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[nick v6]

finaly got it sorted
ann's tigra's now got the same alarm system as me,
remote central locking and remote start,
plus she has wanted automatic headlights to turn on and off, i even wired them up as well

all that is left to do now is put the radio back and the glove box back and its all finished

[Ghost]

Your starting to get a right little electric guru now,
when will the next thing come like electric door openers or something?Lol
Great job mate well done

[nick v6]

Your starting to get a right little electric guru now,
when will the next thing come like electric door openers or something?Lol
Great job mate well done

i did fit a boot popper to the mig to work from my alarm

[tunnie]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

[nick v6]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

in the winter when its all icey
instead of going out side freezing your balls off
just press buttons on the key fob and the car will warm up ready for when you go out

[Mr Skrunts]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

It was originally thought of for tractors, as they neededto warm through before they would drive properly.

I allways remember an astra diesel that I used to borrow, would start easily, but had no power at all untill it was up to running temp.  the down side after that was allthough the power got the car moving the brakes were useless at stopping it. (Same a my GT) the master cylinder was on the wrn side of the car and helped towards the pi$$ poor performance of the brakes.

[tunnie]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

in the winter when its all icey
instead of going out side freezing your balls off
just press buttons on the key fob and the car will warm up ready for when you go out

Errr, but you would still have to de-ice the windows if its that cold. Turn on the rear window heater, and adjust the air vents and so on.

So whats the point? Not to mention someone could just jump in and drive off, which won't be covered by insurance.

[nick v6]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

in the winter when its all icey
instead of going out side freezing your balls off
just press buttons on the key fob and the car will warm up ready for when you go out

Errr, but you would still have to de-ice the windows if its that cold. Turn on the rear window heater, and adjust the air vents and so on.

So whats the point? Not to mention someone could just jump in and drive off, which won't be covered by insurance.

they cant as the car is still locked, the steering lock is still on
plus if they decide to break in the engine will cut out and the alarm will sound plus i get paged if anything happens

[Mr Skrunts]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

in the winter when its all icey
instead of going out side freezing your balls off
just press buttons on the key fob and the car will warm up ready for when you go out

Errr, but you would still have to de-ice the windows if its that cold. Turn on the rear window heater, and adjust the air vents and so on.

So whats the point? Not to mention someone could just jump in and drive off, which won't be covered by insurance.

Put the heater on full to vent on the windows s you get out the night before.

Sure the remote could switch on the HRW, but whist warming though would probably defrost it anyway. As to the car being locked Nick has allready said the door are locked and if anything is tampered with the car shuts down and activates the larm.

[tunnie]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

in the winter when its all icey
instead of going out side freezing your balls off
just press buttons on the key fob and the car will warm up ready for when you go out

Errr, but you would still have to de-ice the windows if its that cold. Turn on the rear window heater, and adjust the air vents and so on.

So whats the point? Not to mention someone could just jump in and drive off, which won't be covered by insurance.

they cant as the car is still locked, the steering lock is still on
plus if they decide to break in the engine will cut out and the alarm will sound plus i get paged if anything happens

I still don't get the point?? You still have to go to the car unlock the car, get the ice scraper out of the boot, scrape the windows, turn the rear heater on and set the front to de-mist? You also don't really get the heat flowing until the revs are up.

[Dishevelled Den]

Sounds like a great job Nick well done - concerning the unattended warm-up and unattended running in general, have a look at rule 123 on the following; (Construction and Use Regulations)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-504888/Driver-fined-leaving-engine-running-car-defrosted-outside-home.html


http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2003/04/16936/21249

[nick v6]

Sounds like a great job Nick well done - concerning the unattended warm-up and unattended running in general, have a look at rule 123 on the following; (Construction and Use Regulations)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-504888/Driver-fined-leaving-engine-running-car-defrosted-outside-home.html


http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2003/04/16936/21249

you've been doing some googleing
i know loads of people that leave there engines running while the car defrosts, beats sitting in the cold waiting for the windows to demist before driving


ive seen loads of cars going down the road on a cold morning where there windscreen is misted up and you see the driver trying to look through a small gap at the bottom of the wind screen

[Mr Skrunts]

why would anyone want remote start?  :-/

in the winter when its all icey
instead of going out side freezing your balls off
just press buttons on the key fob and the car will warm up ready for when you go out

Errr, but you would still have to de-ice the windows if its that cold. Turn on the rear window heater, and adjust the air vents and so on.

So whats the point? Not to mention someone could just jump in and drive off, which won't be covered by insurance.

they cant as the car is still locked, the steering lock is still on
plus if they decide to break in the engine will cut out and the alarm will sound plus i get paged if anything happens

I still don't get the point?? You still have to go to the car unlock the car, get the ice scraper out of the boot, scrape the windows, turn the rear heater on and set the front to de-mist? You also don't really get the heat flowing until the revs are up.

I disagree.

In the 70' when we had proper snow, I used to go out and start my Dad's beemer so we could go home from work.  Start the car, heating set to the screen on full heat and walk away.

When we set off all the snow on the roof and windows had gone.as I say that was 32yeaars ago with upto  inches of snow on the car.

When the directors saw what I was doing they wanted the same treatmen. So had to start a RollsRoyce, XJS and a Daimler Sovereign if they had manage to ge them into work.  They were all well chuffed.

A remote system would have made my life easier.

[tunnie]

seems like a chav mod, i have never felt the need for a remote start.

In winter i go out, scrap the windows if its frosted. I do NOT start the car, after its all scraped off, i get in, and drive off.

Simple.

Omega climate control, will not blow any air until it reaches the temp you set anyway. And cars with older systems will just blow cold air, steaming the car up anyway!

Its must be good for the environment for people to start these cars running for no reason, other than lazyness.

[Dishevelled Den]

Sounds like a great job Nick well done - concerning the unattended warm-up and unattended running in general, have a look at rule 123 on the following; (Construction and Use Regulations)

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/TravelAndTransport/Highwaycode/DG_070304


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-504888/Driver-fined-leaving-engine-running-car-defrosted-outside-home.html


http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2003/04/16936/21249

you've been doing some googleing
i know loads of people that leave there engines running while the car defrosts, beats sitting in the cold waiting for the windows to demist before driving


ive seen loads of cars going down the road on a cold morning where there windscreen is misted up and you see the driver trying to look through a small gap at the bottom of the wind screen

  I know what you mean Nick and can understand why it is an attractive facility to have, but today there seems to an overbearing desire for officialdom to interfere in how we behave in our daily lives and I would imagine that the unattended running issue will be the next thing on the snoopers agenda