Thats what they invented Pop Rivets for.

Cheers

Aaron

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yeah tinted windows helps..

.l

I've lived in Redfern for 2 months in between moving places (yea I know a whole 2 months, I'm so disadvantaged, I'd bring out my tiny violin, but were too poor and had to pawn it to buy medicine).

Walked through there even in the early morning hours (on the way home from work) and since my uni (UTS) is pretty close by, I'd also walk home all the time allong the whole Regent street, central stn, redfern stn route. And where I lived was surrounded by housing comms. Had some trouble only once.
It sure aint pretty - junkies, dirty, bag snatchers at the station - (though the terrace parts away from the housing towers are very nice) but its no Harlem. Its still normal people, trying to make normal living. Parts of Redfern (Surry Hills way) are even becoming sorta fashionable because of the small terraces and the inner city spillover. Though it ain't gonna be the next real estate boom like Bondi, or Darlinghurst, everyone's been waiting for it to happen but its decades away, when the housing comms go away.

The only really dangerous part of Redfern is the slums area (like 2 streets) next to the station - there you've got dailight streetcorner drug deals and robings and everything.
Thats where the whole rioting thing started from.

I now live back at Coogee, which is considered a reasonably nice area, but we still have a giant housing commision estate next door.

Yep what Mike said pretty much sums up Redfern... except around the station isnt very bad anymore.. after the riots they cleaned it all up.. and the cop shop is now where the old tnt buildings were.
I'm on the border of surry hills.. so its a pretty nice place. I love redfern, never want to move I talked to one of my neighbours who doesnt ever use his garage.. so he's letting me rent it for $15 a week, which seems pretty good to me

I worked there clearing strret mailboxes and never had any trouble at all. It was a few years ago though.

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Chris

Everything I like is either
illegal, immoral or fattening.

Back onto the alarm subject....
I had a mate who had a black widow alarm, you know the one with that spider thing on it.. and the alarm was that crap, you could literally walk up and kick the car and it wouldnt even go off. We used to work at supercheap auto and one day someone through a rock threw his front windscreen and smashed it and we heard the smashing from inside and the alarm DIDNT EVEN GO OFF...

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Life's a garden.... Dig It!
http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20746

Most alarms do have a sensitivity adjustment. But the one in my EA Ford was so touchy that starting my Mini and revving next to it would set it off..
Or if the wind blew hard, or a truck went past, or...
Finally I got it fixed!

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When Angelo (My daily Drive Alfa 75) desided to drop it rear exhaust it would set off all the sensitive allarma around

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What do you guys think of these:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4553333125

I've never actually heard of the brand (Tenon) do insurance companies look at the brand of alarm? I know some of the features will most likely not work on a mini (without some modification.. eg: the "auto central locking", and "remote trunk release") but it seems to have some good features.. I like the remote alarm that "Reports Live Status of the Car". Does this look any good? Or a pile or rubish?

Thanks people

I wouldn't buy a system off ebay, especially if it has the downloadable wiring diagram on the auction page.

Boomerang alarm -

Alarm features
Arming and disarming
Door open sensing
Shock sensing
Start disable in arming status (immobilizer)
Auto-rearming
Passive arming
Hidden AlarMTM
Vibration of the Remote Control when the system is triggered
Beep sound and icon flash on the LCD screen when the system is triggered
LCD screen illumination when the system is triggered
Emergency panic alarm

Engine Start features
Remote engine start
Programmable engine-start-rm
Cold weather startTm
Automatic recharge of vehicle's battery
Turbo timer function

Convenience features
Automatic door lock/unlock
Keyless entry without pressing the button of Remote Control
Ignition auto door lock/unlock
Car finding
Car driver paging (Option)
Trunk release
Personal system set-up on the Remote Control
Remote Control's LCD screen illumination
Temporary lock of the Remote Control's button
System override valet
Automatic diagnostics of the system's status
Operation error report
Battery low warning
Programmable personal alarm clock
Built-in central power door lock Relay
Passive door lock
Automatic illumination of the dome light when disarming
Five selectable different personal alarm sound tone
Indoor temperature monitoring on the LCD screen(Option)

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by the way its like between $600 to $900 bux for that little beauty

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I don't think it is possible to stop a professional thief taking a car if he wants it. I still think the best method is a silent tracking and disabling device that is totally hidden and does not set off alarms. You can then wait until the cops are there and stop the car. The only trouble with that idea is it costs big dollars and has a limited area of operation.

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Chris

Everything I like is either
illegal, immoral or fattening.