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 Car Alarm for an Accord

If you have purchased a new vehicle in the past few years it probably came with a factory alarm. However many older cars do not have one and the question is should you get one? Before you decide read about some of the features you can find. Different systems will have different features.

 

  •   The basic purpose of the car alarm system is to prevent theft of your vehicle. If your car is not worth much, it is probably not a target for being stolen and it might not be worth the price to add an after market car alarm to it.

 

  •   However if your car is valuable and does not have a car alarm you should consider adding one. One major downside to a car alarm is that so many have been triggered for one reason or another most people are numbed and ignore the sound of the alarms.

 

  •   In addition to the basic car alarm some automobile companies are adding immobilizers. Aftermarket products can now included a vehicle tracking system from some companies. While other companies have gone the route of sending a signal from the car when an alarm goes off to your pocket controller. While all of these can help, none can really stop a determined thief.

 

  •   If you are interested in an car alarm you should know about the basic features or boxes that can be installed with your car alarm.

 

First in a car alarm is usually a door sensor that triggers when the door opens. Similar devices can be placed with the hood and trunk lids to send an alarm from your if they are opened. Next in some car alarm systems is an interior pressure sensor that goes off when someone sits in the driver's seat. Outside pressure sensors are usually not used, but a mercury tilt/shock sensor is typical. It fires when the vehicle is rocked or moved. For example if someone was trying to tow it away or load it on a truck. Another type of external sensor can be combined with a speaker to warn people that they are too close to your pride and joy. Some car alarm systems have the capability of triggering if they hear glass breaking.

Most car alarm systems also have safety features like turning on your lights from outside the car, and triggering the alarm remotely So when choosing a car alarm you should insist on the features you feel you really need. You will find that the average car alarm should satisfy most of your needs. However for not much more money for a car alarm you can get some unique features.


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7/30/2010 - Honda posts record Q1 and Renault returns to H1 profit (Reuters)

A woman walks past Nissan Motor Co's March cars at the company's headquarters in Yokohama, south of Tokyo July 29, 2010. REUTERS/Toru HanaiReuters - Honda Motor Co (7267.T) raised its full-year forecasts after posting a record quarterly net profit on Friday, while brisk sales returned France's Renault to profit in the first half.


7/30/2010 - Obama to sell auto bailout good news in Michigan (AP)

President Barack Obama smiles after signing a supplemental spending bill at his desk in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010.  (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - President Barack Obama is going to the heart of the U.S. auto industry to push an important election-year claim: his administration's unpopular auto industry bailout has turned into an economic good-news story.


7/30/2010 - Honda posts record quarterly profit on sales rise (AP)
AP - Honda's quarterly profit ballooned to 272.4 billion yen ($3.2 billion) and the carmaker raised its full year earnings forecast as sales grew in North America, Japan and the rest of Asia.
7/29/2010 - Tenneco , (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Tenneco , an auto parts maker, swung to a Q2 profit of 62 cents ex items, topping views by 18 cents. Revenue rose 36% to $1.5 bil, above views. Tenneco, which makes emission control products, shock absorbers and other components, climbed 7.6% to 25.97.
7/29/2010 - Obama: We'll get back money from auto bailout (AP)

President Barack Obama, center, during his guest appearance on ABC's television show 'The View' in New York, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Sitting with Obama are Barbara Walters,  left, and Joy Behar, right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - President Barack Obama said the government will recover all the taxpayer money his administration provided to bail out the auto industry last year.


7/29/2010 - UAW head: GM to file paperwork in August for IPO (AP)
AP - General Motors Co. will file paperwork in mid-August to start the process of selling stock to the public, the head of the United Auto Workers union said Thursday.
7/29/2010 - White House: car bailouts saved a million jobs (AFP)

The headquarters of General Motors is pictured in 2006 in downtown Detroit, Michigan. The White House on Thursday said its multi-billion dollar auto industry bailout had saved a million jobs and brought the fabled sector back from the brink of collapse.(AFP/File/Jeff Haynes)AFP - The White House on Thursday said its multi-billion dollar auto industry bailout had saved a million jobs and brought the fabled sector back from the brink of collapse.


7/29/2010 - Toyota recalls 412,000 cars in US to fix steering (AP)

In this undated photo provided by Toyota Motor Corp., the 2003 Toyota Avalon XLS is shown. Toyota is recalling 412,000 passenger cars, mostly the Avalon model, in the U.S., and another 16,420 vehicles in Japan for steering problems, the automaker said Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Toyota Motor Corp.) ** NO SALES **AP - Toyota is recalling nearly half a million cars, most of them large sedans sold in the U.S., for problems that can cause the steering wheel to lock up. It's the latest indication that the automaker is still struggling with vehicle problems even as it works to overhaul quality control.


 
 
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