
>Asshat ???? What pray tell do you mean ? An alarm is on the car to
>"tell on people" that are doing something to my car that I don't want
>them to do !

Great, have it tell you. You don't need to annoy everyone else. Also,
if you have your sensitivity set on high, it is going to go off whenever
a loud motorcyle or truck goes by. Again annoying people on the street,
or in their homes.

>I live in Seattle and reired. I don't park the car where some "Dick
>Head" will slash the top, steal the radio, or steal the car. I don't
>like oily finger prints, advertisements stuck under the wiper blades, or
>some ASSHAT bumping into my car and costing ME a lot of money.

Agreed, but what you are doing is making your problem, everyone elses problem
too.
---------------
Alex

Sorry Alex, we just don't live in the same conditions.

Vipers just "chirp" for a few seconds under the conditions you mention.
(you might find out how they work first )

When I go out into the main stream of people, I park in a "Handicap"
spot and there is NO need for someone to be by the car. No need for
someone to hit it with a hand, bump it with a car, a door or anything
else. No need for anyone to have a hand inside the car to look or touch
anything.
I don't live in town, or within 50ft on a road. No one should be in a
position to come in contact with the car ! Soooo, if they do, I want to
know about it !

I started this saying that there were two sides to the "Alarm" question.
You have your side and I have mine. Let's just leave it with, I won't
set off your Alarm and you won't set off mine !! :-)

Bruce RED '91

Well, I guess your reading comprehension is a bit impaired... Nowhere did I
say that "I" was getting a bad name.

Look, if you want to know every time someone breathes on your car, then get
a pager alarm, and keep the siren turned off. You made the statement that
the garage door opener noise will set your unit off. If that's true, there
are MANY things in nature that will cause it to false (and be a nuisance).

Ironically I encountered a car like yours just the other day at Fed X... I
parked, and got out of my car, and when I walked between our two cars, this
Miata started "chirping". I guess I didn't run away fast enough, while
unloading my boxes, so it started to scream. I hadn't touched it, or
reached in it. I was just too close to it's space I guess..

You don't live in Henderson, do you
"BRUCE HASKIN" > wrote in message
...
> Asshat ???? What pray tell do you mean ? An alarm is on the car to
> "tell on people" that are doing something to my car that I don't want
> them to do !
>
> What would you use it for ? .... Wake up the neighborhood ?
>
> Why is this giving YOU "The all mighty one", a bad name ?
>
> I live in Seattle and reired. I don't park the car where some "Dick
> Head" will slash the top, steal the radio, or steal the car. I don't
> like oily finger prints, advertisements stuck under the wiper blades, or
> some ASSHAT bumping into my car and costing ME a lot of money.
>
> As I said, "I think the alarm has paid for it's self", by protecting the
> car from careless people !
>
> You need to know more about the conditions before you shoot your mouth
> off and call me a "Asshat"
>
> By the way, while I am lashing out, what kind of a piece of crap Mata do
> you drive that you don't want to protect ?
>
> Bruce RED '91
>

On 2005-08-01, Armon Tanzerian > wrote:

> Well, I guess your reading comprehension is a bit impaired... Nowhere did I
> say that "I" was getting a bad name.
>
> Look, if you want to know every time someone breathes on your car, then get
> a pager alarm, and keep the siren turned off. You made the statement that
> the garage door opener noise will set your unit off. If that's true, there
> are MANY things in nature that will cause it to false (and be a nuisance).
>
> Ironically I encountered a car like yours just the other day at Fed X... I
> parked, and got out of my car, and when I walked between our two cars, this
> Miata started "chirping". I guess I didn't run away fast enough, while
> unloading my boxes, so it started to scream. I hadn't touched it, or
> reached in it. I was just too close to it's space I guess..

Every once in a while I walk past a car like that (it's been a
couple years since the last one). So far, I've resisted the
urge to give the door panel a good hard kick in order to save
the alarm's firmware developer the embarassment of getting
blamed for yet another annoying false alarm.

--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! As President I
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visi.com collection!

