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So if you have the factory security system....

The other thing that's known to happen is having a remote added to your car when you leave it somewhere for service. They program in the remote to all the cars that look nice, write down their addresses and either sell it or go looking themselves. This is why I always give auto shops my parents' address a hundred miles away.

AT CES one year there was a company marketing an alarm that chirped differently for a few days after a new remote was programmed in. Seemed like a good innovation, but I havn't seen anything about it since. However, I havn't bought an alarm since so maybe it's a standard feature.

Why they behaved as they did is certainly a mystery. I'd definitly be afraid they'd come back.

Matthew