Comments on: lifehack: using your car alarm panic button to locate a lost vehicle

By: FilSchiesty

FilSchiesty — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:10:27 +0000

I've actually just used the Arm/Disarm button repeatedly to find mine. Although the "panic" option might work a little quicker!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 06 May 2009 15:23:46 +0000

Eldan, welcome to Earth, where no one cares about anyone but themselves. =)

By: Scrollin’ On Dubs » Blog Archive » How to disable your car alarm panic button non-destructively

Wed, 02 May 2007 05:39:49 +0000

[...] If you’re like me you have a janitor’s key chain with twenty things on it. At least once a week I set off the panic alarm on my truck by accident because one of the gadgets on my key chain presses the button. In fact the only time I ever intentionally use the panic button is when I’m trying to locate my truck in a parking garage. But I’ve realized I can get the same honk and light flash by clicking the arm button twice and since I rarely panic anymore I now have zero use for this button. Here is the trick I came up with this evening to eliminate the annoyance of accidentally triggering the alarm: [...]

By: eldan

eldan — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 08:25:33 +0000

This really is very annoying advice. My apartment is within earshot of a large parking lot, and every evening these things start going off. To me, this is behaviour diagnostic of a total lack of concern for other people.

By: FilSchiesty

FilSchiesty — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 05:06:14 +0000

I’ve actually just used the Arm/Disarm button repeatedly to find mine. Although the "panic" option might work a little quicker!

By: Sean Tierney

Sean Tierney — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 06:00:13 +0000

Trent,
how many times in the past month have you dropped everything to run to a car where the alarm going off in order to ensure it’s not being stolen? c’mon.

sean

By: Trent Shepherd

Trent Shepherd — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:55:25 +0000

So if I am in a garage and I hear a car alarm go off. I should not worry, as it is not a car being stolen or someone in a safety threating situation.
It is just some idiot who can’t find their car and can’t be bothered looking a bit harder.

By: Christopher Wigginton

Christopher Wigginton — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:31:35 +0000

Auto Marco Polo :-)

I’ve used that trick as well at the airport, Though I prefer the lock button, since it produces single horn honks.

Wouldn’t it be great if your cell phone had gps and your car had onstar, and you could call onstar and have onstar map you from your cellphone to your car.