just thought you guys might find as much humor in this as I did.

I put a remote start on my Integra (I ALWAYS let it warm up before I drive it) and accidentally drove it THROUGH a bay door at work. The door was completely closed before the car drove itself through it.

 

it looks like no damage to your car

 

Not really humorous.. Could of been potentially dangerous.. Glad to know no one got hurt.. doesn't look like to much damage done to the teg..

This right here is the reason i spent the extra money and got the compustar 2wfm900- remote start..specifically made for a 5spd.. (the car cannot be started in gear)

glad your okay

 

remote start on 5 speed cars is illegal in california idk about georga

 

WOW DUDE !!! MAN NEVER LEAVE UR CAR IN GEAR W/AUTO START LOL . THE GOOD THING NOTING REALLY HAPPEN TO UR CAR OR ANYBODY MAN THAT SUCKS.... THE BESTWAY IS TO SEAT IN IT AND LET IT WORM UP...

 

well,.... thats not entirely true,.... The Insurance check to fix it (actuall cost, not,....um...."inflated") was $1825 luckily it didnt do any extensive (sp) damage though,... it was all filler and paint.

I wish I had known of the compustar 2wfm900,... I would have sgotten it,..... do you like yours? does it have a built in turbo timer?

 

The Compustar basically works like a turbo timer, but still is not idiot proof.

This type of mishap has happened before:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1476027

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by allanonjj &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">(I ALWAYS let it warm up before I drive it) </TD></TR></TABLE>

Absolutely unnecessary. Complete and total waste of gas.

It's actually better to go ahead and start driving almost right after you start the car. Just take it easy until the engine gets up to operating temp. Why? Because it will get up to operating temp MUCH faster (which means lower emissions and better MPG) than just letting it sit there and warm up while idling, which is of course zero MPG during that time.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dogginator &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The Compustar basically works like a turbo timer, but still is not idiot proof.

This type of mishap has happened before:
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1476027</TD></TR></TABLE>

With my compustar 2wfm900-as You haft to set reservation mode.. For instance..

I arrive at whatever destination.. Put car in neutral turn the engine off.. exit.. while the car stays running.. as soon as i close the door the engine shuts off and the alarm arms.. There is no way to start the car in gear because you can't exit the vehicle while it's in gear..

The remote will not allow the vehicle to start unless ''reservation'' mode is set..

It's probally the best $300.00 i've ever spent, but the install was a PITA.

http://www.compustar.com/products/2W900FMR.htm

 

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With my compustar 2wfm900-as You haft to set reservation mode.. For instance..

I arrive at whatever destination.. Put car in neutral turn the engine off.. exit.. while the car stays running.. as soon as i close the door the engine shuts off and the alarm arms.. There is no way to start the car in gear because you can't exit the vehicle while it's in gear..

The remote will not allow the vehicle to start unless ''reservation'' mode is set..

It's probally the best $300.00 i've ever spent, but the install was a PITA.

http://www.compustar.com/products/2W900FMR.htm

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Reservation mode coupled with rolled down windows or a convertible can lead to a situation with a motivated idiot. Don't get me wrong: the Compustar on a manual transmission is far better than a remote start intended for an automatic transmission. An average idiot can drive their car through a garage with the regular system. It takes a special idiot to do that with the Compustar.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yc_dc4mar &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">remote start on 5 speed cars is illegal in california idk about georga </TD></TR></TABLE>

I confirm that. People still install the remote start on their manual cars though.

 

yea man while i was at work my buddy was showing off his auto start in his 5sp manual, without knowing it was in gear , we all watched as it drove itself up the curb and into our gas line on the building, it was funny because another co-worker ran out from the restroom with his pants half down and said "WAT TEH FUAK JUST HAPPENED? I FLUSHED THE TOILET AND THE [freak]ING TILES POPED OUT THE WALL!?"

 

i have put mine through a garage door an a fence. But the thing is i didnt want it to start i was sleeping and it started on its own, both times... Possesed?? i think so.

 

DAmmmn your car lookz untouched..... what did your boss say? hahahah

 

yea my buddy actually had a stretch of bad luck where one day his MR gs-r rolled down his driveway into a tree (brake was on, guess not enough)

then a couple days later it was parked in front of his house and he remote started in and it drove into a tree on his front lawn and proceeded to spin the tires for a couple seconds before it stopped...

He just used it as a reason to do an JDM front

 

hmm.. that is the complete opposite of what my tuner and Honda told me....D

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BMXman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hmm.. that is the complete opposite of what my tuner and Honda told me....D</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well then they don't know anything about cars it seems like.

It's pretty obvious that a car is going to warm up faster by driving it between 2000-3000 rpm rather than it just sitting there idling at 1500 down to around 700 as it warms up. And it's extremely obvious that it's get zero MPG during that time.

