any1 got a remote starter installed on the box?
10-27-2006, 11:53 AM
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I want one really bad and went to circuit city to get one a while back since they do free installation if you buy the equipment from them...they wouldn't do mine since my xB is a 5speed. ___. The local car audio ship wants like $400 to do the install not even including equipment. I've heard it's a really difficult install so I don't even want to bother trying to do it myself because I would hate to screw up wiring on my more or less brand new car.
10-27-2006, 12:01 PM
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I have got a Viper. I had it installed at Best Buy about a month ago and I love it! I do not know how I have ever done without a remote starter. It is great because with this cold front that has been moving through my area I can start my car early at work and be warm by the time it is time to go!
10-27-2006, 02:08 PM
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Re: any1 got a remote starter installed on the box?
Originally Posted by deaf
does it work and how do you like it?
10-27-2006, 03:30 PM
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Re: any1 got a remote starter installed on the box?
Originally Posted by pooder
Originally Posted by deaf
does it work and how do you like it?
I had one on my other vehicles and loved it. It was a Valet. Fantastic for getting it cleared on the frosty/icy mornings. Some now come with timers so you can have it run at a certain time. Mine would run 10 minutes every 4 hours. Doesn't sound like much, but it would make the windshield practically ice/frost free.
I want one but just haven't ponied up the $$$.
10-27-2006, 03:35 PM
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Re: any1 got a remote starter installed on the box?
Originally Posted by MrRadi8
Originally Posted by pooder
Originally Posted by deaf
does it work and how do you like it?
I had one on my other vehicles and loved it. It was a Valet. Fantastic for getting it cleared on the frosty/icy mornings. Some now come with timers so you can have it run at a certain time. Mine would run 10 minutes every 4 hours. Doesn't sound like much, but it would make the windshield practically ice/frost free.
I want one but just haven't ponied up the $$$.
10-27-2006, 04:56 PM
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QUALITY car starters are great.
Don’t cheap out and buy a Bulldog or other such brand. The in-laws and I have owned Bulldogs and they are not good. Remotes break easily, range is minimal and they have been known to start car fires.
Any DEI product http://www.directed.com/ will treat you right.
I have the Viper 791xv ($500 installed), and I love it.
I was able to have my 791 uninstalled from my last car for $50 and re-installed in the box for $150.
We just had a new Python 1400XP installed in the wife’s 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix. Total cost was $300.
So if you buy a quality car starter you can move it from car to car and own it for years.
Don’t cheap out and buy a Bulldog or other such brand. The in-laws and I have owned Bulldogs and they are not good. Remotes break easily, range is minimal and they have been known to start car fires.
Any DEI product http://www.directed.com/ will treat you right.
I have the Viper 791xv ($500 installed), and I love it.
I was able to have my 791 uninstalled from my last car for $50 and re-installed in the box for $150.
We just had a new Python 1400XP installed in the wife’s 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix. Total cost was $300.
So if you buy a quality car starter you can move it from car to car and own it for years.
10-27-2006, 05:54 PM
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Re: any1 got a remote starter installed on the box?
Originally Posted by MrRadi8
You must life in a nice southern climate..
Originally Posted by MrRadi8
I had one on my other vehicles and loved it. It was a Valet. Fantastic for getting it cleared on the frosty/icy mornings. Some now come with timers so you can have it run at a certain time. Mine would run 10 minutes every 4 hours. Doesn't sound like much, but it would make the windshield practically ice/frost free.
I don't like to run the engines of any of my vehicles unless they're transporting me somewhere. So if I need to scape ice and sweep snow off the vehicle windows, I start it up, let it idle with the defroster blowing while I'm scraping and sweeping and then I drive as soon as I can. Anything more is wasteful.
10-27-2006, 06:01 PM
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I see your point pooder but when I'm getting out of work, its 0deg, there is snow and ice on the car it is nice to hit the remote start button on the Viper 791xv and watch the screen verify that the car started while knowing the front window is clearing so I can see to drive and that the back window defroster grid is working as well. The car being warm inside is just a bonus!
I will keep the starter thank-you!
I will keep the starter thank-you!
10-27-2006, 07:42 PM
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Re: any1 got a remote starter installed on the box?
Originally Posted by pooder
Originally Posted by MrRadi8
You must life in a nice southern climate..
Originally Posted by MrRadi8
I had one on my other vehicles and loved it. It was a Valet. Fantastic for getting it cleared on the frosty/icy mornings. Some now come with timers so you can have it run at a certain time. Mine would run 10 minutes every 4 hours. Doesn't sound like much, but it would make the windshield practically ice/frost free.
I don't like to run the engines of any of my vehicles unless they're transporting me somewhere. So if I need to scape ice and sweep snow off the vehicle windows, I start it up, let it idle with the defroster blowing while I'm scraping and sweeping and then I drive as soon as I can. Anything more is wasteful.
10-27-2006, 07:44 PM
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I got one and I lOVE it. The early mornings with ice on the windshield to be able to go out to my car on the way to work and not have to wait for the car to heat up and then defrost the windshield. It's nice to have the xtra 5 minutes to sleep in.
10-27-2006, 07:54 PM
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Originally Posted by scionenvy
I got one and I lOVE it. The early mornings with ice on the windshield to be able to go out to my car on the way to work and not have to wait for the car to heat up and then defrost the windshield. It's nice to have the xtra 5 minutes to sleep in.
EXACTLY! I got my remote right next to the alarm clock!
10-27-2006, 09:52 PM
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I bought my 791xvr for 170 bucks and put it in myself. Im an installer though.
Using it in the winter causes me to lose about 20 miles per tank of gas letting it warm up.
My car is also a 5 speed.
Using it in the winter causes me to lose about 20 miles per tank of gas letting it warm up.
My car is also a 5 speed.
10-27-2006, 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by fokusco
$50 says that pooder is a Democrat.
I have one! It works great... Unless you leave it in gear and starts lurching forward. Then that kinda sucks.
Mine even can be set up so when it drops below a set temp. it will start to keep from freezing.
With pager um... $350. (Trying to think back that far.)