Re: Remote start for standard transmission?

a valid point, Pat...

in fact, a few years ago when my son was temporarily living at home, he was
lucky enough to have a spot for his car in our garage. On one occasion, I
went into the garage to find his car sitting there idling... son was
elsewhere in the house, keychain in his pants pocket, and had inadvertantly
activated the remote start.
the remote start unit we had installed (and others we had looked at) had a
time-out feature... after 15 minutes, the remote start would automatically
cancel, and the car would stop running.

certainly a feature to look for when shopping for a remote start unit.

Pete

"pws" <pwshelton@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> 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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