Re: alarms and WEP and TAF no longer q-less (or would that be clue-less)

[Andrew Duane USG/PE <duane@zk3.dec.com>]

Hairy green toads from Mars made DFAUTOHAUS say:

> Seems to me that all the 91's had the factory alarm and theft deterent, maybe
> I'm wrong. When one locks the car, a little meep is heard from the rear of the
> car. This means the system is activated. If so and someone breaks in the alarm
> starts meeping, the 4 ways flash, and the starter is inoperative. 
> Check to see if the system is there first, I just went out and checked my
> Coupe Quattro and my 91 90 Quattro in the lot and they both have the factory
> system.
> I must say that after years in the service business (those days are over
> ,thank God) the most common cause of WEP (weird electrical phenonoma)
> TAF(Total Audi Frustration) was after market alarms, so bear that in mind
> while considering an alarm installation.


AMEN!

Angela's '90 90Q20V just suffered a week of WEP and TAF at the hands
of a dead electrical system. New battery, crowbar'd out the aftermarket
alarm system, car runs fine now.

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