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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / November 2005Remote car starter advice
I am wanting to purchase and install myself a remote starter and door unlocker for my full size 96 chevy truck. (To warm up in winter) I work in a building about 1000 feet from where I park. I am lookign for an alarm I can install that has the most range, so if I wanted to I could start my truck form inside the building. Do any of you people know what brands are best? >I am wanting to purchase and install myself a remote starter and door >unlocker for my full size 96 chevy truck. (To warm up in winter) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >I wanted to I could start my truck form inside the building. Do any of >you people know what brands are best? I don't think any have that kind of reliable range. Probably have to use one that uses phone and pager equipment. You can start your car from around the world. greg My son had an alarm/remote starter installed on his '93 mustang at Best Buy, stated range was up to a mile, think was the Black Widow or something like that...also could roll down electric windows, has small LCD display to show when doors/windows are open and when car started, a little puff of smoke comes out of exhaust, reallly neat little device! retail around $600.00 > I am wanting to purchase and install myself a remote starter and door > unlocker for my full size 96 chevy truck. (To warm up in winter) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I wanted to I could start my truck form inside the building. Do any of > you people know what brands are best? Many of the dealers will discourage remote starters. The dealer that I am with, refuses to install them. They told me that these can sometimes give a lot of problems. You can enquire around about this. I know that many of the Volvo, Nissan, and Toyota dealers are refusing to install these. I have a new Murano, and the dealer also refused when I asked about one. They told me that if I install one, I am on my own with it!  SignatureJANA _____ I am wanting to purchase and install myself a remote starter and door unlocker for my full size 96 chevy truck. (To warm up in winter) I work in a building about 1000 feet from where I park. I am lookign for an alarm I can install that has the most range, so if I wanted to I could start my truck form inside the building. Do any of you people know what brands are best? > I am wanting to purchase and install myself a remote starter and door > unlocker for my full size 96 chevy truck. (To warm up in winter) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I wanted to I could start my truck form inside the building. Do any of > you people know what brands are best? I have a Bulldong in my Astro and it works fine. Range is not 1000 ft I'm pretty sure, but that depends on your battery in your remote and mine's about 1 year old. When it was new range was about 2 city blocks IF it was straight line of sight - not through buildings. I can set it to start by itself if outside temps reach certain limits. That might be an option. Personally, I don't mind getting into a cold car at 38 degrees f, but around zero it's a different story. Autorun like that will only let it run as long as I program it for. Pretty nice unit and very easy to install too. Cheers, - Jeff G compustar makes an AM version that is about 2000-2500 ft and and FM that is about 5000ft >I am wanting to purchase and install myself a remote starter and door > unlocker for my full size 96 chevy truck. (To warm up in winter) [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > I wanted to I could start my truck form inside the building. Do any of > you people know what brands are best? i will have to agree wiyh JANA. I PERSONALLY WOULD DISCOURAGE INSTALLING A REMOTE START DEVICE. but thats just me. if you are really serious about this i encourage you to inquire about possible interference from other items that can interfere with the remotes operation. i would really hate to end my shift only to walk out and find that my car had mysteriously started for some unknown reason and had ran out of gas! OUCH! > i will have to agree wiyh JANA. I PERSONALLY WOULD DISCOURAGE > INSTALLING A REMOTE START DEVICE. but thats just me. if you are really [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > find that my car had mysteriously started for some unknown reason and > had ran out of gas! OUCH! How about a park heater? I've read about them before and they strike me as a good idea for cold climates. They're a unit which burns a small amount of fuel to heat the engine coolant which is circulated by a small electric pump. It's more efficient than running the engine to warm up the car and less dangerous as well. >> i will have to agree wiyh JANA. I PERSONALLY WOULD DISCOURAGE >> INSTALLING A REMOTE START DEVICE. but thats just me. if you are really [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >electric pump. It's more efficient than running the engine to warm up >the car and less dangerous as well. What if you want to cool down in the summer?? greg >i will have to agree wiyh JANA. I PERSONALLY WOULD DISCOURAGE >INSTALLING A REMOTE START DEVICE. but thats just me. if you are really [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >find that my car had mysteriously started for some unknown reason and >had ran out of gas! OUCH! They don't do that. They have a limit for run time. In a keep warm mode, it automatically runs a bit when temperature drops. Yes, high intensity transmission near towers with intermod, will nearly shut down opperation. This can also affect a vehicles computer and electronics as well. greg >>i will have to agree wiyh JANA. I PERSONALLY WOULD DISCOURAGE >>INSTALLING A REMOTE START DEVICE. but thats just me. if you are really [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > They don't do that. They have a limit for run time. In a keep warm > mode, it automatically runs a bit when temperature drops. Mine doesn't: once you start it, it runs forever (unless you also unlock the car, in which case it stops after about 90 seconds). Also, the button is quite easy to press accidentally :/ I'm considering modding my buttons to make them harder to press. This "keep warm mode" would be fairly hard on the battery, if your car isn't a "first-crank starter", wouldn't it? >>>i will have to agree wiyh JANA. I PERSONALLY WOULD DISCOURAGE >>>INSTALLING A REMOTE START DEVICE. but thats just me. if you are really [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > This "keep warm mode" would be fairly hard on the battery, if your > car isn't a "first-crank starter", wouldn't it? Hi... I have a bit of a problem with mine (willing to start in gear. though turned out to be not the fault of the remote starter), so have been reading the installation manual(s)... Seems that the run time is programmable - in steps. Mine offers choice of 3 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, or "forever" There's another side effect that might bite you here, though. With mine, anyways. though I might be in a bit of a unique situation. :) Here it is... I don't use it to warm the car for comfort, but just to warm the motor a bit (gets to -40 here). So I don't carry the remote, just leave it in the front entranceway, push the button while getting dressed. Then 'cause I'm retired I just go off to the bank, grocery, and back home. So - if I start it in 10 minute mode and drive away, I can't without the remote stop it for that 10 minutes... turning the key off leaves it running. :) Only choice is to let it run out, or turn the key off and then touch the gas or brake - that shuts it down, but starts the alarm going :) Take care. Ken i got mine from http://bulldogsecurity.com/ it was sold at walmat. it was supper cheap, i think the make better ones, with longer distance. the nice thing bout these is they are very easy to install, plus if you have anti theft devices, they make stuff to override them. it have a kill switch for the hood and brake pedal, plus them make alot of other sweet stuff for automatic door and windows.i am definatly happy. i only paid 50 bucks and ive had mine for 3 years. |
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