My daughter got a factory alarm for her E46 that literally jumped into the car. Installation was so simple, my daughter did it herself. The directions worked perfectly -- with the exception of the word "terminate" where "connect" would have been more appropriate.
In any case, the alarm "requires" a trip to the stealership to be activated. Is there a method that I can use to actrivate this device without a stealer visit that is quoted at about $150? The directions esitmate installation time at 1 hour INCLUDING programming. My daughter installed -- including a mis-step -- in about an hour, which means programming should take about 5 minutes.