Putney

I know it only takes 10 seconds to put up however if you have the tonneau cover on it takes a lot longer.

How do you alarm the car with the roof down?

I have nothing to nick in the cotpit. Apart from maybe the tax disc. What if someone nicks your tax disc? Do you have to buy another or will the DVLA send you a replacement?

SideShowB0b

Im pretty sure you can get a new tax disk, as they are car/reg specific, and although transferable to another vehical, I believe you need proof of ownership of the vehical you're transfering it from.

Ive armed my alarm with the roof down just as normal, and it hasnt gone off or anything, the way the sensors point is quite low into the car, so should only pick up things going on inside it.

mjirvine

buy an MY04 and get the microwave alarm then leaving the roof down is no problem.....

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....but it doesn't stop drunkards pi$$ing in it of course so be careful.

MJI

cheshire_carper

I had one of them in my 2cv (true) it was shit in that. Temps screwed it non stop - wait until summer.

Spanners

Mr Carper.

My Clifford Microwave alarm worked fine all through last summer. Perhaps you had a faulty/poor unit.


Putney

I have no experience of the Honda standard alarm. My car is an import from Europe and, hence, came alarmless. I had a Clifford alarm fitted which has a 'dual zone' microwave system protecting the open cockpit. The outer zone triggers a warning buzz and the inner zone sets the alarm proper off. It works quite well, though I need to adjust the sensitivity of each of the two zones at the moment.

I did, however, have problems with the Clifford unit

cheshire_carper

[QUOTE]Originally posted by XBy2K
Mr Carper.

My Clifford Microwave alarm worked fine all through last summer.

Ian_km

My honda alarm does go off if I leave the hood down, with the standard Honda unit, what you do is arm the alarm as normal then within 5 seconds press the arm button again, this disables the ultrasonics.

Works on mine anyway, though the number of times I have used this feature can be counted on one hand, too scarey

A 2cv with an alarm

cheshire_carper

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Ian_km

A 2cv

douglasr

I never leave the roof down unless I can see the car. A friend of a friend did that and found a big sh*t on the drivers seat of his MG when he got back. With the roof down, lowlifes can throw rubbish or fag ends into the car, birds can sh*it on the interior, warm weather = dust so that will blow into the car and the sun bleaches and damages the leather. For the sake of six seconds, it aint worth the risk, or the extra cleaning time.

Karl2k

Couldn't agree more. If you can't see the car, you never know what will happen, alarm or not, so hood up!

It is also way cooler to jump in and open the lid within 6 seconds, showing the rest of ASDA's car park who's the daddy!