Buyer's Guide: Car Alarms

Security is something to take seriously when you are faced with ever rising amounts of car break-ins and insurance premiums. My previous car had a very basic alarm. When I say basic, you could open up the bonnet and pull the leads out of the car battery to make it stop. But it was a good deterrent to the opportunist thief. So I always had good expereices with alarms. Mine never went off without reason, and my new one hasn't either. Essentially car crime falls under two catagories; 1) Thefts from the vehicle 2) Thefts of vehicles Car criminals also fall into two catagories; 1) Opportunists 2) Professionals ...

I purchased a Clifford Concept 300 about 1 year ago, and as for a thief deterent then it is excellent. All the thieves know that it is hard to get round a Clifford, so if not a proffesional, the thief wouldn't go near my car knowing what alarm I have. I have a lot of expensive stereo equipment in my car that I wouldn't like robbing off me. Now the bad points - Since purchasing my Clifford Concept 300 Alarm i have numerous problems. I went for the concept 300 with additional Tilt/Motion Sensor to protect my wheels. I have taken my car back to the shop with faults which I was later told it was the tilt and motion sensor. I have at the moment a problem with the ...