can you clarify for me

Well I've been told they have no fobs at all. Seemed very confused when i mentioned it, they only have the 3 keys.

The doors are all shut apparently, the car is closed, they have just walked up and shut the door.

the doors unlocking themselves can be solved easily by spraying wd40 in each of the locks for a few seconds. mine did the exact same thing until recently!

Did both your doors unlock? Or just the door you locked?

Get them to knock a couple of hundred off the price and get a brand spanking new alarm fitted...will be much more reliable than the factory one and you'll get at least 2 fobs

Cheers,

Vickster, how will the 3 keys work with the new alarm, etc?

The keys wont work with the alarm. It will work with the fobs you get with it.

but will the keys still work, i.e red, blue etc.

You will still be able to lock the car and set the alarm with the keys won't you?

Where would you recommend for alarms?

The keys will work, they are just to lock/unlock the car and to deactivate the immobiliser.
The alarm is a seperate system.

The keys will still work, but you will need the fob to deactivate the alarm (when you fit a new one).

The keys dont deactivate the standard alarm, this works off of the fobs. But they do disarm the standard imobiliser (CODE system). I'm fairly sure that even with an aftermarket alarm/immobiliser that you will still keep the standard one too.

As for recommendations, look in the yellow pages i guess.

ok, so if i took the car as it is and fixed the confusion with the doors and locked it with the keys. The car would be locked, but the alarm wouldn't be armed?

Yes, it would be locked and immobilised, but not alarmed.

Toad and Cobra are reckoned to be pretty good alarms (can personally vouch for the latter)...Just ask at a local alarm place...I think you'll keep the same immobiliser just have a different alarm ... this what I did with an old punto

Something like this ...

http://www.cobravehiclesecurity.co.uk/default.asp?docId=12401


The fobs operate the central locking ... can the current alarm just not be removed, it evidently doesn't work anyhow if there are no fobs (mine is like this)

Well I've not bought the car yet, i'm making my mind up whether it's worth a 520 mile round trip to see and get it. I just need to clarify if there are fobs. If not then i'll get some money knocked off.

If the doors not staying locked is easily fixed then i'll get some money off for that too and take the car. It's parked in a secure car park at work.

Has an experienced owner checked it out for you?

Mark on here, went to have a look but the garage was closed at the time. He could check the car but not the papework, etc.

The car is based in southampton