Sooooo, when I bought the project all those years ago the alarm was switched off. It's the old bog standard Scorpion. The car came with the little key for disabling/enabling the alarm but I've never bothered as I assumed there was something wrong with the system......

Until this morning when, bored at home, I decided to mosey out and enable the system.

Press the button on the keyfob and she chirps three times to let me know she's now armed and dangerous

Press the button again and she chirps once to let me know she's insecure and vulnerable.

Press the button again, try to gain entry from the rear (through her boot) and she screams the neighbourhood down!

So, there you have it, I am the proud owner of a functioning Scorpion alarm!

Never assume anything where a coupé is concerned!

Do you have the red key though

Wow.

Word of warning: Avoid large busy areas where there is the opportunit to be majorly embarrassed. The alarm WILL go off, just to spite you. Its a feature

Good advice

I do I do I do


Well, I have a silver key I sprayed red, does that count?

Or refuse to be switched off; in the parking garage of the airport, when you've just picked up your mother in law...

I felt rediculous, walking around the car with the remote, trying it from every angle...

It worked fine again when I tried it after I got home and worked fine ever since...

I have wire cutters in the glovebox, just in case

I wonder if you`ll find out that the boot or bonnet sensors are not operating properly (usually does this around 3am ) now you`ve switched the alarm on .

Baz

well theres some alarming news!!!

Nice one!

Baz: bonnet sensor disappeared long ago

Now the boot on the other hand........ach, if it goes off I'll just get 'er indoors to nip down and switch off the alarm, I'm sure she'll be quite happy to do that for me?

Or assume it will work for any length of time
I can quite happily have my alarm working for days, then it just decides to not dis-arm itself, when you come back to jump in and drive off

Where the hell is the alarm, I can't find it. Knowing me I've probably just got a keyfob that makes the lights flash and an LED come on!!

Scorpion alarm box is down on the nearside at the front of the engine bay.

Lol,
had 3 coupes now, alarms have all worked fine!
Only time mine has played up was after some servere wet weather (lost its blip to warn of activation, but still flashed indicators) back to normal when dried out