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Earlier this year I bought a beautiful C180 that had live all its life in sunny Spain. I have really enjoyed driving & owning it. A couple of months ago, the battery started giving up on me so I put a new one on. From that day to this the car has not run. To start with, turning the ignition did nothing. After a few turns the fob wouldn't even turn to the 'start' position. The drive is locked in park and for some while I couldn't even get back into the boot with the key.
I managed the boot yesterday and the battery is now fully charged, but to no avail. Same symptoms as before. Everything dead.
I have contacted the previous owner who has told me that the previous owner to him had a superduper alarm/immobiliser fitted to the car. Apart from something like a microcamera fitted above the front windscreen, I can't find anything about the alarm.
Has anyone got any ideas, as I really am loathe to scrap the car as It is in A1 condition?????????
 

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Take it to an auto electrician. If it has an alarm he will know where it's likely to be connected and how to disable/bypass it.
In that era alarms could be any of several brands so trying to guess is pointless
 
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Wish I could. It's just stuck there
 

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Alot of people wanting to scrap cars that they are in awe of for the want to a tiny problem in the grand scheme of things.

An auto electrican will come to you. They tend to be mobile
 
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Alot of people wanting to scrap cars that they are in awe of for the want to a tiny problem in the grand scheme of things.

An auto electrican will come to you. They tend to be mobile
Difficult to find in the far West of Wales!
 

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