 

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Well then they don't know anything about cars it seems like.

It's pretty obvious that a car is going to warm up faster by driving it between 2000-3000 rpm rather than it just sitting there idling at 1500 down to around 700 as it warms up. And it's extremely obvious that it's get zero MPG during that time.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I think the idea is since the engine is cold as well as the oil there is more wear and tear on the engine and it's components until it warms up. Plus Honda's are programmed to run more fuel until the car reaches temp in order to protect the engine. All I can say is I get more km's to the tank when I let it warm up vs. when I don't...D

 

damm these things a pretty useless in warm climate weather imo. i would only use it to let my car warm when it is wicked cold out. sorry to hear bout yur car less than 2k damage isnt too bad tho considering the door.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dogginator &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
It takes a special idiot to do that with the Compustar. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Heh...for some reason that gave me a good chuckle.

 

if i was there and saw it in person i would have been laughing my *** off

 

ROFL yea I got a remote start on my integra too. I'm running a turbo so I figured it'd be cool to let it get some time to warm up before I just hop in it and drive. One day I went to start it up with my friends in the yard and my car jumped from one side of the yard to the other. Darn thing tries to start like three times before it quits lol. No harm done though thankfully.

 

suscribed in curiousity about letting car warm up...
i have a remote start...
i let it warm up for 90 seconds in weather that's 75 degrees or more...
in winter i let car warm up for 3-5 minutes depending on temp=
3 mins for 30-40 degrees
4 mins for 20-30 degrees
and 5 minutes for anything under 20 degrees
i am very strict about this due to gas mileage
let me know if i am wrong and i did extensive research for my reasoning...

 

ur not the first person it this has happened to.

I was using my car keys to cut the tape of a cardboard box so I could throw it away.. well my finger must have touched the remote start and my car started and hopped forward 10 feet into the wooden fence. luckly I heard the car start and got out of the way, otherwise I would have been sandwiched between the fence and my car.

the landlord fixed the fence at no charge, but it took some paint off my bumper and one of the screws on the front license plate won't come out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lmike6453 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">suscribed in curiousity about letting car warm up...
i have a remote start...
i let it warm up for 90 seconds in weather that's 75 degrees or more...
in winter i let car warm up for 3-5 minutes depending on temp=
3 mins for 30-40 degrees
4 mins for 20-30 degrees
and 5 minutes for anything under 20 degrees
i am very strict about this due to gas mileage
let me know if i am wrong and i did extensive research for my reasoning...</TD></TR></TABLE>


Completely unnessecary. How did you do extensive reasearch without looking in your owner's manual?

It says to start the car and drive off slowly after a few seconds. Then wait for it to warm up and drive normally. This is done to SAVE GAS.

Since the car has fuel injection and a pretty sophisticated computer on board, the need to warm up cars is long past.

I dont even let my cars warm up in the dead of winter. In Chicago.

If you live in arctic conditons or something, I could see letting it sit for about one minute.

Other people that were saying that they get better gas mileage when they let their car warm up: HOW?!

Let's say you drive away after starting the car:

You get (for example) 19MPG till the car warms up. The car warms up faster and you start getting normal MPG faster.

If you let it warm up:

You get ZERO MPG. The car warms up slower.

Warming up your car does not save gas. It's backwards. Yes I've also tried it both ways. When your car is idling, it's not going anywhere. So you're just burning fuel with no gain.


Edit: Before any arguments arise, let me say this:

I know that driving a cold car requires more fuel volume than idling a cold car. However, the point that you're moving and getting MUCH MUCH better than 0MPG is still valid.

Think about it this way. A top fuel dragster burns 20 gal in 1/4 mile. Blasting down the 1/4 mile, it is getting better fuel mileage than your stock idling integra.

If you want compare the same car and the same driving situations, then think about this. Take car A and car B for this example.

They are both the same car. Lets say for this comparison they both start out at the same temperature in the same place. They both have full tanks.

Car A drives away. The driver drives for 4 hours at an average speed of 60mph. So 400 miles. Lets say this is on a completely emptied out 12 gal tank. So 33.3MPG.

Car B sits there idling for 4 hours. It only uses a 1/4 tank. Things are looking great for car B as he's only used 3 gal in the same time as car A has used 12 gal. Over a TIME period, idling will always win. Now if car B drives away, though, and averages 33.3mpg, he only gets to go 266.4 miles. He'd have to average 50MPG to go the same distance as car A did.

So on the same tank, one car went 400 miles and the other went 266 miles. Since the point of a car is to take you from point to point, I'd say that car A won this comparison.


Are there any other arguments I should crush?


Modified by B serious at 10:34 PM 6/15/2008