Proximity Alarms - good or bad?

[tamago]

Just a quick question to see if anyone has fitted proximity alarm sensors to their TVRs. Are they prone to false alarms? I just want it to chirp when someone loiters around the car for more than a couple of seconds...Can anyone recommend a decent installer in Central london??? Thanks in advance.

[pdV6]

Daz used to have a fecking loud one on his old 7 series:

STEP AWAY FROM THE CAR

in a dodgy mid-Atlantic accent.

Great fun setting it off outside the pub...

[raceboy]

I've had one on my Chimaera for the past 4 years, it's not brilliant but thats down to the alarm design then, I believe the current model is better, but it squarks if anyone stands with in a few feet of the doors, it can be by-passed for when you park on the roadside as every car that drives past a bit to close sets it off which some winds people up if your parked on a residensial street
It also helps me know when the paperboy and postie are about to deliver stuff as it squarks when they walk past, but in 4 years no one has had a go at the car and it scares old dears in car parks when they park a bit close to you so I'd recommend them

[JonRB]

www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?f=47&h=&t=41331

[tvrforever]

I've got a Clifford G4 600 with 'DualZone' on my Chim and it does exactly this - the nice bit being you can set the radius of the outer circle (e.g. the chirp zone) and the inncer circle (e.g. all bells going).

Works great - even with the roof off - and keeps the kids sticky fingers away...

Never had a false alarm in 18 months...