Aftermarket Car Alarms for the 03/03 M45

[MBoxFever]

I'm not satisfied nor do i feel secure with Infiniti's factory alarm system. I remember reading on someone post that they installed an aftermarket alarm system that called thier cell phone, sent them an email, etc if and when there alram went off....sounds nice. Does anyone have any info on any system like this that i can purchase and get installed.

Also does anyone know if this would void my warranty on the car and can this system be incorporated with the factory keys i have????

Thanks

[szh]

I'm not satisfied nor do i feel secure with Infiniti's factory alarm system. I remember reading on someone post that they installed an aftermarket alarm system that called their cell phone, sent them an email, etc if and when there alarm went off....sounds nice. Does anyone have any info on any system like this that i can purchase and get installed.

Also does anyone know if this would void my warranty on the car and can this system be incorporated with the factory keys i have????

There are a couple of companies providing after-market alarms of this type, including tracking, etc.

Check out http://www.directed.com - their Viper GPS is what you have in mind (along with similar products from Clifford, by the way) and they can refer you to a dealer/installer.

I do not know how well it integrates with the factory alarm and key system, this is something your local installer will be able to address, I would hope! Modern factory car key systems are kinda complicated, so it would be good to find a reputable, knowledgeable installer to do the work.

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[auditech10]

I guess I dont understand what the worry is to begin with. How can your car be started without a programmed key? The immobilizer will not let the car start, or at least it shouldnt. Isnt that enough of a deterant? I guess you can say but there is ways around that, but to a car theif why would they want to deal with something that they cant be in and out of in a minute or two? And to fight further arguments, if someone is determined enough to steal your car, it will be stolen no matter what you do to it.Have a wonderful day!

[szh]

if someone is determined enough to steal your car, it will be stolen no matter what you do to it.

Very true! Which is why the tracking systems work so well. I should have mentioned the disclaimer that I usually: my company provides the North-America-wide tracking network for such applications.

Three examples that prove the point:

1. High-value assets have a habit of walking off on their own. Things like road-building equipment, combines, etc., disappear from where the crews leave them at night. On ones that are equipped with GPS-tracked geo-fence systems using our network, we find one or two units a month (valued from $100k to over $500k each) heading for the Mexican border and the Highway Patrol is notified to catch the perps.

2. We have broken up large car-theft rings in Atlanta and a few other cities - the cars got tracked to the chop-shops and the Police raided the places we directed them to.

3. In Mexico, one insurance company did a test on our network and now requires that high-end car owners have to have a system installed to get insurance. The test was simple: of 40 tracking system equipped cars that were stolen, they recovered 39 of them in a few hours (one never showed up). On another set of 40 cars without tracking systems, none were recovered. Clear proof!

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[MBoxFever]

Which is why the tracking systems work so well. I should have mentioned the disclaimer that I usually: my company provides the North-America-wide tracking network for such applications.

What tracking system are you talking about LOJACK?

[szh]

Which is why the tracking systems work so well. I should have mentioned the disclaimer that I usually: my company provides the North-America-wide tracking network for such applications.

We are not the only provider of networks for this purpose though. We work with companies like Directed and others to get their products to do the right thing.

What tracking system are you talking about LOJACK?

No. The first-gen LoJack systems are pretty useless. You sorta have to already know that the car has been stolen and then call it in. If you are luckly, it will not have been stripped by that point. Nowadays, the theft recovery rate with the first-gen LoJack is about the same as if you did not have it!

The second-gen equipment from Directed and some others (LoJack also has something coming out along these lines) uses GPS and a transmitter (cellular system ... on my companies network, for example) to automatically start tracking when the car is broken into and stolen - the company calls you rather than you having to figure out and call them. Much better approach!

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