The other day, my wife expressed in interest in a remote car starter. Some people at work have them and she thought that it would be nice to have on cold winter days. Rather than having to go out at night and start her car and then scrape snow and ice, she wanted to be able to push a button ten minutes before she leaves work so that her car will be nice and warm when she gets out. This seemed like a reasonable request particularly since we are experiencing record low temperatures.<\/p>\n
My first course of action was checking the Internet. In doing so, I discovered that there are a lot of different remote starters with a lot of options. The basic remote starter has a limited distance of about 500 feet while some of the more expensive ones have a range of several thousand feet. Since she parks close to her office, distance was not a problem.<\/p>\n
Some remote starters have a build in 2way alarm system. It can start your car and also notify you if someone is tampering with your car. Not only does it sound an alarm to annoy the people around your car, it also sends an alarm to annoy the people around you.<\/p>\n
I also discovered that there are diys kits for those who want to diys. Since I had neither the time nor the warm garage for a diys, I opted for a professional installation.<\/p>\n
Grabbing a phone book and going down the yellow pages, I found a place that was close by. When I called, they asked for the make, model and years of the car. They then quoted me a price and asked if I wanted to make an appointment. Since I figured it would be a few days before I could get in, I said sure and asked them what they had available. They told me that they could do it right now. Two hours later, my wife’s car had a remote starter.<\/p>\n
The next day, a few minutes before quiting time, my wife hit the start button, the car flashed its lights, and the car started. But, unfortunately, she got distracted at work and was not able to get to the car before the unit timed out and shut the car off. But, at least the car was warm when she finally did make it out of work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The other day, my wife expressed in interest in a remote car starter. Some people at work have them and she thought that it would be nice to have on cold winter days. Rather than having to go out at … Continue reading