Re: Remote starter with a manual shift trans?

[Paul Maione <scirocco_16v@yahoo.com>]

> I am jealous of my co-worker and his remote car
> starter.

Oh man, sometimes I would just murder for one!! But my
car barely starts in the morning with me in it... :)
 
> Is the switch on our manual shift transmission
> "smart enough" to know when
> it's in neutral?

Yes. I work at a place where they install these
things. What it does is work with the handbrake
basically. Once you get where you are, put it in
neutral, you pull the handbrake up, remove the key
from the ignition (the car is still running at this
point), get out of the car, lock the doors w/ the
remote (this is if you've hooked up the doors with the
Autostarter) and push the button and the car will shut
off.
 
> I know it "knows" when it's in reverse, and it seems
> to "know" when it's in
> 5th (up-shift light stops doing it's thing).
> I'm way too stupid to remember to leave it in
> neutral when I get out, so it
> is important to be able to let a remote starter
> "know" if it's safe to
> start the car. (yes, it will start in first gear and
> drive away)

Excatly. That's why they make you do all that shit
before you get off because the car won't turn off
until you do all of it! :)

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Paul Maione (The Burnt Kid)
Scirocco 86' 8v 
http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Garage/9149/
E-Mail - mmaion@po-pox.mcgill.ca
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