Miata Mailing List: February 1996, Message #57
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   From: dherr@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (Dennis J. HeRR)
Subject: Alarm anyone, NOT! :)
   Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 07:51:24 -0500

G'day!

It's another round of alarm debate, NOT! :)  Seriously I'm going to install
a Viper 500+ with dual stage radar sensor and trunk release with power door
lock.  I've been looking for an alarm best suitable for ragtops such as
MX-5/Miata and finally choose the Viper 500+.  I know Alpine makes one
great alarm as well as Clifford but these two brands are not available in
Australia at the moment.  Alpine is still waiting for the Federal
Government pending for its alarm series and Clifford is, last I heard,
still restructuring its model range in Australia. :(  For some reason, a
lot of installers I've talked dropped the CodeAlarm from their inventories.
I originally did have a look at the Viper 500+ alarm last year but someone
advised me that Viper tends to have too many false alarm with its sensors
so I dropped it from the list until I happened to drop by one of my local
audio shop where I bought some gears before.  They've started to carry
Viper range and just finished the installation on shop owner's MX-5 - it's
'95 red/tan special edition BTW.  I was quite impressed.  So I talked some
and after lengthy discussion with a installer, I choose 500+.  Originally
he suggested 900 but since I wouldn't use many of its features and price
wise, 500+ looked like good choice.  This 500+ even has code hopping which
was only available in 500HF last year.

Now, should I get 900?  It has things like dome light supervision,
automatic wiper activation, Vehicle Recovery System, and etc.  Do I need
these things?  Certainly it'll be cheaper to buy 900 than adding all these
features to 500+ later.  What do you think?

 Dennis (^_^;

          '89 BMW 525i - White, only when I need it.
  /\_/\   '89 RX-7     - Red,   too many tickets to keep it.
 ( - - )  '92 MX-5     - Red,   too much fun to worry 'bout tickets.
 ==_Y_==  Dennis J. HeRR (dherr@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU)
   `-'    Momo chan '92 red w/ low profile headlight
   Neko   Member of MX-5 Club of NSW #309
          Member of Miata Club of America #53709