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      02-11-2013, 05:23 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by Feanor View Post
I'm a bit puzzled by this.

None of my four new BMWs I've owned since 2006 have beeped when the car was locked and I'm sure they all had Thatcham 1 alarms fitted as standard, which armed themselves whenever the car was locked. My current 118D Coupe definitely has an alarm, and the UK website says that the F30 has a Thatcham 1 alarm as standard.

I find it pretty amazing that BMW sell cars in the US without an alarm fitted as standard! And even if that's the case it doesn't explain why none of my cars have ever beeped on locking, unless that too is a difference in country-specific specification.
AFAIK my E46 M3 didn't have an alarm. The clown nose blinked while locked and the flashers flashed when locking/unlocking--no sound.
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