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As of now i currently only have the remote start key fob. Nothing else. Fob works great opens doors, trunk, and starts car, so i use that and never touch my Scion key fob. As i mentioned, I no longer have the subscription which allowed me to start my car from my phone anymore. Viper increased their price and wouldn't honor my old rate so it was going to cost me like ~$200 for 3 year subscription and just wasn't worth it. When i did have the phone app set up, it only allowed me to start my car, lock and unlock doors and pop trunk; it did not include a security/alarm feature or the car GPS locational. You have to buy that separate.
Another critique with the phone application is that everything is a bit delayed. It takes a few seconds at least to do anything: unlock doors, trunk, etc., which was a big reason why I didn't renew my subscription. Everything was installed by Audio Express. As i mentioned, I still have everything installed but only the fob works as I am not paying for the subscription with Viper to use the phone app anymore. Viper is kinda a rip off because you have to have a module for everything. For example, the remote start is lets say - $200. Then the module to use your smart phone is another $150. Then for an alarm its another module. It can end up costing a lot and plus you have to pay installation. For the price they want, I expect seamless operation and that just wasn't the case. My 2 cents is I would just get the regular old school fob alarm and nothing else. I would never go with a smart phone application unless of course it was something OEM that came on a new car; than I would consider that.
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