ever since buying my zed i liked the idea of a turbo timer. i know its advised to just keep of the boost for the last few miles, but i'm not allways able to plan when i'm going to stop. so for ease (and also i think there a bit cool) i woudn't mind fitting one. however trying to find some one to fit one is not turning out to be too easy. every place i ring either doesn't fit them, or just ask me to ring back at a later date. i wouldn't mind having ago and fitting one myself (just turns out i am an electrician) but to my understanding the imobiliser would have to be bypassed to allow the car to lock and the engine to keep running. so i wasn't to keen on tampering with that myself as it would void the warrenty. but i'm not entirley sure if this is the way its done.

 

my understanding of it is that you remove your keys from the ignition and walk away with the car still running (for a preset time or one that is worked out via the revs of the last few miles) and then lock the car, when the engine cuts out, the imobiliser is armed. or does the car have to be locked after the timer times out. to me, the latter would be pointless.

 

same as remote engine starts, i have found someone that is willing to fit this to my existing alarm for a price of £80. My understanding of a remote engine start would be that i would be able to wake up in the morning, point my fob out of my window and start my engine with the car remaining locked. I can then continue to get ready for work and then emerge 10 mins later, unlock my car, climb in with the engine having reached a suitable temperature and proceed to drive to work. is this correct?

 

The alarm in question is a toad Ai606, the fitter that offered to fit the remote start is a registered toad installer, and did ask specifically if this alarm was fitted, so i'm sure the starter will corrispond with the alarm and imobiliser system.

 

so was just wondering if anyone has had somthing similar fitted, or has fitted somthing similar themselves.

any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

Steve

hi guys, ive got a remote start and a turbo timer and i love them both. The remote start is very convenient for warming up the car whilest im undoors. as we have great british weather it is usually raining and cold so the remote start is convenient (besides the fact that girls like it :) ) and the turbo timer is another helpful gadget, i keep mine set on 30 seconds. If you get a remote start fitted i would advise you to make sure all of your electrics are up to date otherwise the remote start could cause problems.

My remote start vid is not that clear as i wanted to wait until i haave done my interior properly, but have a look anyway...

http://www.youtube.com/user/VICTHEREALEST?feature=mhum

you can see my mates burnouts aswell.

 

how come the lights come on when you start it? i've found a quote, its £80 to have it fitted and that comes with the remote stop feature aswell. think i'm going to go through with it but mainly just for the remote feature other than the start, i supose its not as good as a timer, but it will do the job.

I dont think the £80 quote is legit. Remote stop should come with the remote start anyway, for example if i press the same buttons again the car stops. If i use the remote start, then put the hand break down without inserting the key, the car will stop (just in case someone tries to jump in when ur showin off to the ladies ;) ) the lights come on, then when u put the key in and handbreak down the lights will go off.

You gotta make sure the guy fitting it is very good otherwise he could mess up your whole electronics system and alarm. If you like i can recommend you a guy in london who did mine, he is excellent he fits them for footballers cars as well ;) and he is also around liverpool a lot.

^ my friend got his remote start done with this guy as well and everythings perfect so far

well i'm in Teesside fella so thats a bit far out. The guy is from a company called safe and sound, he seems to know what he's talking about. its adding on to my Toad Ai606, so he's an aproved toad installer. so my guess would be it'll come with warrenty so if it goes tits up then he'll have to be sorting it out.

are you saying the £80 is to high?

i'm going to check about the warrenty before i book it, and also see what other toys he can fit to the alarm. he said he could do total closure for £70, but i thought that was a bit harsh.

It actually seems a bit of a cheaper price to me, i dont know maybe its easier to fit to your alarm system. yeh the warranty sounds good. let us know what happens mate.

 

vic

will so bud.

will so bud.

 

 

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