Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread Hans Neureiter
From: Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The first time I even thought about the SDL alarm was when it went off in a large hospital

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread Trampas
I just hot wired the car. Regards, Trampas -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hans Neureiter Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 9:34 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? It wasn't by design, but I came up

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
: Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 The first time I even thought about the SDL alarm was when it went off in a large hospital parking lot. I had

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread Trampas
Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:02 AM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? where you drunk at the time? Trampas wrote: When I worked as a Mechanic a customer came in with a car and he had the most clever anti-theft I had seen. Under

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread Mike Canfield
Good point.Coulda just blown into the hose..Mike - Original Message - From: Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:01 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? where you drunk at the time

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread Mitch Haley
Trampas wrote: The second anti-theft system I saw was a DWI system. This car you had to blow into a hose which then checked to see if you had been drinking, if so the car would not start. Again I just hot wired the car. You were drunk at the time? The first time I heard of that system, it was

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread David Brodbeck
Rich Thomas wrote: Re: alarms, they do very little other than annoy the neighbors. And get you a discount on your insurance! (Assuming your car is insured against theft.)

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-02 Thread Rich Thomas
Oh yeah, forgot about that. I think it relates to anti-theft devices in general though, and the details of that are very vague. I have that discount on all my vehicles, not sure why as 3/4 have no anti-theft device aside from their general appearance and age. --R David Brodbeck wrote:

[MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-01 Thread Harry Watkins
The first time I even thought about the SDL alarm was when it went off in a large hospital parking lot. I had no idea how to make the horn stop blowing so I drove out hoping it was timed to quit within a year or so. This is the WHY part. I drove right by three uniformed security guards that

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-01 Thread Steve MacSween
someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is the WHY part. I drove right by three uniformed security guards that were directing traffic and they all smiled and shook their heads. I suppose a thief would get the same response. Depends on how bright the guards are. Most car thieves

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-01 Thread Curt Raymond
somebody stealing his car. He says he felt so helpless there on his balcony in his shorts watching the guy drive off. -Curt Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:42:40 -0600 From: Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-01 Thread mykd1
) Subject: Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? Car alarms are a way for the car makers to charge more. They put in $100 worth of alarm they charge $500 for... A guy I work with lives in NYC. One night he was awakened by a car alarm going off, he stepped out onto his balcony to yell at the idiot

Re: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY?

2005-11-01 Thread Rich Thomas
who's alarm was going off to find somebody stealing his car. He says he felt so helpless there on his balcony in his shorts watching the guy drive off. -Curt Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:42:40 -0600 From: Harry Watkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Car alarm system, WHY? To: Mercedes mailing