Cat 1 alarms... opinions and reccommendations please!

Richdog · 24 Jan 2006 at 16:12

Some nice muggins have reccommended that I get a Cat 1 alarm for my car and I know sod-all about them. I am just wondering do they offer any major advantages over Cat 2 alarms, as in make it seriosuly mroe difficult for thieves? What sort of price will I be looking at consdering I am on a tight-ish budget (~£200 or thereabouts)?

Can anyone reccommend any for me? I live in the West Sussex area just outside Crawley.

Richdog · 24 Jan 2006 at 16:29

Ahh that's good to hear, it will stay garaged anyway most of the time. It's just ithat in my other thread someone was really reccommending getting one but I wasnt sure whether the cost would be worth it...

Richdog · 24 Jan 2006 at 16:43

I already have an immobiliser (definately got one of those) and a Cat 2 alarm (I think) as I believe they were standard on the 1997 CLio 1.4 RT.

I also heard that you need to get some special nuts or something to protect alloys from theft>

Richdog · 24 Jan 2006 at 16:54

Yeah no worries about that, my stereo face will be taken out religiously when not secure in the garage. It just arrived today too so will be going in tonight hopefully...

I'll look into the stickers etc, cheers for the advice folks.

Richdog · 24 Jan 2006 at 18:23

Hate said:
whereabouts near crawley?

my parents live in east grinstead and i worked in crawley for 3 years, never had any problems there

Heh I live in Ashurst Wood mate just outside east grinstead, quiet spot with very little trouble. But my girlfriend lives in the dodgy bit of East Grinstead just behind Superdrug. I'd also worry about leaving my car in parts of crawley, brighton etc.