I'm new here, just picked up my Yellow MP3 yesterday. Have yet to really take out the car, but my main concern is the safety of the car. I'll be taking the car out on a daily basis for work, and I'm scared that after people notice the car in the same area day after day, someone might try something. Are there any/many instances of people's MP3's being broken.. or stolen even? Ok.. just wanted to see what everyone thought.
Stolen MP3's?
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A lot of MP3s have been broken into, so GET AN ALARM! As for stealing them.. it'd be pretty easy to spot, right? Stands out in a crowd.. especially a yellow one! I guess it depends on what kind of neighborhood you're livin' in.. but I really wouldn't worry about it getting stolen.
DooMer_MP3
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And then after you realize the trunk release is disabled, you flip down the rear seats and nab the subwoofer 
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.you can disable the fold-down seat device. it's the little lever on the back of the seat but you have to lock them from the inside of the trunk.
My Question is... One.I saw the trunk release inside the trunk and thought to myself OK.. Two. How in the hell does someone get stuck in a trunk.. I dont see how its possible for someone to get the trunk closed on them when they are in the trunk, or even fit inside the trunk, that place isnt like a living room. Now I understand dead bodies and all that, but still dont see how you can get stuck in the trunk.... 
[ 12-16-2001: Message edited by: AZxMP3 ]
[ 12-16-2001: Message edited by: AZxMP3 ]
Lol, it's not for if you get inside the trunk. If either the trunk release switch or the seat lock switch were in the interior of the car other than in the trunk, it would make a pretty pointless security thing because a thief would break in, see the trunk release and seats are locked and just flick whatever switch was on the interior of the car and boom he'd be in your trunk carrying away the sub.
well, after getting mine broken into, i've definately updgraded the whole security system. i got an alarm installed, than when it trips, will page me and let me know what area of my car triggered the alarm.
the MP3 is definately a target, so make sure you get the thing alarmed & insured or else yer in for a lot of disappointment.
the MP3 is definately a target, so make sure you get the thing alarmed & insured or else yer in for a lot of disappointment.
What kind of alarm system is that your using, that pages you when it goes off? And do you have to pay monthly for that or is it a one shot deal? I took my car to work for the first time today and felt extremely paranoid while working. If you can, or anyone.. please fill me in on the kind of alarm system your using, along with a price tag.. thanks!
Inimical_01ES
Member
Originally posted by Linuxninja:
<STRONG>Accually, there is a yellow lever in the middle of the trunk, to the right of the locking mechanism that disables the trunk release on the drivers floor. There is also a emergency releas pull that glows in the dark if you get stuck in the trunk.
Isn't it usually dark in the trunk? How does it get light energy so that it'll glow?
Or maybe it catches just enough light while the trunk is open just before someone runs up behind you and stuffs you in there...
I have a Viper Alarm. Cost me $300 installed. Find an installer that knows what they are doing that will hide the wiring and the siren so that it can't be yanked out or have the wires cut. All my wring is hidden or deep inside the factory looms. It would take at least an hour to get to the siren IF you could find it. Even if you did, my horn honks when the alarm goes off and it'll take forever to disable that. Make sure the brain is far from accessible and the valet switch is not easy to find. I REALLY like to have the horn honk feature. Nobody pays attention to a regular alarm sound anymore. But the horn honk makes people look.
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT 4 MP3s IN MY AREA HAVE BEEN BROKEN INTO> i didn't beleive this at all at first. a friend of a friend has one and hers was broken into yesterday. when she took it for repairs today they told her that this is the 3rd one they've had in the past month and that the shop next to them had had one. I called the body shop and they told me that one of the cars had an alarm.
Ok help me out... To disable an alarm on our car you have Cut the Battery wire.. This is not easy to do on our car.. The entire brain of the alarm is usually under the dash.
I think I'll just chain him down at night
kat
Ok help me out... To disable an alarm on our car you have Cut the Battery wire.. This is not easy to do on our car.. The entire brain of the alarm is usually under the dash.
I think I'll just chain him down at night
kat
Massyellowmp3
Member
Killer Alarm System
I have posted this before and i feel this is the best way to go. You have to find a really good installer for this system. This is what i have. I have a top of the line brain form www.directed.com
the brain is not hidden under the dash it is in another location. there is two sirens under my hood one of the is a standard siren and the other is battery back up,like some one else posted the wiring is deep in factory loom. Under my dash i have a stobe light so you cant look up to atemp a hot wire and i also have a pain genorator siren under the dash as well. Under each seat i have pain gereators and 2 in the trunk and the whole system is put on battery backup. you can pull the stock battery out and the alarm will still go off. Let me tell you when the istaller was testing it i tried to put my head inside the car (I couldnt do it)and my ears wear hurting me for 2 days. The whole system ran me about $650 and well worth it for me.
I have posted this before and i feel this is the best way to go. You have to find a really good installer for this system. This is what i have. I have a top of the line brain form www.directed.com
the brain is not hidden under the dash it is in another location. there is two sirens under my hood one of the is a standard siren and the other is battery back up,like some one else posted the wiring is deep in factory loom. Under my dash i have a stobe light so you cant look up to atemp a hot wire and i also have a pain genorator siren under the dash as well. Under each seat i have pain gereators and 2 in the trunk and the whole system is put on battery backup. you can pull the stock battery out and the alarm will still go off. Let me tell you when the istaller was testing it i tried to put my head inside the car (I couldnt do it)and my ears wear hurting me for 2 days. The whole system ran me about $650 and well worth it for me.
redwagon02
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Man,I spent $650 on a G4 clifford millenia alarm 2 years ago on the miata and now that its no longer under warranty the siren doesn't have the confirmation chirps. 
But will sound if the alarm goes off. O'well as long as I still can make the windows roll up and down, turn on the headlights, open the trunk and lock and unlock the doors its all good.
But will sound if the alarm goes off. O'well as long as I still can make the windows roll up and down, turn on the headlights, open the trunk and lock and unlock the doors its all good.
