Re: Remote starter with a manual shift trans?

[Dan Brideau <dan@hobbyetc.com>]

Cunning!

I think the hand brake part would be sufficient.  I'm one of the few (and the
proud) who's hand brake really works.  My VW always starts right up too.



Dan Brideau
http://www.hobbyetc.com/scirocco



At 09:17 PM 12/29/99 -0800, Paul Maione wrote:
>> 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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