just a little poll:

is the tc security worth the money?

your thoughts?

other options? maybe purchase an aftermarket security system?

 

Yeah I've heard that there are better and cheaper aftermarket alarms. Haven't checked them out just yet, waiting for Saturday when I get my tC, but I know its out there.

 

I have the Scion Security. Save your money and go aftermarket. You'll get better operation with more features for less $$$. Hindsight is always 20/20.

 

yeah save your money for an aftermarket system which will do a heck of alot more (some niiice systems for $400), i think the only benefit to having the tC alarm is that you can keep the controls to one key fob (your key) and it has the glass tapping feature but other then that nah its not worth it.

 

Actually I am almost 100% sure that with the Scion alarm you still use a separate remote and not your on key buttons, which kinda sucks .

 

nope its right on the key, you just get a red horn button added to the key, it doesnt honk when you lock the car or anything.

 

mine honks once when its locked and twice when unlocked, and i got scion security. I pre-ordered my tc way back in 2004

 

I got the panic button on my key and i don't have the Scion Security.

 

The 2.0 has a special security system better than the upgraded 1 the rest of us can get from the dealer.

 

????

 

okay..... i want to clarify a few things that i've seen posted.

- Scion Security will use your stock key.
- Scion Security will not and make any beeping or honking noise when you lock/unlock doors.
(aacordon, i don't think you have Scion Security)
- RS2.0... NO special Scion Security.
- that Panic button is on EVERY key... hold it down to use. you don't need Scion Security for it.

and FINALLY.. there are aftermarket systems that can use the stock key.

 

nope i got scion security rite from dealler the same day, even got the light thingy for it (the primitive one for first tc's) but they said that some security systems are programmed to beep and some arent
or they probably put a corolla alarm in mine (toyota of noho is whack sumtimes)

 

my possible guess is that they installed another toyota type alarm or toyota contracted alarm.

the scion security should have a place in the switch panel that says "scion security" on it.. with a led light, and mic for the glass break sensor.

found pic of it from someone:


scion security does not have sound. i know that some toyota dealerships have contracts with other alarm companies. KARR especially for instance. i had a KARR system in my old tC and yeah... "honk honk"

 

That just goes to show how some dealers love to royaly screw their customers ( i say mt they give my mom auto) i said scion security they give us someother pos

 

well i just got my scion and it's friggin sweet!!!

been drivin it all day

i love 5spd![/img]

 

I might've had my info wrong but i was looking at the 2.0 a month or so ago at my dealer and it just randomly went off. It was in the showroom which was weird. Anyway, after it went off one of the guys that worked there said it wasnt the normal scion security but a different one still using the normal key.

 

Don't get the Scion Security system. I have it, and when I try to open the driver's or passneger's door by pulling on the handle, and while the system is armed, the alarm won't go off. Yet when I try to do the same thing with the tail gate, the alarm does go off. Is this supposed to work like this? I guess Toyota figured the most probable form of entry would be through the tail gate. :?