Re: Home alarms only, or car alarms too

[micky <NONONOmisc07@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:01:01 -0700, "Bill"
<billnomailnospamx@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"micky" wrote in message
>>
>> Is this ng only for home secuity alarms?
>>
>> Or is this a good newsgroup for car alarms too?
>>
>> Or can you recommed one?
>>
>
>If the car alarm is a factory installed alarm and you want to know
>about operation and troubleshooting, you are best to find a forum for
>your specific vehicle. Search google for words like...
>Chevy forum
>Nissan forum
>Etc.

Thanks.

There really is none, with the possible exception of web forums and I
hate them.  I had a list of 25 reasons they were inferior to
newsgroups, and about 15 reasons they are inferior to mailing lists.

It's sad that newsgroups are dying, because no one makes money from
them, so no one has a financial motive to promote them.   When they
are by far the best format around fro discussions.

There is a Toyota newsgroup, but it's pretty quiet, and not very
electronics-oriented technical.   My previous car was a Chrysler
LeBaron, and there were two busy Lebaron Yahoo lists, but now there is
only one.   They do discuss technical things like car repair, but
haphazardly.  They just know what happened to their car and what they
think fixed it.   Most  don't like testing, and just replace parts
hoping to hit the right one.  When the parts are cheap enough, that's
okay, but often they're not and most still show no interest in
testing.   No one there will know the details of a factory alarm.


>If it is an after market car alarm of a specific brand, search for
>that brand name along with the word forum and maybe alarm and you
>might find discussion about that car alarm. Also try the
>manufacturer's web site.
>
>If you have general electrical / electronics questions about car
>alarms like with wiring or theory of operation, people here or on an
>electronics forum would know about that.

That's what I think 2 of my questions in the previous thread were, but
no one had answers to those questions.

>>As a rule automotive types
>are more mechanical and don't all that much about electrical things.

Exactly.

>But there are a few who do.
>
>For Usenet general automotive questions: rec.autos.tech

Thanks.