BMW Alarm vs. Viper Alarm?

I bought a 2003 330CI (used obviously), the dealer said it had an
factory installed alarm. It didn’t, so they are going to install an
alarm free of charge. Asked me if I wanted the alarm from BMW which
my car is pre-wired for, or if i wanted them to install a Viper
system. I know nothing about the 2...can anyone offer any
suggestions?

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"dugies25" > wrote
>I bought a 2003 330CI (used obviously), the dealer said it had an
> factory installed alarm. It didn’t, so they are going to install an
> alarm free of charge. Asked me if I wanted the alarm from BMW which
> my car is pre-wired for, or if i wanted them to install a Viper
> system. I know nothing about the 2...can anyone offer any
> suggestions?

Considering the problems with alarms that I see posted here
(aftermarket) and letters to the tech help in Roundel,
I would strongly suggest the factory alarm.

Floyd

Agreed.

"fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message
...
> "dugies25" > wrote
>>I bought a 2003 330CI (used obviously), the dealer said it had an
>> factory installed alarm. It didn’t, so they are going to install an
>> alarm free of charge. Asked me if I wanted the alarm from BMW which
>> my car is pre-wired for, or if i wanted them to install a Viper
>> system. I know nothing about the 2...can anyone offer any
>> suggestions?
>
> Considering the problems with alarms that I see posted here
> (aftermarket) and letters to the tech help in Roundel,
> I would strongly suggest the factory alarm.
>
> Floyd

"fbloogyudsr" > wrote in message
...
> "dugies25" > wrote
> >I bought a 2003 330CI (used obviously), the dealer said it had an
> > factory installed alarm. It didn’t, so they are going to install an
> > alarm free of charge. Asked me if I wanted the alarm from BMW which
> > my car is pre-wired for, or if i wanted them to install a Viper
> > system. I know nothing about the 2...can anyone offer any
> > suggestions?
>
> Considering the problems with alarms that I see posted here
> (aftermarket) and letters to the tech help in Roundel,
> I would strongly suggest the factory alarm.

Or you could consider my situation where the factory alarm has failed and
will cost £425 to fix. The factory alarm (on my 525) is no better than one I
could buy for £99.