Goin' for the jet-puff marshmallow bag!! I have a feeling it's about to warm up in here.
I don't have an opinion one way or the other on Code Alarm's products. However, I have a very strong opinion on install quality/creativity. An installer who REALLY cares about doing the best job possible, [read: getting paid to take the time] in SLOWING DOWN a thief, will go to great lengths to harden the target. Some of the better ones I've see had "dummy" alarm wiring harnesses
located in the "usual" places under the driver's side dash. The real ones were carefully concealed
from easy view on their way to a well thought out location for the brain. Going to the trouble to make the siren, and it's wires as difficult as possible to reach quickly so it can't be silenced so readily. Creative valet switch locations etc. etc. etc.. There is more. Much more, but MOST installers never go to such lengths during install. Most people won't pay the extra money for somebody to do it right.
I would rather have a "lower-end" alarm, installed in a way that fu%ked with the thief's head for a while, than a top of the line model with all the trick of the week goodies that he could get past in a few short seconds because it was just put in the "usual" way. And believe me, there really is a great deal of COMMON industry practices that thieves look for.
Rant off...
