Miata Mailing List: April 1993, Message #77
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Subject: Stuff
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Re: That green stuff. No, my shorts were not under the snow. They were under
the heaps of longjohns and sweaters!
 
Re: Alarms. I have the Alpine 8040 in my 92b (installed Dec 92). This unit has
the capability to use the Alpine 8200 pager. The pager is a two channel unit
that flashes a green LED when the outer perimeter is broken (and chirps). It
flashes a red LED (beeps for both, too) when the inner zone is broken or when
the doors, trunk, or hood is opened. In theory, the pager has a half mile
range, but in some instances mine has not worked from more than a quarter mile.
The alarm also has the ability to disarm the outer zone for times when there
is heavy foot traffic in close proximity to the car (I disable mine in my
parking garage). So far I have had only two problems with my system, the remote
on/off switch doesn't work well unless I'm less than 10 feet away and once in
Greensboro, NC the alarm falsed every hour on the hour (hasn't happened since).
 
Re: dealers web's. When I mentioned to my dealer about the brake fluid leak in
my car and that I wanted the paint repaired, the service writer said that
Mazda's part caused the damage and I would have to talk to Mazda about having
the damage fixed! OK, isn't the dealer a representative of the auto maker?
Does this mean that every time I want to have Mazda's car fixed I should call
Irvine and request that a rep be sent out just to fix my car? I'm still shaking
my head and trying to figure out that one! Aren't car dealers wonderful places
to find some good laughs!? ;-)
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