Anyone running a remote starter on their Evo? I'm thinking of getting one installed before winter hits (IL), so I can have the car toasty, and engine warm before I hop in in the mornings.

My biggest concern is reliability. Obviously, I don't want to be fiddling with a bunk starter on a sub-zero morning with the car covered in snow.

 

i do....although i have mine wired so it wont start if its in any gears. Thats something you should look into doing if you do get one so that you dont wind up have your car jump into the front of a mcdonalds lol

 

i have one, never installed it lol i would like to now if anyone uses these on there evo to lol

 

i have compustar w/ the safe start feature so the car wont start if its in gear and i love it

 

same i have compustar...it will only start if its not in a gear and the ebrake is up. Really nice during the winter.

 

anybody running a viper alarm W/remote start? i want to see if i can make it so it wont start in gear

 

yeah dude mines a viper....i just put a little bracket around the gears so that if the alarm see's it's in gear then it wont start

 

I'm looking at the Viper 5301, it appears that this system works with manual transmission cars. Anyone using it, and can comment on its reliability?

I checked Compustar's page, but it's a great example of a possibly great product plagued with extremely poor web design.... couldn't sift through all the muck to find the info I needed.

 

+1 ^

 

I have remote start with my Compustar alarm and it's been FANTASTIC. It can be a little fiddly with leaving the car in reservation mode, but you get used to it after a while.

On a side note I'm on E-85 now as well, and had the shop do some fine tuning (longer crank) to get it to start in the cold on that fuel. So anything's possible. We'll see how it does once it's REALLY cold out.

 

i live in illinois and had a remote start on my evo 8 before i traded it. it was a viper 791 2 way remote start keyless alarm

i also install remote starts too

reliability wise, I never had any issues at all in the 3 years I had the remote start in the car!!

 

I have the Viper 5900 on my Evo and have it wired to only start if the car is not in gear and the e-brake is up. I also have it working correctly with a blitz turbo timer. Great alarm and no reliability issues to report on this alarm.

 

ya i got my alarm and remote start to work with my hks turbo timer... its nice...

 

I got one too, i love that thing best thing on my car right now.

 

how long does it take the dealer 2 install compustar into a evo?