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| DiscoStu Member Since: 30 Jun 2007 Location: London/The far north Posts: 255   
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Well, the story continues.
I spoke to Tim at Mobile Centre about upgrading my alarm from a Cat 2 to a Cat 1. Tim, rather than just take my money  very kindly suggested I approach my insurance about accepting the car as it was – the kit he would fit would be a copy of what was already fitted, and £500ish to fit a second, identical alarm would be a waste of money.
I checked the Thatcham site for details of Cat 1 and Cat 2, and obviously Tim was correct – the MY13 kit meets Cat 1 status. I spoke to my broker and they seemed to think that as the insurance company hadn’t requested proof of a Cat 1 being fitted everything would be ok. I was pretty sure that if the Defender were stolen that they might then check up on the alarm status, so continued to dig. I asked the dealer for information on the Thatcham Category of the fitted alarm – they couldn’t provide any details  I then contacted Thatcham, who responded very quickly. Although the Defender may have the correct equipment for Cat 1, it won’t be awarded Cat 1 status until Land Rover put it forward for testing, and so it is still officially Cat 2 (immobiliser only, alarm not categorised).
I’m talking with my insurance company about what to do next – I don’t really want to pay out a load of money for what will actually be a sheet of paper saying my car has a cat 1 alarm fitted. A big thanks to Tim for his help  My Disco 'best bits'
Defender 110 XS CSW 2013 |
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12th Jun 2013 11:52am |
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| ARC99 Member Since: 19 Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 1831 
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Only a suggestion.
How about asking Mike@Landrover if they intend to submit a 2013 for checking. Don't make old people mad. We don't like being old in the first place, so it doesn't take much to  us off.
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12th Jun 2013 12:56pm |
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| mobilecentre Member Since: 05 Mar 2012 Location: Evesham Posts: 645
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Land Rover do a whole vehicle type approval process so when the 2.2 came out MY2012 they would of submitted that for homologation. They will not carry out individual approvals as it will cost too much money.
The battery backed up siren was a cost option on the 2.4 so could of been homologated as they have carried it over to the 2.2 but just seem to fit it standard now. |
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13th Jun 2013 7:39am |
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