Insurance / Porsche standard alarm

[popov123]

Hi again,

I am about to pick up my 911 (89 carrera) and am interested to know if my insurance company will accept the porsche security device as an adequate CAT1 item?

The guys at portiacraft seem to think that as this was graded as a CAT1 system when new, that the insurance company will accept as category 1 now.

Anyone got any thoughts on that?

and whilst we are here - what (reasonably priced) security device would you good people recommend. (I had various quotes all around the £350-£400 mark - fitted, sound reasonable?)

Cheers
Dom

>>> Edited by popov123 on Saturday 9th October 09:14

[popov123]

Has no-one here had experience of this, or insured their car with factory standard security only?

Is it foolish of me to even consider only having this level of security on my car???

Would like to know where I stand before I tackle the insurance demons again.

Cheers.
Dom

[ultra violent]

I had to get proof that my PA1000 alarm and immob. was Cat 1. Just went to my local OPC and they wrote a letter for me. Job done.

[phelix]

I assume they mean that the system was Cat 1 approved when it was fitted at some point in the car's life. I doubt very much that any system installed as OEM in 1989 is more useful than a chocolate teapot.

Do you have any information on the system? Is there a remote fob or something that you insert into a receptacle in the car? If it's the latter is almost certainly only Cat 2 (immobiliser only).

For a list of Cat 1 and Cat 2 approved systems go to www.thatcham.org then click on security, then vehicle listing and then download the vehicle listing pdf.

[popov123]

phelix said:

I assume they mean that the system was Cat 1 approved when it was fitted at some point in the car's life. I doubt very much that any system installed as OEM in 1989 is more useful than a chocolate teapot. Do you have any information on the system? Is there a remote fob or something that you insert into a receptacle in the car? If it's the latter is almost certainly only Cat 2 (immobiliser only). For a list of Cat 1 and Cat 2 approved systems go to www.thatcham.org then click on security, then vehicle listing and then download the vehicle listing pdf.

To the best of my knowledge there is no seperate receptacle etc - In fact, I think whatever the security device is is part of the key - ie. no button pushing or placing a little toggle into a doofer...

Its looking like I might be needing to find another £400 to sort out a worthy security device then. Not ideal but if its gotta be done...