Peter > wrote:

> On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:19:40 +0100, Westy
> > wrote:
>
> >Thanks Peter - this page:
> >http://www.thatcham.org/security/pdf...gerCarCAT2.pdf
> >
> >confirms the standard fit immobiliser on my vehicle is indeed Thatcham
> >Cat 2.
>
> It doesn't matter, but that sounds odd to me: it means no alarm, just
> an immobiliser.
> http://www.thatcham.org/security/pdf...gerCarCAT1.pdf
> says A4, all models, from March 01on have a Category 1 system. Do you
> really only have an Audi Immobiliser (category 2) rather than Audi
> Security System I (category 1)? (Category 1 is better than category 2,
> so you meet your insurer's requirements either way.)
>
> As a matter of curiosity, which insurer is it? I'm a bit surprised
> that they didn't require category 1. Last time I used an insurer that
> needed me to check the category, they required me to have a category 1
> system. (I did - that was on a '98 BMW 3 Series.) When I bought my A4
> and switched to my present insurer, they didn't ask, presumably
> because they already knew what I had as standard and were satisfied
> with it.
>
The required category of alarm depends on the car being insured, how
desirable it is to thiefs, how often they go missing, and how strong the
factory system is, a lot of the latest subaru's for eg not only need
cat1 but tracker too, my Golf GTI just needed a cat2 fitted.
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