Thatcham alarms

[SteveBe]

Got a fantastic quote from my broker for renewal of my insurance for my totally original 94 S2 , acquired last November. £348 with Axa for fully comp, garaged and limited to 6k per year, even with an Edinburgh post code. I am 54 so I suppose that helps, perhaps they consider I have insuffient strength to push the throttle to go near the speed limit!

One snag when I received the paperwork. I need a Thatcham 1 or 2 alarm. I presume the standard alarm does not meet the these requirements? Is there any simple upgrade easily fitted or do I need to get one fitted by a specialist or end up paying more for the insurance?

Any comments?

[S2 Ant]

Will need to pay out... AFAIK Cat 2 is just an immobiliser and a CAT1 is an alarm

Expect to pay around £300 for a decent CAT 1 alarm, Toad, Clifford, Cobra etc...

[Beetie]

Clifford do three cat 1 alarms:-
1) Concept 200 (although my brother swears it was the 300 instead,i'm not sure though)
2) Concept 500
3) Concept 600
The avantguard isnt a cat listed alarm, despite it having all and more of the features of the 600, so dont go for this. I have a Concept 500 on mine which is sufficent enough, and can also be upgraded to an avantguard if i want.
The concept 500 is normally about 500 inc fitting, although i dont know what somebody would charge around edinburgh.
HTH
Beetie

[s2avant]

I've got a toad C4T (I think) on my avant. It was £299 fitted (They even removed all the previous bodged alarm install and wiring in the price).

I've kept the factory alarm on it as well just so I can use my IR door locking if the remote fobs ever die on me.

Ben

[S2 Ant]

It is the Clifford 300, ur bro is right.

Ive got the Toad AI606 and the Bosch Iris alarm

[Beetie]

Bas#@rd, i hate it when hes right

[Graham]

I got a Toad AI606 cat 1 fitted, i looked at the clifford concept 300 and was told by 5 out of the 8 places i called to get an alarm that the clifford alarms have a higher fault rate than most others, i ended up getting the toad fitted by toad for £335 with a lifetime guarantee.
Graham

[S2 Ant]

Yeh i've had cliffords twice before and both ****ed up!!

Granted they have all sorts of toys you can use on them but they are forever playing up!!

[newsh]

Well let's face it would you trust anything made by a bloke called Clifford??

[Keeper of The Kitten]

Clifford? That was the dragon on the old Listerine TV adverts!

The Kitten seems to have run the gamut of Clifford and SpyBall, but now uses a VW Logic 900 which has the relevant Cat 1 certification and satisfied my insurer! Seems reliable and at least I know where to find someone who can look at any problems if it does go wrong.

__MDC__

[S2 Ant]

Clifford is the name of the guy in Max Magic on Sky One LOL!!!

They are apparently made from all the same stuff as you'd find in a MOSS alarm i believe it was.... as they were made by the same people apparently.

Sure it was MOSS or some other really dodgy brand

[Beetie]

ive never heard of a clifford breaking apart from one which had a faulty sensor... Ill have to make some more enquirys