Warning...RANT!!!

[Bane]

I live on a road where,to my misfortune,I have the omly house without offroad parking.Therefore,my car and the Missus car have to stay parked out on the street,just outside my gate.
It's also a main road in and out of the town,but reasonably quiet at weekends,butI'm fed up to the back teeth with Subaru Impreza's,sh*troen Saxo's and any old sh*t car really,that has been fitted with a low,bassy rumbling exhaust.Include racebikes with sportcans and the old Harley style cruisers in that too.
The reason?
These fekers keep going past and setting off the alarm on my Golf.
It happened at around 11pm last night and again this morning.It doesn't seem to happen all the time either as buses and lorries dont do it.
I think it's got something to do with the settled weather and high pressure we're experiencing just now.somehow making the vibrations from certain exhaust notes more noticeable to the alarm sensors?
It's still bloody annoying though.

And before anyone mentions it,I know theres a switch to turn off the internal sensors,but I just park up,get out and never think of pushing that wee button......

Feel better for that!

[andrewparker]

It's threads such as this that, whilst unfortunate for you lot that live with this threat, makes me glad that I live where I do and don't have to worry about it.

[triggerh4ppy]

I think you may be able to make it less sensitive using vagcom

[andygo]

I'm sorry, thats' not a proper rant, more of a mild grumble. A proper rant should include lots of swearing and insults.

4/10. Must try harder.

[81lly]

^^^^ 

[Horatio]

what you need is something like this, a card board cut-out. Theres a few on amazon. Stick it in your garden, or fold it in half and put it in your car.

[Bane]

It's threads such as this that, whilst unfortunate for you lot that live with this threat, makes me glad that I live where I do and don't have to worry about it.

Funny fecker....   

[blackmagic]

If it does it any other time when no noise issues get the alarm module checked. My alarm kept Goin of randomly recently at night. Replaced the module all now fine. It's not to expensive. Opened the old one and the internal recharge battery had leaked and corroded the circuit board. from memory its located near the passenger front wheel arch engine bay.

[tom.b]

i would check you battery and alternator, somtimes that can cause your alarm to start for no reason, worth a look for the 5mins it takes

[skard]

In VCDS you can check the last four alarm triggers, I'd also suggest it is a gubbed siren, the internal battery of them can cause random triggers. I replaced a couple on my last mk5, one just died, the other kept going off day or night until that died.