Anyone have an aftermarket alarm or proximity sensor alarm recommendations that has a voice output that warns people who may be getting too close to "please step away from the vehicle" and that also sends a message to your phone?
Granted, I still haven't found my F type yet, but I foresee instances where I will have to park my car close to the road overnight and I was thinking it would be nice to have something that did this. Most car alarms only notify you after the fact. I'd like one that gives a warning and notifies my phone.
I'd be grateful for any experiences and advice.
Thanks.
Sean

 

I personally wouldn’t do that, in today’s climate, IMHO it might result in unintended consequences. Exactly what you wanted to avoid. I always park far away from others with plenty of spaces available and yet, as many on this forum have stated, someone will park next to me. You do your best and hope for the best.
Frank

 

My specific situation is a bit unique and pretty much just this time of year. My driveway is very long, steep, with a mid level cut back, about 200 feet total length. In the Winter, when we are expecting a heavy snow or ice during the overnight hours, I park my cars at the bottom of the driveway near, but not on, the road, so we can get out that morning for work without having to shovel or wait for the ice melt to work. We live in a nice, fairly secluded area, and I haven't been worried about my current cars getting messed with, and there hasn't been any problems in 20 years living here, but I do have concerns about the F type drawing more attention as it sits there overnight. Any extra attention would likely be teenagers in our neighborhood and I believe a strong verbal warning from the alarm would be enough to make them think twice about coming any closer.
I would not activate this type of alarm if I was just parking it at the grocery store or such.

 

You say close to the road. If it's on your property why not get a ring camera or similar. Can set motion zones and it buzzes your phone. That's what protects my F on my drive.

 

That's a good idea, but I don't think that will work. The end of the drive is 275+ feet away from my bedroom, 60' downhill, with a forest of trees and a large rock wall between. No power at that location to run the ring camera. It needs to be installed and powered by the car.

 

You might find that sorr of alarm would atract kids trying to make it work, the opposite of the intended effect.

 

Thanks for the reply, but there isn't that much teenage traffic that I'd be too concerned about that behavior and false alarms. I've found a few non automotive specific options (wireless property alerts) on Amazon that I'm considering as a cheap trial that I can set up as needed. But I think something added directly to the car would be more reliable.

 

What would you think of putting a really tatty cover on it? Unassuming may mean less attention.

Have you seen this proximity alarm on Amazon?
Maybe worth a go, but I would be somewhat wary of connecting things to the car's electronics for longer periods of time, and when it's off.

 

Does your home wireless reach the end of the driveway? If so, a RING security camera powered by a battery would work.

https://ring.com/products/spotlight-cam-battery