Remote start

[bigTee]

has anybody used a remote start? my car needs a good 10 minutes to warm up in the morning otherwise 1st and 2nd gear is not an option!!!!

i've thought about remote start, but have been told it might affect my insurance and could be illegal???

[Plotloss]

Fine on automatics but manuals have issues I think.

Clifford have been doing this for years and years.

[Whoozit]

Think it's illegal as it involves leaving the car running while unattended.

However, if your name begins with Earl and you're living in the ancestral home, I doubt anyone would notice at the other end of the mile long drive.

Oh, if it's your gearbox that wants warming, I don't think remote start will fix that.

>> Edited by Whoozit on Wednesday 23 November 17:04

[Stealth69]

As suggested before, If your gearbox is the reason you are warming the car up I think you'd be better off spending your money on a new gearbox, I think I paid £600 for my clifford with all the toys on.

Remote start is fine on Manual cars, but with the clifford you have to "prep" it prior to getting out of the car the night before, if you forget to do this the remote start button won't work, this stops you or your kiddie pushing the button by accident while the car is in gear and launching it through your garage door

[trevorh]

Surely leaving the car running while unattended on your own property is of no interest to the Police? (Though it is to tea-leaves)
It's a different matter if it's on the public highway.

[mmm-five]

If it's just your gearbox oil that needs warming, then how about fitting a remote electric oil heater that can be switched on for 10 minutes to warm the oil.

[bigTee]

oooo! where do i get one of those from then???

[Mr Whippy]

Have you changed the g-box oil lately/ever?

Can get notchy boxes in winter, mine is a right bugger if it's been below 0 degree's... Gotta just double clutch usually, and then it's much nicer, or I just skip from 1st to 3rd etc.

Best way to warm any car up is to drive it, sitting on your drive is possibly the worst way to warm a car up... takes 5x longer!

Dave

[bigTee]

i've started going from 1st to 3rd now!! just had major service before i bought it....it's a Ferrari 360 and i'm told they are a bugger for this when cold..

thanks for the help anyway!!

[craigw]

I had a clifford concept 50 autostart on my ferrari, it was good. Basically started/stopped the engine & if any pedals were pressed ot the gearlever touched or handbrake taken off it would stop and immobilise itself.

[bigTee]

That sound a good one. i'll look into that..

Cheers!

[apache]

bigTee said:

oooo! where do i get one of those from then???

here

www.kenlowe.com/pre-heaters/cars/index.html

[deva link]

craigw said:

I had a clifford concept 50 autostart on my ferrari, it was good. Basically started/stopped the engine & if any pedals were pressed ot the gearlever touched or handbrake taken off it would stop and immobilise itself.

I read about one the other day (may have even been on PH) that detects if the car battery is running down and starts the engine to re-charge it. How cool (and alarming for passers-by in the airport car-park) is that!

[cj_eds]

deva link said:

craigw said: I had a clifford concept 50 autostart on my ferrari, it was good. Basically started/stopped the engine & if any pedals were pressed ot the gearlever touched or handbrake taken off it would stop and immobilise itself. I read about one the other day (may have even been on PH) that detects if the car battery is running down and starts the engine to re-charge it. How cool (and alarming for passers-by in the airport car-park) is that!

take it that was on an auto? be some embarresment if it was manual and left in gear...!

what happens when fuel is low - does it stop starting the engine or keep trying to turn the starter and empty both fuel tank and battery.

[rich 36]

Leaving your motor running, without you being in it, seems a bit risky,
more so really, talking about it, here on a public forum, and having a picture and home town
in your details.

have your cornflakes while sitting in it for safety is my advice

[rev-erend]

My local garage told me that one of his customers took great delight in telling him about and showing him his new remote start ..

can you guess what coming..

Yep

It was in gear..

and worse still - yes it was his car (his nice one) that was in front

[zumbruk]

apache said:

bigTee said: oooo! where do i get one of those from then??? here www.kenlowe.com/pre-heaters/cars/index.html

Can't recommend one of these, ever since the thermostat on mine failed "short circuit" and it boiled the coolant away, melted it's own internal seals, so the coolant leaked out, then melted the internal wiring, short-circuited the mains and tripped the house RCD - so we overslept (no alarm clock) and then I had to remove the poxy thing in the blowing snow. And to add insult to injury, Kenlowe said they had no record of my buying it, despite my having purchased it from them directly (I wonder if the VAT man knows they lose VAT records?) and initially refused to honour their guarantee. Once I found the receipt and they replaced it, I sold it on eBay.

They won't be getting any more of my money.

[bigTee]

doesn't matter anymore..!! Crashed the bugger last night!!!

[craigw]

oh chr1st, you ok?

[bigTee]

yeh... was a close call..!

Came round a corner rather to fast and hit something slippy on the road (thats my story anyway!!) and didn’t have my traction on, (stupid I know) and I lost it . Back end swung out and I was heading towards a park car – very quickly!

Tried to accelerate out of it (forgot is was 400bhp!!!!!) and the back end swung the other way. Near side back wheel hit the kerb, hard, and it swung me round. This was lucky as it swung me past the parked car!! Would have been very nasty if I had hit it.

Alloy totally smashed, tyre ripped to pieces (brand new 275 P Zero’s!!) wheel facing inwards and rear arm totally screwed so g*d know what damage I have done! Ferrari are picking it up later to have a look.

Only had the bugger three weeks too!!!

Oh well. ‘Tis the season to be jolly!!!! :-D