hi guys, sorry for the late reply.

yep, strada started an hour and a half after. go figure

as for the alarm, it's the orange light... i thought of using the spare... same banana... orange light... read the manual... button lock... so i did the combo pressing of II and III... nada... it's the old diamond logo alarm key by the way.

sir ianmitsulancer, was in baguio for the holidays lang, stayed in microtel

so far, no problems with the strada. turbo diesel works great. not as "noisy" and the shifting (3.2L) and acceleration seem to be a lot smoother. worth the extra money.

yung alarm... hassle talaga... i had the casa turn the alarm off when i got my unit last '08 because it was so freakin' annoying. they crammed too much feature on something that only has 3 buttons. same goes for the stupid head unit that we have.

the strada is a great pickup but little things like this really detract from the overall ownership experience.

and one poster is right... i don't care about the cost but i do care about my time being wasted going back and forth.

anyway, i'll just have it checked when i go for PM.

btw, i tried popping out the batteryon the remote key to see if it will fix itself. nada