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WhiteFRS69 · 02-20-2015, 08:15 PM

id love to only get a half inch on snow and be a low of 40 degrees lol

ill trade with you!

humfrz · 02-21-2015, 12:06 AM

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Originally Posted by iStanley

I was just wondering if you could install anything to remotely start the car and the heat. I know this may be only for automatic transmissions but I am curious since many new cars have this feature.

Some say it's hard on car’s engine to start it and just let it idle for a long period of time .....

humfrz

Tcoat · 02-21-2015, 12:14 AM

Need to define "a long period of time" really. Five minutes? Twenty? Three hours?

iStanley · 02-21-2015, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

Some say it's hard on car’s engine to start it and just let it idle for a long period of time .....

humfrz

Really? I hear conflicting views on this. Some people say that you should let it warm up a little for if it's really cold out while others say that you are just wasting gas and that newer cars do not need to do this. I personally let it warm up for 5-10 minutes in the morning while I make breakfast and when I drive, the shifting is a lot smoother. When I don't, however, it's really rigid when shifting. My guess is that the fluids are not properly ready throughout the car but I could be wrong. Still, I prefer getting in my car when it's not ball-shrinking cold, regardless if it may take off a few miles off of my car's lifespan lol.

Loetke · 02-21-2015, 02:04 AM

I agree with Mr Stanley. I let mine warm up for 3-5 minutes. It drives much better after warming up. When it's cold it sounds weird and it actually seems to affect performance for the first few minutes.

humfrz · 02-21-2015, 02:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Need to define "a long period of time" really. Five minutes? Twenty? Three hours?

How about 5+ minutes .....

I usually let my car finish its start up dance, then just move on slowly, till I get out of the subdivision (a few blocks) and then keep it under about 4,000 RPMs till I get to the grocery store (or doctors office or bank), in a couple of miles.

Then on the way home it's "hammer down", as I blow past a few old ladies in Buicks and housewives in mini-vans ......

humfrz

Tcoat · 02-21-2015, 02:08 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

How about 5+ minutes .....

I usually let my car finish its start up dance, then just move on slowly, till I get out of the subdivision (a few blocks) and then keep it under about 4,000 RPMs till I get to the grocery store (or doctors office or bank), in a couple of miles.

Then on the way home it's "hammer down", as I blow past a few old ladies in Buicks and housewives in mini-vans ......

humfrz

Pretty much what I do normally.
But... when covered in ice and snow I will let it sit and warm up at least 10 minutes to make scrapping much easier.
Don't think it hurts anything as some people can sit in traffic for longer periods.

FirestormFRS · 02-21-2015, 08:26 AM

Idling doesn't hurt a modern engine much. I work with a lady that left hers running from 5am till 5pm with no ill effects. She just got out of the car and went in to the shop forgetting to turn it off.

Quentin · 02-21-2015, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by humfrz

How about 5+ minutes .....

I usually let my car finish its start up dance, then just move on slowly, till I get out of the subdivision (a few blocks) and then keep it under about 4,000 RPMs till I get to the grocery store (or doctors office or bank), in a couple of miles.

Then on the way home it's "hammer down", as I blow past a few old ladies in Buicks and housewives in mini-vans ......

humfrz

This.

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Zanwald · 02-21-2015, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

So your saying our -18F this week would have been enough to shut down? Damn I am moving!

Because in the south we don't get snow. We get ice. Northerners usually find that out the hard way on the roads.

anishb · 02-21-2015, 10:46 AM

I am getting the viper 5706v installed in my FR-S. It is a remote start and security system.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/viper-re...99212600050001

dentalprodigy · 02-21-2015, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by anishb

I am getting the viper 5706v installed in my FR-S. It is a remote start and security system.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/viper-re...99212600050001

very cool. just read the range on this thing is a mile! thats crazy.
question > do you know if the viper can be installed in a manual? couldn't find answer on their official website or best buy page.

dtrop · 02-21-2015, 12:18 PM

I have a compustar slice jr in my brz. All of the ranges say "up to" a certain foot range. If it's advertised as a mile, you'll expect half of that. Don't go by the advertised distance.

Viper and compustar can both be installed on a manual transmission. It's not a big deal these days.

anishb · 02-21-2015, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dentalprodigy

very cool. just read the range on this thing is a mile! thats crazy.
question > do you know if the viper can be installed in a manual? couldn't find answer on their official website or best buy page.

Yea you can get it for manual. But for manual it does require a process to be able to use the remote start.

This video will show you what you would need to do.

Skip to 1 min in.

[ame]http://youtu.be/6-VJxcDwGkI[/ame]

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dtrop Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Drives: Wrb 2014 limited brZ Location: United States Posts: 436 Thanks: 5 Thanked 185 Times in 103 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I have a compustar slice jr in my brz. All of the ranges say "up to" a certain foot range. If it's advertised as a mile, you'll expect half of that. Don't go by the advertised distance. Viper and compustar can both be installed on a manual transmission. It's not a big deal these days.

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