alarm in the mx-5

[jamoor]

I am kind of new to this whole convertible thing,

When parking up to go into the shops or similar, is it worth putting the hood up?
Sometimes I have popped into shops for 15-20 mins in what I regard as a safe area and left the car unlocked with the hood down and the windows down too.

The car has a cobra immobiliser.
Is it worth getting an alarm and central locking? Should the central locking deadlock the doors, and should the alarm beep when chavs put their hands inside my car?
I have a sony stereo,but the face isn't removable, so some chav may be interested in acquiring it!

[jamoor]

In Tua Nua said:

I have no bother leaving the hood down. Although I do lock both the glovebox and the armrest box.

That said, my tax disc has not been nicked.

ETA: I only have an immobiliser fitted.

Edited by In Tua Nua on Thursday 8th May 23:32

what do people do with stolen tax discs?

[jamoor]

MX-5 Lazza said:

I've never had an alarm in a '5 and never had a problem. Of course I might have just been lucky (especially as I have had it parked in the street overnight at a mates house in Slough a few times
If the top is down then make sure there is nothing that anyone will want to nick within reach. If the top is up make sure you never leave anything at all on display, not even a baseball cap on the seat as some chav will slash the roof to see if anything is being hidden underneath it.
When I leave the top down I always put the windows up and lock the doors - just so that is the worst happens I can inform the insurance that the windows were up and the doors were locked but omit the bit about the top being down

Is the Sony stereo a removable unit? If it is then remove it when you park, if not then sell it on eBay and get one with a removable face.

No,

it's one of these bad boys
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-WX-C570R-Double-DIN-CD-...

talking of stereos, my music system is total ste, when the car picks up speed and i turn up the radio, the stereo gets all distorted, does anyone here have reccomendations for a decent set of speakers?

[jamoor]

MX-5 Lazza said:

jamoor said:

No,

it's one of these bad boys
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-WX-C570R-Double-DIN-CD-...

In that case I would deffo sell it. Did you notice the sellers name on that one > roger-muffwell

jamoor said:

talking of stereos, my music system is total ste, when the car picks up speed and i turn up the radio, the stereo gets all distorted, does anyone here have reccomendations for a decent set of speakers?

It might be crap speakers or it could be a crap stereo. The speakers don't need to be great so don't spend a fortune on them. You could easily spend £200 on high quality speakers that sound fantastic while you are stationary but they won't sound any better than £50 speakers at 80mph on the motorway.
Don't worry about the power handling of the speakers - they all lie about that anyway. Take more notice of the sensitivity. The higher the sensitivity the louder they will be at the same volume level. I have separates in my car (£70 Pioneer, mid-bass and tweeters) which sound pretty good but you can forget about bass when the car is moving - £1000 speakers wouldn't help unless they were driven by a 1KW amp.

My brother has bose speakersystem in his maazda 6, no matter how high you turn up the volume they dont distort,

[jamoor]

princeperch said:

All depends on where you live.

To be honest my main concern with leaving the car parked up roofless, is if some scum walking past decide to jump in, release the handbrake and push the car off or similar...

Do these things have a steering lock?

can,t be bothered to go check!

[jamoor]

MX-5 Lazza said:

jamoor said:

My brother has bose speakersystem in his maazda 6, no matter how high you turn up the volume they dont distort,

A couple of points there - a Mazda 6 is a saloon which is a much better environment. It has a quiet engine. It doesn't suffer from road noise. Even a poor system will sound much better in that car than in an MX-5.
The Bose system is high sensitivity low impedance speakers matched to a special Bose amp controlled by the Bose head-unit. No part of that system is compatible with any other system (i.e. you can't fit normal car speakers or replace the head-unit or amp).

I guess what I am trying to say is (I don't have the faintest clue about ICE or headunits/amps etc) can I get a similar system where the music wont distort so much for my Mazda?

[jamoor]

instaltech said:

No advertising in the forums please.

HA HA

Your website is bebo? Seriously?

Edited by Meeja on Saturday 31st May 16:00