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Old Sep 28, 2002 | 11:38 PM
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anyone else get this? I keep starting up the scoob in car parks and the car next to me decides to set its alarm off....

oh and I dont have a pea shooter on the back!!

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Old Sep 28, 2002 | 11:53 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 12:22 AM
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yes, I set off some car next to me, it was an old sports car, but I can't remember what. So I let it stop and then rev'd up and set it off again.

Made my dad who was passenger grin...
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 12:31 AM
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I have booted it down the road before and set a car alarm off, and that was in a Saxo
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 12:40 AM
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VWs very sensitive to this. If you have a blitz nur spec, or similar, you can have some fun driving past VW dealerships, apparently.
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 02:07 AM
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 02:32 AM
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Hi Steve.... Do you happen to know of any VW dealerships in Brighton? not that i'd drive past slowly but loudly!

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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 07:53 AM
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I thought this was a new sport.
I find for best effect you reverse up to the parking space and the sound wave from the exhaust bounces off the wall for maximum impact, usually triggering any alarms within 50 yards!!
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 08:18 AM
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Yep, my record for setting off alarms in a day is 6, best areas are multi-storey car parks as the full de-cat Nur SpecR bounces off everything.

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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 10:51 AM
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Yep, great in`it, every now and then you set an alarm off just by driving past a car in normal traffic,I have got used to it now though but it still makes me smile.(magnex 6x4 oval b/box fitted)


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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 10:55 AM
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y'know, I bet we'll all be moaning like hell when our car gets nicked/broken into and people just ignore it because everyone just ignores car alarms - after all, they never do what they're supposed to do

My neighbour actually complemented me on the exhaust note the other day - I was shocked...
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 11:26 AM
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tiktok

If you really want to know where the VW dealerships are in Brighton, try Advent in Hove. Directions are here

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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 11:33 AM
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There's a guy just down the road from me with a Laguna (coincidentally with a P*** ONE plate), who parks near one of the speed ramps, and if I blip the throttle at just the right time when I slow down, I can set off his alarm

All I've got on is a P1 box.

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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 12:24 PM
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TicTok - Our next meet is down at Advent VW then...see you down there

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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 12:39 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 12:58 PM
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 01:54 PM
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Got an HKS back box on an 02 Sti and my record is setting off four car and one house alarm on my road all at once, three were VW's
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 08:31 PM
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got my first one today, brand new saab from about 12 ft away
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Old Sep 29, 2002 | 08:33 PM
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had a few now that ive got my straight through centre section and blitz nur spec back box..

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