I have a code alarm on my truck, works very good (had it 5 years). I have
had one module go out about 2 years ago, but the shop that put it in
replaced it at no charge.
Mine has the remote start built in, and it was nice when the truck was
parked in a carport during the winter. But now since I have a garage, and
am in the process of insulating the hell out of it, it may not be so
handy... But you never know.
The EVS-II may sound interesting, but a code alarm for $200 installed sounds
a lot better! :)
-- Gary Hedlin www.garyhedlin.com (under construction)On 5/21/04 10:38 PM, in article c8mht8$hra$1@bent.twistedbits.net, "andy levy" <andy-dml@levyclan.us> wrote:
> > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > OK, I went to 2 shops tonight. First one sells Viper, had no literature > on the showroom floor, and no one could be bothered to acknowledge my > existence. They have a buzzer on the door, yet no one even came out of > the back room when I came in. I know no one who has dealt with these guys. > > Second shop had a Code Alarm brand unit that looked good. 2-stage shock > sensor, 121-decibel siren, integrates w/ my power locks, 800' range, > good stuff. $200. He showed me some press that said that DC is using > this company's product on the '04-'05 Chrysler/Dodge minivans & > Pacificas, and they also come on several other makes (including, quite > possibly, Marci's Hyundai). A friend sent me to this shop and was very > happy with their work. > > What's the real price on the EVS-II, how many hours to install, and what > does it *really* have included in it? Does it still have the same crap > range that my RKE has? I *hate* that I have to be within 40 feet of my > truck to lock the doors or use the horn/flashing lights to help me find > it. If I'm within 40' of my truck, I'm going to be able to eyeball it. > > After fighting my way through Mopar's terrible website, it looks like > the EVS-II system is $155, plus $59 for the wiring harness. Plus > installation. And the only thing it'll give me over the Code Alarm > system is a starter interrupt. Which I'm not terribly concerned with. > > I still need to talk to a shop that deals w/ Viper systems and will > actually talk to me. > > Things I will not do: > Buy a POS "Club" > Put stickers on my windows & an LED on the dash, with no actual alarm > system. Once someone tests for a motion sensor and comes up w/ no > response, they'll really want in. > > - -- > - -andy > > http://home.rochester.rr.com/alevy/dakota - andy-dml@levyclan.us > - -------------------------------------------- > "Whatever Adam does, do the opposite and you'll be fine" > -Bob Tom > - -------------------------------------------- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) > > iD8DBQFArsrkxPJNBidNgHkRArXnAJ9vfi3aSpxxAaGn+n78AgYre0SKsQCfW4BJ > dJvoboUVuZMUZcA9Y2ZkGlM= > =dSDC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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