Suzuki Verona

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• alienpath (Jul 12, 2006 4:33 pm)
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• mm9351 (Jul 01, 2006 6:49 am)

Replying to: kimweigel (Mar 29, 2006 9:52 am)

Duh - did you ever figure out that this is an ALARM, and is suppose to ALARM you in the actual event of someone entering your car "beyond the normal means"? How 'bout when you forgot where exactly you parked, and you use your remote's sound to find it? If you had an alarm on your house, would you disable it? Just my 2 cents worth.

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• kimweigel (Jun 26, 2006 8:30 am)

Replying to: jpolwort (Jun 26, 2006 6:01 am)

I used the word "ALARM" 7 times in my post. Yes, I figured out that this is an ALARM. I'm willing to risk the lack of the ALARM to get rid of the chirp. I stated very clearly that the chirp is the alarm. Maybe I'm just more easily annoyed than others, but several magazine reviewers have commented on the Verona chirp and how annoying it is. If someone wants to steal the car, I don't think that the alarm will save me. Here in the 'burbs, nothing draws less attention than some idiot's car alarm going off. It really is the cricket call of suburbia. I had an apartment neighbor long ago who drove a Harley and delighted in going by the cars in the neighborhood with glass breakage sensor alarms every morning because his bike's low freq. rumble would set them off.
   I have used the remote to find my car in a parking lot once, but I was on the wrong level. Most of the time my car is easy to find. I just look behind the biggest, ugliest, gas guzzling-est SUV driven by the most self- absorbed person on the planet, blocking out the view of everything except the sun, and I can usually find my car, right behind it. The good thing about the Verona is there are never so many of them in the parking lot that you can't find yours. I've gone to the wrong Corolla, the wrong Concorde, even the wrong Sebring, but never the wrong Verona!

I love this forum because you get to vent your joys and frustratinos. Got my frustration yesterday. When my '04 Verona failed to start, I anticipated it was the battery. Read the fine print for warranty in regards to the battery. It's only for 24 mos, or 24,000 whichever comes first. My car turned 36,008 when this happened. Took the car to my local mechanic, (instead of the dealer). I probably got "raped" as he charged me $40 to "diagnose" that I needed a new battery (uh duh - I knew that). Then, another $90 for the battery itself. Just goes to show, if Suzuki only warranted their battery for 2 years, it was an el-cheap-o to being with. Be fore-warned.

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• jpolwort (Jun 28, 2006 6:57 am)

Replying to: jpolwort (Jun 27, 2006 7:37 am)

Some typo's in the original post. Sorry. Here's the corrected text.
 
I love this forum because you get to vent your joys and frustrations. Got my frustration on June 24th. When my '04 Verona failed to start, I anticipated it was the battery. Read the fine print for warranty in regards to the battery. It's only for 24 mos, or 24,000 whichever comes first. My car turned 36,008 when this happened. Took the car to my local mechanic, (instead of the dealer). I probably got "raped" as he charged me $40 to "diagnose" that I needed a new battery (uh duh - I knew that). Then, another $90 for the battery itself. Just goes to show, if Suzuki only warranted their battery for 2 years, it was an el-cheap-o to begin with. Be forewarned.

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