Car Alarm, any recommendations?

[gstjoker]

Long story short, I'm looking for an alarm for my car. I'm looking to spend no more then $300 maybe? I've read and researched around so I'm kind of thinking about maybe getting one with lcd screen so I'll know what's going on when something happends? Maybe also a remote starter if I have to drive the car during winter? At the moment, the car is garaged every night. I'll soon be moving out to a different location where I'll no longer have a garage and the car will be sitting out in the open parking lot exposed to careless people and drivers.

I've looked into getting the ones at Best Buy? I don't know how to install these car alarms also as I suck at electrical work so I'll probably be having them install it once I figure out which one I want or have a buddy of mine install it. Anyone got some type of recommendation?

[Jakey]

There may be some useful information in these threads:
http://www.dsmstyle.com/forums/search.php?searchid=241135

[turbotalon1g]

Viper 791XV, had it on all my cars, love it.

[x-pride]

If it is for a stick shift the only alarm with auto start that I would trust is an Compustar. Which is more that three hundred dollars. As for alarm system any of the Viper or Python series is good.

[asshanson]

It will be hard to find a two way pager with an LCD screen installed for under $300. You can pick up a nice clifford or viper (same thing, all owned by DEI) on ebay for that much, but it'll cost a bit to have someone install it. The new top of the line ones come with turbo timer built in too.

If you know the basics of wiring, you shouldn't have a problem installing it yourself. I had never done electrical work on my car, but I knew how to use a voltmeter, etc., and it took me a full Saturday to install mine.

[Halon]

Compustar has the two way paging system, and they are priced decently. I was planning on getting one this last spring but it never happened.