ive just had my Clifford blackjax alarm taken off my motor, and have gone back to the standard scooby alarm, firstly is the standard alarm a cat 1? and 2ndly is it any good.? or shall i just buy a decent clifford for around £400???

Help needed cheers

 

What year is the car?

 

2004 mate

 

Yep, should be CAT1 (assuming it is a UK car)

 

yeh 2004 WRX STI PPP its just the bloody clifford shop today said it wasnt lol.....


is it best to upgrade or just leave it??

 

I am happy with mine.

Haven't heard of many people changing it.

If its CAT1 (which I know mine is (MY03STi) then it has to be to a minimum standard.

 

oh excellent that saves me £400 woohoo, i thought it would be a CAT 1 but wanted to check....lol.

i love scooby net hehe

 

Out of interest, why would you take the Blackjaxx off??

 

the black jax was just a pain in the *** tbh, i couldnt open any doors when the engine was running making the car very unpracticle!!!
just gonna stick with the bog standard cat 1

 

I thought that might be the reason, but i thought the piece-of-mind outways that. (From a fellow BJ owner)

I forget about it almost every time i take it out.

 

Thats ok but what if your car gets taken with the keys the sigma cat 1 on the key is no use once they press the button
I have got both on my03sti and a blackjack, its a pain in the ar$e but its added security. Think about it seriously

 

this site will give you the criteria info for Cat 1..2..3 alarms
Car and Vehicle Alarms Thatcham Approved Security Covert UK

 

it was just so unpractical, i use the vehicle everyday, i would have kept it if it was just for sunday use!!!! but i cnt justify turning the engine off everytime someone wants to get in or jump out !!!!!!! pain in the a$$ lol....

 

I am a care assistant and in and out of my care probably 8-10 times in three hours now thats a pain in the ar$e, but mine got stolen with the keys therefore the alarm was useless, i don't have to turn my engine off everytime i open a door, i just re-enter the code with the engine running
Sorry i think you are making a hue mistake, but it's your choice.

 

No convincing needed here. I think it is excellent, a pain sometimes yes, but excellent. Gives good piece of mind.

 

You don't have to turn the engine off, just re-enter the pin.

 

you actually did need to turn the engine off i tried re entering the pin but to no avail......

 

No such thing IMHO

You'll be fine with the standard alarm. Its based on a sigma M30 which I've had in a few cars and not so much as 1 false alarm.

Had 3 cars with cliffords and not 1 of them was any good.

Next time you're in a car park and you hear an alarm go off 9 times out of 10 it'll be a clifford. I never take any notice of 1 so why would anyone else. Perfect for breaking into then

All cliffords are toss, stick to what the manufacturer decided on. After all, its good enough for your insurance co, why shouldn't it be good enough for you???

 

the pin for the car, not your card?

 

I had a clifford alarm in my mini years back, it was also utter toss.

A pattern forming here.

 

I was advised that if i wanted a gimmick alarm with lots of gizmo's then get a clifford, if i wanted an alarm to be an alarm then get the sigma.