Re: Remote start for standard transmission?

Pete wrote:
sadly, the only death was that of the remote start unit itself... it recently ceased functioning after about five years, and since the car itself is also near death with almost 400,000 km on it, we'll not bother to replace it.

FWIW, the remote start unit we used came from COSTCO, cost about $70 Cdn.

Pete

One factor that hasn't been mentioned is the possibilty of any remote starter system becoming activated accidentally when the car is parked in an attached garage.

I don't have the numbers on hand, but it is a fairly large number of people that are killed every year by cars left running in the garage. In one case, the father started his car, saw that it was snowing, and took the jeep without remembering to shut off his car. He returned home to find his family dead from carbon monoxide poisoning.
If the car had a remote start installed, and it was accidentally started without hearing the car, the results would be the same.

This danger alone, however remote, makes me want to be at the car with the key to be the only way for it to start.

I know that a car parked in a garage does not need a remote start, but people move and a car that was once parked only outside may end up being parked in the garage with the remote start system still equipped.

Pat

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