Take the valuables inside the hotel/motel room with you and sleep well! Years
ago I had a TR6 in front of my house and one weekend someone slashed the top
one night. Terrible person or people.
> On Jan 11, 2023, at 7:37 PM, Dave Connitt <dconnitt@fuse.net> wrote:
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> Thanks for all the great suggestions on alarm systems for my TR4A. My concern
> is more about preventing someone from stealing something out of the car when
> while we are parked somewhere on the road. I was originally planning on just
> locking the doors but someone locally said that if the doors are locked the
> thief would just cut the top to get in. I guess I could just store the
> valuable things in the locked trunk?
> Dave
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>> On Jan 11, 2023, at 5:08 PM, Robert Rochlin <rrochlin@comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Hi Dave,
>> It sounds like a great trip, being planned well in advance.
>> I think that one thing you might consider is that professional thieves
>> often use flat bed tow trucks and simply pull the target cars up and are off
>> in a matter of minutes, often without opening the doors. In order to thwart
>> them, as part of your alarm system use motion/vibration switches so that if
>> the car is disturbed the alarm goes off. Most of us protect our cars
>> assuming that the theft will be having the car leave under its own power.
>> Best,
>> Bob
>>
>>>> On Jan 11, 2023, at 11:40 AM, Dave Connitt <dconnitt@fuse.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>> This summer I am planning on taking an extended trip out west in my TR4A.
>>> Has anyone installed a alarm system in a TR4A?
>>> I am looking for suggestions on specific alarms. I think I would like to
>>> monitor the doors and maybe the hood. I would also like a motion sensor.
>>> Our route starts in Cincinnati heading first to Colorado Springs, Co. to
>>> drive up Pikes Peak with a bunch of local TriState Triumph people. Then my
>>> wife and I will head out by ourselves to visit Mt. Rushmore, then up to
>>> Yellowstone then east through the badlands and on to home. Thatâ??s a lot
>>> of motels to stop at and if I canâ??t park right in front of the entrance,
>>> I will not be sleeping very well.
>>> I know I will have to add door switches and another one for the hood. I am
>>> planning on adding a courtesy light anyway so the door switches are already
>>> planned.
>>> Thanks in advance!
>>> Dave Connitt
>>> DavesTR4A.com
>>>
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