cdcool1
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which ones do you think are best? i'm looking at getting a concept 500 or 600.
what has every1 else got??
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Drew
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i personally think clifford have just got the name now
i think Toad is a better alarm
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Trotty
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I've got the Concept 2 - it's just a midget hiding in my boot with a large bat 
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big eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Drew
i personally think clifford have just got the name now
i think Toad is a better alarm
I would have to agree m8
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StuartVRS
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i was gonna go for the 600, until i found the magicar alarm which is better and cheaper, but not thatcham approved due to turbo timer and intellistart. Gettin a blinding deal on it too
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Mattb
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theyre annoying, we had some cack sharan in at work, and it had a clifford that kept rearming itself.......then going off........then being turned off....the self arming. No-one wanted to work on it so it was left for three weeks with the battery out, in pieces. ha!! teach it to re arm itself!
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cdcool1
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i did have a toad on my corsa, but i thought clifford were better
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John_C
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quote:
Originally posted by corsaCsxi
i was gonna go for the 600, until i found the magicar alarm which is better and cheaper, but not thatcham approved due to turbo timer and intellistart. Gettin a blinding deal on it too
don't tell them about the intellistart, i didn't with my clifford 
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cdcool1
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so intellistart takes away the thatchcam approval i guess?
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StuartVRS
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ive had problems with 2 clifford alarms, fitted through approved dealers. One failed and i had 2 grand of stereo equip stolen, the other, lights never flashed, ex prox sensor beeped at a leaf blowing past, the siren sounded more like a drunk trying to say more beer and when disarming, it used to auto rearm itself. Most of this is down to the fitters and rushing the job. Personally, this new magicar alarm looks the nuts, and has been given great ratings by Fast Car and others, all for only 500 quid.
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StuartVRS
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quote:
Originally posted by cdcool1
so intellistart takes away the thatchcam approval i guess?
Yep, as does turbo timer, as these are illegal
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AJP
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I got clifford 300. controls all the doors and stuff too
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cdcool1
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wots turbo timer do? there a website for this magicar alarm?
the dealer near me is very good, so i got no worries about fitting and setting it up
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Mattb
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whats gonna happen if it goes wrong?????
are the doors gonna open and close like a fat pigeons wings do when its tryin to take off?
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GT4Brody
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I have had a few clifford alarms now, concept 300 on an escort, concept 100 on gsi, concept 500 on GT4, and another concept 300 on my 5, shit thats quite a few cliffords!
The 2 of the 3 that i had fitted, worked fine cos i new the installer both times and he did a TOP class job(saw him doin most of it) The others i have had a few probs with.
I definately think it is down to the guy that fits it.
So basicly go somewhere that someone you know reccomends.
I am a great fan of cliffords(when they work properly!)
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StuartVRS
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magicar site is basic, but it gives you the general idea.
www.magicar.co.uk
it even pages you when someone is too close to the car, giving you the option to remote activate the alarm
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cdcool1
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with the concept 500 and 600, is there a feature where when u alarm it, it closes the leccy windows up? or is this an extra thing you pay for seperate?
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GT4Brody
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quote:
Originally posted by cdcool1
wots turbo timer do? there a website for this magicar alarm?
the dealer near me is very good, so i got no worries about fitting and setting it up
A turbo timer is basicly a relay that is put in the ignition circuit and causes the car to run for a few mins after you have taken the key out.
With the clifford alarms you can arm the car with the engine running and walk off basicly. The car cannot be driven even though it is running, as soon as you take the handbrake off it cuts out.
Oh and if you were wondering the purpose of a turbo timer is to let the engine run for a bit to let the oil carry on circulating around the bearings in the turbo, so as they dont cease up.
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GT4Brody
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quote:
Originally posted by cdcool1
with the concept 500 and 600, is there a feature where when u alarm it, it closes the leccy windows up? or is this an extra thing you pay for seperate?
They have to fit an extra module for the window roll up, think thus an exra £50, although it can be added at a later date.
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cdcool1
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oh yea, seen that magicar 1 before. website basic to say the least!! it seems ok, but i not too keen on it. it doesn't have a very long range between the transponder key and the car for the alerts i dont think. summing like a few hundred meters, and i'm not sure about through too many walls.
also, i want it to be thatchcam approved to reduce insurance
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AJP
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quote:
Originally posted by Mattb
whats gonna happen if it goes wrong?????
are the doors gonna open and close like a fat pigeons wings do when its tryin to take off?
It will be a new age chitty chitty bang bang
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