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Posted by David Sherman on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 at 17:20:26 :
In Reply to: Anyone installed a remote starter? posted by Tim Holloway on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 at 16:07:49 :
To begin with, remote starters only work on cars with automatic transmissions and computerized engines. They don't have any way to push in the clutch, set the automatic choke, or work a manual choke. Assuming the Subaru meets those requirements, I've seen aftermarket remote-starter kits, but have never tried one myself. Personally, I'm too cheap to waste the fuel heating up a car just so it's comfortable to drive. It seems like overkill just to thaw out the locks. There are little bottles of lock de-icer, or as George said, maybe just some graphite lube would do the job. Or just leave the car unlocked overnight. Frozen locks are only a problem when it's warm and wet enough during the day to get water into them, and then cold enough to freeze it at night, which doesn't happen most of the time. Of course those are all the reasons why I wouldn't mess with a remote starter for my vehicle, but if your wife wants it and it would make her happy, even if it's really not a great idea, then I guess that alone is a reason to get one. On a car with an automatic tranny and a computerized engine, it seems like installation should be pretty simple -- just three wires to hook up and nothing mechanical. JC Whitney lists 2 of them for around $70. It doesn't say what it takes to install them, but the pictures just show an electronic box and a bunch of cables.
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