Another option is to buy an inexpensive electric ceramic heater on a timer. Heat the cabin, not the engine. Of course, that's if you can get AC power to where the car is at.I now have one on my E and love not having to get in a cold ass box in the morning.
These cars aren't running for hours on end when they are remote started. There will not be any tranny issues. There are certain vehicles that.....aww hail, it ain't even worth explaining.....it's not an issue. As far as the cat goes, how is remote starting it any different than sitting in traffic?not real sure my four wheeler starter busted so now I got to pull the string.dont know where to put the string on an E:grin: but in all fair ness some automatic trans dont have any fluid pumping through all the bearings(bushings)to properly lubracate it in park. & can damage the trans,It can also over heat the cat.
a remote start will not void your warranty. in fact it cannot legally due to the magnuson moss act. they have been thuroughly tested now on quite a few e's here on the forum and everyone has been able to get them installed themselves, either with or without a little help.I had a remote start installed in my f-150 a few years ago and I love it! I had it done at best buy. It cost about $200 and I didn't need a relay installed. My E is another story! I'm going to need the relay and its going to cost about $400-$500 bucks. The reason I want them install it is that my warranty is still in effect on E and their install will not effect it. If I did it I could void the warranty.
^^Agreed.These cars aren't running for hours on end when they are remote started. There will not be any tranny issues. There are certain vehicles that.....aww hail, it ain't even worth explaining.....it's not an issue. As far as the cat goes, how is remote starting it any different than sitting in traffic?
I'm not sure how this applies to a remote start application? We are not remotely starting the car so it can be shut down after it's run time. The intention is to start it to warm or cool the car and then get in and drive away. Even in the case that it shuts down before you actually take off, your most likely going to enter the vehicle and restart it and drive off.A little off-topic, maybe but...
From the Popular Mechanics article:
"Shutting down an engine that hasn't reached operating temp will have zero short-term effect."
Maybe not on the engine, but certainly on the exhaust.
Water vapor is a byproduct of combustion. A hot exhaust vaporizes it. A cold exhaust doesn't.
So, a start/shutdown cycle without the exhaust getting hot enough will leave water vapor, and eventually liquid water, in the exhaust.
And that can partially account for an exhaust and/or muffler rusting from the inside out.
Just sayin'.
It doesn't, which is why I prefaced my post as "a little off topic".I'm not sure how this applies to a remote start application?
So if you mess up the install and fry something out your covered?a remote start will not void your warranty. in fact it cannot legally due to the magnuson moss act. they have been thuroughly tested now on quite a few e's here on the forum and everyone has been able to get them installed themselves, either with or without a little help.