View Full Version : Hey Dodge boys (remote start Q)
Tom Brown
05-14-2005, 02:11 PM
I just came back from test driving a Magnum. Cool car. I like it.
Anyway, sometimes we get a couple of cold days during the winter so a remote start is pretty much a requirement. The salesman went on and on telling me what a piece of crap the Chrysler remote start module is and how his service manager wouldn't let him sell them, etc. Apparently, they've never had a module last more than two months. He said they take the cars over to a stereo shop to have an after market start put in.
WTF? Is this guy high? Can't you buy a $40 remote start that was built in Asia and have it last a few years until the key FOB falls apart?
Does anyone use a Chrysler remote start module on their vehicle?
Don't know Chrysler. Nissans do not come with remote start.
All of our installations are aftermarket. You'd think a remote start is a remote start. Do they know what brand of remote start Chrysler uses?
Maybe ask the parts or service guy's at Chrysler. If there's problems they would know.
That's my biggest tip to anyone that's buying a new car. If you have any technical questions ask the service manager or service writer.
Some if not most of those sales people make stuff up.
We had a sales guy sell a customer a car one time. He told the customer the car had AC. Well, when it go hot outside the customer turned it on and all it blew was hot air. So he brought it into service to find out why his AC wasn't working. So we popped the hood to take a look and guess what? The car wasn't equipped with AC.
Well no wander it doesn't work sir, your car does not have AC.
Talk about a pissed off customer.
I knew a chick that bought a Toyota 4x2 pickup back in the day. The salesman told her all she had to do was buy the A/C switch on the dash and the A/C would work. :D
:messedup:
Reminds me, We had this one chick buy a Toyota 4runner from us. The salesman told her it was 4wd when she bought it. So she wanted to know how to put it in 4wd. I went out and looked underneath the vehicle. It was 2wd. I had to tell the lady, guess what you only have a 2wd. I had to explain to her that 4runner did not mean 4wd.
Another fine pissed off customer. She said she would have never bought the thing if she knew that.
Tom Brown
05-18-2005, 10:34 AM
I'm going to bump this in case someone has some information for me beyond a story of a salesman telling them their air conditioning evaporator would double as an ice maker.
Hey Brown I installed a Viper remote start on my Dodge. They make a install harness that almost just plugs in to the factory harness. Very good system I have never had any Problems thus far. The only thing that sucks is the AC in dodges will not cycle until the key is turned on so I can't cool the car via the remote start. Hope this helps
I'm going to bump this in case someone has some information for me beyond a story of a salesman telling them their air conditioning evaporator would double as an ice maker.
We sell ice maker/refridgerators for your vehicle too. They plug into your cig lighter or power outlet.
If you'd like one let me know. I'll set ya up. :D
Tom Brown
05-18-2005, 10:46 AM
If you'd like one let me know. I'll set ya up. :D
Do you have one that will start my car in the winter?
Do you have one that will start my car in the winter?
Your car IS the ice maker in the winter up there in C-Town
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Tom Brown
05-18-2005, 10:57 AM
Your car IS the ice maker in the winter up there in C-Town
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Yeah. You would have to be insane to run a vehicle without a remote start here. We have several really severe months.
Thanks for the info on the Viper start. I tought the after market guys would have to hack into the vehicle's wiring harness and I wasn't too excited about that.
My lake just cleared of ice a week ago. Summer will soon be here. :)
Yeah. You would have to be insane to run a vehicle without a remote start here. We have several really severe months.
Thanks for the info on the Viper start. I tought the after market guys would have to hack into the vehicle's wiring harness and I wasn't too excited about that.
My lake just cleared of ice a week ago. Summer will soon be here. :)
I think in the old days they used horse blankets.
Tom Brown
05-18-2005, 11:09 AM
I think in the old days they used horse blankets.
About 10 years ago, I was driving a 1975 Plymouth Valiant. The car was given to me when a family member died so I sold my car and drove the Valiant. It was cool to drive a free car for a few years, although it was in pretty rough shape.
The car had an AM radio and power steering. Those were the features. The engine was a slant 6. It was actually hammered pretty bad by the time I got it. The trunk got pretty dusty and dirty from the road dust getting in through the rust holes.
One of the main problems with the car was it had a black vinyl seat that was pretty much the same material as the floor mats. In the winter, it would give you piles. A horse blanket on the seat definitely helped.
Back then, the guys working for me all had nice cars. It was quite a point of amusement in the group.
R.A.D.man
05-18-2005, 11:41 AM
Can't help on the remote start question. But just thought you'd like to hear that this has been a great car so far for a best friend of mine who has had one for 6 months now. No problems at all.
Tom Brown
05-18-2005, 11:55 AM
Can't help on the remote start question. But just thought you'd like to hear that this has been a great car so far for a best friend of mine who has had one for 6 months now. No problems at all.
I appreciate the feedback. :cool:
Does he have the hemi? That multi-displacement system scares me. It didn't work so well for GM back in the early 80s and I don't think they have tried it again since.
Sleek-Jet
05-18-2005, 11:57 AM
Move somewhere warmer... :D
Move somewhere warmer... :D
Best advice yet :p
About 10 years ago, I was driving a 1975 Plymouth Valiant. The car was given to me when a family member died so I sold my car and drove the Valiant. It was cool to drive a free car for a few years, although it was in pretty rough shape.
The car had an AM radio and power steering. Those were the features. The engine was a slant 6. It was actually hammered pretty bad by the time I got it. The trunk got pretty dusty and dirty from the road dust getting in through the rust holes.
One of the main problems with the car was it had a black vinyl seat that was pretty much the same material as the floor mats. In the winter, it would give you piles. A horse blanket on the seat definitely helped.
Back then, the guys working for me all had nice cars. It was quite a point of amusement in the group.
Kinda like the VW Bug I use to own. I use to open the drivers door, run along side, jump in and drop the clutch. Hey! remote start. Off you go.
Oh ya, It also had horse blanket upolstery.
hoolign
05-18-2005, 05:28 PM
Look at Brown trying to be all "look at me I'm buyin a station wagon" and shit :hammer2:
sorry dog
05-18-2005, 10:17 PM
Maxima problems Tom?
Save your money (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7973731993&category=33615) and buy a tunnel hull and drag motor... with remote start ... and shit.
Tom Brown
05-18-2005, 10:31 PM
I don't have the VE.
The Maxima is OK. It's just getting a little old.
sorry dog
05-18-2005, 11:14 PM
I don't have the VE.
The Maxima is OK. It's just getting a little old.
Well so is bench racers, but you don't need to replace it. :confused:
dmontzsta
05-24-2005, 02:20 PM
I don't have the VE.
The Maxima is OK. It's just getting a little old.
My VE has 290,680 miles on it and still pumping out some raw power. :crossx:
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