Category Archives: Car Security News

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New Check Lists for Alarms/Immobilisers

Posted on April 26, 2012 by obsessed

So with the NZSA Star rating system for car alarms and immobilisers now dead and buried it’s been interesting seeing what others are up to. Mongoose have simply adopted the “Star rating System” as their own and dropped the NZSA … Continue reading →

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NZSA fail to front up agian!

Posted on March 30, 2012 by obsessed

Feckless, Incompetent, Useless, Compromised, Corrupt. Does anyone actually have a better word which is not in French that summarises the New Zealand Security Association? It is almost April and as of yet the NZSA has failed to front up to … Continue reading →

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Google doesn’t trust the NZSA either!

Posted on March 12, 2012 by obsessed

I’m sure some of you have heard the recent radio campaign where the NZSA claim to be “professionalising the security industry” (If not click here to listen) yet the hard facts are that nothing could be further from the truth. … Continue reading →

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Top 20 Most Stolen Vehicles

Posted on December 7, 2011 by obsessed

Following on from the news about the New Zealand Police website listing all reported stolen vehicles for he past 6 months, it seems that there has been a fair amount of interest in the numbers. The problem with the police … Continue reading →

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Stolen Vehicle List (NZ Police)

Posted on December 2, 2011 by obsessed

One thing I have been keen to see for some time now is a list of Stolen vehicles. Sure the AA list their top 10 each year but that is hardly a true reflection on what the reality is. Today … Continue reading →

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A Legacy of Failure.

Posted on November 18, 2011 by obsessed

The title of this post may sound harsh, but I firmly believe that it is fair given just how inept the New Zealand Security Association has been in recent weeks under the helm of Greg Watts. On 5th October I … Continue reading →

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Most Stolen Motors (2007-2011)

Posted on November 8, 2011 by obsessed

Top 10 stolen cars (AA Insurance claims data 2007-2011)   1. Honda Torneo 2. Nissan Elgrand 3. Subaru Impreza 4. Subaru Forester 5. Subaru Legacy 6. Nissan Skyline 7. Nissan Presea 8. Mitsubishi Libero 9. Nissan Cefiro 10. Nissan Sunny No Nissan Silvia (#1 for past 3 years) Some … Continue reading →

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How much control do Mongoose have over the NZSA?

Posted on September 29, 2011 by obsessed

Back in May I drove up to Auckland to attend a New Zealand Security Association meeting. My goal was was to question why we have a lack of installer standards and an out dated star rating system. At the meeting … Continue reading →

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Are My Comments Inaccurate?

Posted on June 13, 2011 by obsessed

It would seem that I may have upset one or two people at the NZSA by sending out an email to all its members with a link to the Star Rating post. I felt that that members had a right to … Continue reading →

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NZSA Star Rating System?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by obsessed

There have been some interesting developments over the past week. After all the talk about being upfront, honest and accountable, the NZSA seem to be be doing the exact opposite! Autowatch and Dynatron have both had their range of alarms/immobilisers … Continue reading →

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