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notfred

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I was woken up at 4:00AM by a car alarm. It didn't shut off untill 5:00. Subsquently, I was unable to get up when I was supposed to, and now I will be late to work. Next time that happens, I'm prying open the damn hood and forcibly removing the battery. :|
 
minendo

minendo

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If you have a car alarm I hate you, I hate your family, I hate your car, I hate the people that built the alarm....
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The feeling is mutual.
 
NutBucket

NutBucket

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Dude, I agree with you completely. But, you must caveat it. I have had my car alarm for almost a year and it has never false alarmed in the early morning or at a time when it would be a major annoyance to the neighbors. I can't say it has never false alarmed as there are a few people in my neighborhood with rather "large" engines if you follow. But, I had my alarm installed b/c the only times our (family's) cars have been vandalized is when they were parked in our driveway.
 
misle

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Next time, just call the police and tell them that a car alarm is going off. They *should* come and check it out, and hopefully find the owner to turn that damn alarm off.
 
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Ipno

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Once, a guy in my neighborhood had a house alarm that kept going off every night at 3AM for 10 minutes each time. This happened every night for like 2 weeks. We kept calling the police on him because it was so annoying but by the time the cops got there the alarm was off anyway.

Never found out what the deal was or why it was doing that, but I can sympathize with your situation. Honestly I think if you have an alarm and it goes off falsely at late hours you should be fined for disturbing the peace.
 
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bigben

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amen to that


I was in Detroit last summer. In DOWNTOWN detroit. Living at Wayne State University. A car alarm went off every morning from 3am to 4am CONSISTENTLY!!! This went on for two months! If i wasn't inthe ghetto and afraid for my life, I would have ran outside and ripped the freaking battery out and keyed the car!
 
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dman

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Having a car alarm and having a car alarm that's set to sensitive in a place that the owner can't hear it and/or doesn't turn it off are two different things.

My Car alarms have never gone off for more than 1minute, and then it's usually because we're in the middle of some crazy ass thunderstorm that you can't sleep through anyway and the thunder and lightning have somehow set it off. (Maybe happened 2x in the last 5yrs).

On the other hand, some people set there's so sensitive a mosquito bumping off the window will set it off. Those are the people that can never hear it going off, or hear it going off so often they just ignore it. Used to be one in our parking garage that was set too sensitive. I used to set it off driving by from my cars exhaust. Eventually I'd come into work in the morning and rev the engine when I drove past to set it off. Eventually it got set to a less sensitive setting. :)

So, I take no offense from your statement and I sympathise with you about your asshat neighbors, but not all car alarms or their owners or installers are bad.



 
MichaelD

MichaelD

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*tsk*

When my truck read your title, notfred, it started wheezing uncontrolably and the winshield washers just started spraying all over the place.

You made my truck cry, you big bully! :p

My alarm does not false b/c it is set up CORRECTLY. If it did you would prolly shoot my truck though. It has two sirens, both with individual battery backup (so cutting the battery cables does NADA :p) and the factory horn honks as well. In the future, I plan to add one of those "La Cucaracha" horns to blare along with the rest of the cacaphony as well.

Some of us don't have the luxury of having a GARAGE <---*drool* my dream!!! to park our vehicle in. Also, some of us have had our vehicle vandalized TWICE while sitting right under your bedroom window, so an alarm is an absolute necessity. :(
 
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Beau

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That's why I forgoed the alarm and just installed motion actuated gatling guns with 3 second 1000-round bursts. 3 seconds, and it's all over... good by perpetrator. :D
 
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codehack2

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Originally posted by: notfred
If you have a car alarm I hate you, I hate your family, I hate your car, I hate the people that built the alarm....
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And do you also hate the thugs, vandals, and theifs that make Car Alarms a requirement these days?

CH2
 
iamwiz82

iamwiz82

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someone needs to substitute a woman in the throes of an orgasm instead of a siren for car alarms. No one pays attention to an alarm, but every guy in the neighborhood would come out if they heard a woman. :)
 
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StageLeft

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This has happened twice in the last year at my apartment complex. The last one I swear it was somebody putting a horn up to my ear. It was ungodly loud and took forever to turn off. In my opinion if you can't hear the alarm or you don't have a remote pager for it turn the f**king thing off. I was just hoping that somebody would hurry up and steal the damn car.
 
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zsouthboy

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Originally posted by: iamwiz82
someone needs to substitute a woman in the throes of an orgasm instead of a siren for car alarms. No one pays attention to an alarm, but every guy in the neighborhood would come out if they heard a woman. :)
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LOL
 
slag

slag

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Originally posted by: MichaelD
*tsk*

Some of us don't have the luxury of having a GARAGE <---*drool* my dream!!! to park our vehicle in. Also, some of us have had our vehicle vandalized TWICE while sitting right under your bedroom window, so an alarm is an absolute necessity. :(
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Garages arent for parking in. Garages are for working in and storing projects. My neighbor across the way likes to park in their garage but then why have a driveway if you dont use it to park in? boggle.

 
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notfred

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Keep in mind what you're reading was written by a person who was woken up at 4:00AM. I don't actually hate everyone w/ a car alarm.

I still wouldn't mind setting that guy's car on fire, though.
 
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jaeger66

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Originally posted by: slag


Garages arent for parking in. Garages are for working in and storing projects. My neighbor across the way likes to park in their garage but then why have a driveway if you dont use it to park in? boggle.
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What? If you live where it's cold it stops your car from freezing overnight. If you live where it's hot it prevents it from being an oven.
 
MichaelD

MichaelD

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Originally posted by: notfred
Keep in mind what you're reading was written by a person who was woken up at 4:00AM. I don't actually hate everyone w/ a car alarm.

I still wouldn't mind setting that guy's car on fire, though.
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What notfred will be doing this Friday night


Good evening, my name is Joe Smith and Welcome to Pyromaniacs Anonymous. Let's all say hi to our visitor tonight, Notfred. *HI, Notfred!*

Notfred, please, share with us what brought you here tonight.

"Um, well, I set my neighbors' car on fire b/c his fcking alarm wouldn't shut off." *Crowd nods understandingly* "Um, but I liked it...a lot...so I started setting other cars on fire...even those with people still in them..."

;)
 
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reitz

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Originally posted by: notfred
Keep in mind what you're reading was written by a person who was woken up at 4:00AM. I don't actually hate everyone w/ a car alarm.

I still wouldn't mind setting that guy's car on fire, though.
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Put a brick through the windshield tonight...it'll make you feel better :D

 
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BD2003

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Try living above a 200 car open air parking lot. If an alarm goes off, they go off all night, because they all sound the same, and noone thinks its THEIR car. And its not as if you can pop out the window and check, and even if you could, its 4 floors down, and etc....

Part of me hates alarms, but I've heard them in my sleep my entire life, so its also kinda music to my ears....Theyve gotten pretty melodic recently.

The best ones are the ones that talk to you. "Back up off the car, biotch!" :D

We used to tease that one every night for fun. :)
 
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