From: tsanford@nf.sympatico.ca 
  
 "backforty"  wrote in message 
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 > On 30 Jan 2004 11:48:15 -0800, scottyf44@hotmail.com (Scotty) wrote: 
 > 
 > >I was just wondering, are there any USEFUL ways of using a car alarm, 
 > >other than annoying your neighbors at 2:00 in the morning? Not a 
 > >single person pays attention them anymore. 
 > 
 > Not necessarily. As long as the noise scares away the would=be thief, 
 > the alarm has served its purpose. 
  
 What MIGHT be useful would be an alarm that not only goes off but disables 
 the vehicle until the owner resets it? 
 Also an owner returning to the car could be alerted to the fact "Oh, Oh. 
 Somebody was tampering with my car?" 
 In fact the alarm, if it was done right, might also tell the owner 'when' 
 the tampering occurred? 
 O course that means more complexity to a machine that has far too many 
 unnecessary 'gadgets' already. 
 But it would make more sense to me than some of the silliness and features 
 being installed and now becoming 'standard'! 
 More stuff to go wrong! 
 Any other opinions out there in Canada? 
 Terry. 
  
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