Grant Edwards > wrote:

>On 2005-08-01, Armon Tanzerian > wrote:
>
>> Well, I guess your reading comprehension is a bit impaired... Nowhere did I
>> say that "I" was getting a bad name.
>>
>> Look, if you want to know every time someone breathes on your car, then get
>> a pager alarm, and keep the siren turned off. You made the statement that
>> the garage door opener noise will set your unit off. If that's true, there
>> are MANY things in nature that will cause it to false (and be a nuisance).
>>
>> Ironically I encountered a car like yours just the other day at Fed X... I
>> parked, and got out of my car, and when I walked between our two cars, this
>> Miata started "chirping". I guess I didn't run away fast enough, while
>> unloading my boxes, so it started to scream. I hadn't touched it, or
>> reached in it. I was just too close to it's space I guess..
>
>Every once in a while I walk past a car like that (it's been a
>couple years since the last one). So far, I've resisted the
>urge to give the door panel a good hard kick in order to save
>the alarm's firmware developer the embarassment of getting
>blamed for yet another annoying false alarm.

I always want to key the cars with those annoying false alarms.
So far, I have been able to resist the urge, but sometimes
just within the tiniest hair.

Of course, if it is a Miata, the owner should be shot instead.
What am I saying, the owner should be shot regardless. Or at
least tied in front off a 10 feet speaker at a rock concert.

Leon

--
Leon van Dommelen Bozo, the White 96 Sebring Miata .)
http://www.dommelen.net/miata
EXIT THE INTERSTATES (Jamie Jensen)

Alex, :-) you should be a car alarm salesmen, You sure do know a lot
about them and how they work!
I do have one question. How would a pager alarn have produced the same
results of catching the two people that damaged my car? Can it record
information and the lic, number of the guy that left after he backed
into my rear bumper? I haven't seen any advertisments that has shown
that. That would be a good project for the people at Columbia. Gee, you
could even head the project ! :-) Big Brother could be watching every
one and every place. Much better than a cheap car alarm system.

Pager ??? Naw, that stuff went away when I retired. No pager, no cell
phone, get up when I want to, go drive when I want to and park where I
want to. :-)

Sorry, my error! I guesed that you had an alarm on your car (you do have
a car ? ) and that you had suffered from having someone say bad things
to you for having one of those *&&^&(**% things on your car. Again,
sorry. I miss spoke.

Oh and where is Henderson that you mentioned. A joke, or a place. I do
live in Normandy Park, Washington, but no Henderson around here.

Bruce RED '91

The point is, if it is set up CORRECTLY it won't false every time someone
farts.

If you insist on knowing every time a fly lands on your car, then get a
pager, or 2 way keychain remote (like the good Vipers have.. not the
el-cheapo you bought at Wal*Mart) then you can run out, dragging your oxygen
bottle behind you every time it goes off ! LOL!

If, on the other hand it was set up CORRECTLY then a *real* shock would set
off the audible alarm, and in the cases you described, the people would have
still noticed it when it went off. A correctly adjusted shock sensor is a
beautiful thing!


"BRUCE HASKIN" > wrote in message
...
> Alex, :-) you should be a car alarm salesmen, You sure do know a lot
> about them and how they work!
> I do have one question. How would a pager alarn have produced the same
> results of catching the two people that damaged my car? Can it record
> information and the lic, number of the guy that left after he backed
> into my rear bumper? I haven't seen any advertisments that has shown
> that. That would be a good project for the people at Columbia. Gee, you
> could even head the project ! :-) Big Brother could be watching every
> one and every place. Much better than a cheap car alarm system.
>
> Pager ??? Naw, that stuff went away when I retired. No pager, no cell
> phone, get up when I want to, go drive when I want to and park where I
> want to. :-)
>
> Sorry, my error! I guesed that you had an alarm on your car (you do have
> a car ? ) and that you had suffered from having someone say bad things
> to you for having one of those *&&^&(**% things on your car. Again,
> sorry. I miss spoke.
>
> Oh and where is Henderson that you mentioned. A joke, or a place. I do
> live in Normandy Park, Washington, but no Henderson around here.
>
> Bruce RED '91
>