LED Blinking on Pursuit PRO-9276C Remote Start

howie ll wrote: I know it has been brought up in this post but I know from bitter experience, and in a car park with CCTV in Central London, that all the BM's Benz and ALL the vehicles with flashing LEDs were left alone.

I'm in Retail myself. I just think the LEDs look cheap/tachy. And in this case each time it blinked it outlined my V1 and the whole front dash (at night). All new cars have alarms, everyone knows that (even old cars now). People who put in a nice alarm have something to protect like a stereo. It would take more than 2 seconds to steel a stereo.    If I saw an odd aftermarket blinking light in a car like a highlander, i would go over and peak to see what they have in there. I would imagine a thief would too. Then just smash and grab my V1. the OEM blinking lights are more subtle, look OEM, and don't look cheap. Not to mention, i bet if someone left something valuable on the seats, they would still break a window in a BM. Smart thieves would also know that German cars have dead bolts for locks and the doors won't open. So there are more in and out to why a car would get broken into or not.   Jsut my 2 cents.

Yes we call them Break My Windows ....dead locks won't stop that but even so a pro thief will walk away from a car with an LED. Frankly most people won't even notice a factory security light, especially when until recently it didn't denote an alarm, just an immobiliser, any way with a modern car, it just isn't worth while stealing a head unit, they are usually non-powered, you will still need amps etc and it ain't exactly a quick phono plug fix. All you will see in a modern car is the screen. Certain Euro cars have the head unit built right into the dash, i.e. part of the dash (Fiesta) the Yaris in Europe has a square unit that fits nothing but the Yaris, etc. etc.