Kristin- my Mom's car won't start while the car alarm is going off.
The odd thing is that I'd turned the alarm off first. All I can guess is that the car has some kind of temporary kill switch or something.
It's called a blaster, Will, a word that tends to discourage experimentation. Now, if it were called the Orgasmater, I'd be the first to try your basic button press approach.
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Pix - Sep 23, 2007 5:07:08 pm PDT #6664 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
-t - Sep 23, 2007 5:09:01 pm PDT #6665 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I had something very similar happen to my Tercel a few years ago, Kristin. A previous owner had installed an alarm that we didn't know about and therefore never turned on, but when it got too old it randomly set itself and went off. That's apparently just something after market alarms do, eventually. Mine didn't make noise, it just kept the engine from starting, so alarm wasn't the first thing to spring to mind, but a mechanic figured it out immediately. He was able to disconnect the alarm in about 5 minutes, I don't remember if he even charged us, though we did have to get it towed to the garage.
Laga - Sep 23, 2007 5:10:09 pm PDT #6666 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I found my car alarm when I slammed on the brakes one day and it fell on my foot. It didn't seem to be attached to anything.
Pix - Sep 23, 2007 5:21:54 pm PDT #6667 of 10001
The status is NOT quo.
That's apparently just something after market alarms do, eventually.This is an original Prius "anti-theft deterrent," it seems. I've been doing some online poking around, and it looks like I may need to get my Toyota dealership to take a look at the battery. Fun! I just really don't want to incur the wrath of my administration if th car starts going off during school. Our school operates in a historical landmark, and we operate under a Conditional Use Permit. In other words, our neighbors already don't like us. Random car alarms are not going to help. Meep.
Zenkitty - Sep 23, 2007 5:36:31 pm PDT #6668 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
My car used to set off its alarm for no damn reason at all. Still does, sometimes. Oddly, it stopped doing that (much) about the time I promised I wasn't going to sell it. My car is neurotic.
Laga - Sep 23, 2007 8:47:13 pm PDT #6669 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Why is it that the sound of leather on leather is more likely to send me to a twenty-year-old making out with leather jacketed boyfriend place than a ten-year-old horseback riding place? I heard that sound for eight years before I even discovered boys.
edit: this musing brought to you by two shots of Jim Beam and the sound of leather on leather.
Kathy A - Sep 23, 2007 8:56:02 pm PDT #6670 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I've only had homicidal feelings about Rex Grossman once so far.
I just caught the post-game wrapup on the radio on the way back from ChiKat's tonight, and have had homicidal feelings about Grossman pretty much nonstop since then.
Laga - Sep 23, 2007 9:14:14 pm PDT #6671 of 10001
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yeah. I posted that at half time. ugh.
vw bug - Sep 24, 2007 1:37:28 am PDT #6672 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
It's morning.
Tom Scola - Sep 24, 2007 1:40:01 am PDT #6673 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It's MONDAY.