Maserati 3200 Alarm
Discussion
Chaps, as part of my new insurance renewal i'm required to evidence the alarm and immobilzer that's fitted to the car. The car is a 2001 model and i need to know how to prove this as it was fitted in the Factory-anyone had the same request and if so how did you get around it or prove it? What make and model is tha alarm etc? Thanks in advance.
:RANT:
Insurance brokers/companys have all this information if they could just be bothered to get of their fat ar5ses and look!
The amount of times customers come in requesting such information when we know the manufacturers have furnished Insurance companys with this information because when they 'grouped' the vehicle in the first place they took the security system in to account.
Insurance companies... so smart when they want to be, but so dumb if it involves them doing some work to help you save some money!
:RANT OFF:
Insurance brokers/companys have all this information if they could just be bothered to get of their fat ar5ses and look!
The amount of times customers come in requesting such information when we know the manufacturers have furnished Insurance companys with this information because when they 'grouped' the vehicle in the first place they took the security system in to account.
Insurance companies... so smart when they want to be, but so dumb if it involves them doing some work to help you save some money!
:RANT OFF:
Alistair,
This is a common request from insurance companies with the 3200GT as the factory fitted alarm is an Itallian make that is 'equivalent' to thatcham standards, but is not technically certified (or something like that....)
I got round this by getting my dealer to fax the alarm details(below) to the insurance company on the dealership headed paper - this seemed to satisfy them perfectly.
For my car (MY02) the alarm is manufactured by META and the model number is M9-26/98MT. I assume it would be the same on a 01 car. Might be worth ringing a dealer to check.
Hope this is useful,
Rich
>> Edited by mr_tony on Tuesday 2nd December 10:34
This is a common request from insurance companies with the 3200GT as the factory fitted alarm is an Itallian make that is 'equivalent' to thatcham standards, but is not technically certified (or something like that....)
I got round this by getting my dealer to fax the alarm details(below) to the insurance company on the dealership headed paper - this seemed to satisfy them perfectly.
For my car (MY02) the alarm is manufactured by META and the model number is M9-26/98MT. I assume it would be the same on a 01 car. Might be worth ringing a dealer to check.
Hope this is useful,
Rich >> Edited by mr_tony on Tuesday 2nd December 10:34
The current Thatcham certified list can be found here (although as already mentioned it does not contain Maserati).
www.thatcham.org/resources/pdfs/compliance.pdf (410kb).
www.thatcham.org/resources/pdfs/compliance.pdf (410kb).
Three Facts:
1. The maserati alarm is NOT thatcham certified.
2. The maserati alarm is built and installed etc TO thatcham cat 1 standards
3. Maserati dealers can provide documentation (several pages) to support and prove point 2.
Check your insurance certificate - it will not necessaryily state thatcham cat 1 - only the call center muppets will. It will probably say somehting like "meeting our security requriements".
You'll need to get the docs from a masser dealer, get them faxed/posted to the insurance bods, then speak to someone slightly higher than a headset gimp who can actually read, interrpret and make decisions for the insurance company. Then get them to post you a letter to confirm their acceptance of security device conforming to their standards.
Hope that helps
Just done it all 3 weeks back - worth it since the cars the mutts nutts.
Dave
1. The maserati alarm is NOT thatcham certified.
2. The maserati alarm is built and installed etc TO thatcham cat 1 standards
3. Maserati dealers can provide documentation (several pages) to support and prove point 2.
Check your insurance certificate - it will not necessaryily state thatcham cat 1 - only the call center muppets will. It will probably say somehting like "meeting our security requriements".
You'll need to get the docs from a masser dealer, get them faxed/posted to the insurance bods, then speak to someone slightly higher than a headset gimp who can actually read, interrpret and make decisions for the insurance company. Then get them to post you a letter to confirm their acceptance of security device conforming to their standards.
Hope that helps
Just done it all 3 weeks back - worth it since the cars the mutts nutts.
Dave
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