[energetik9]

Car alarms are so pathetically ineffective that I am not upset at all it is not included in my vehicle, though mine came pre-wired with the clown nose and all.

If the system is actually an immobilizer, silent alarm, or otherwise more effective system that provides tracking it wouldn't be free in the first place.

If you want, I can sell you a useless siren for $50 that goes off every time someone next to you slams their car door shut.

I agree. I paid for it as an option, but honestly, there is very little gain with the alarm over the existing security features of the car. My apologies for those who received bad info and to those that expect an alarm, but it seems rather pointless to me. IMHO.

Now if the alarm had a remote start, activated by an iPhone app....now that would be cool, but I see zero reason to install aftermarket.

So again, IMHO, it's just a noisemaker which everyone ignores anyway.