Take a look at this new gadget we’ve found that has a lot of potential wrapped up in a small package. This thing lets you start your car and monitor its activity with your SmartPhone. The Viper Remote Start system provides you with a way to beat the early morning doldrums – and it can be installed in most modern cars at an affordable price.
Those cold leather seats…
The obvious advantage of having a remote start system is its ability to improve the lives of any of us living in a cooler climate. Forget sitting in the driver’s seat, shivering, waiting for that one little hole of visibility in the foggy windshield grow to a size acceptable for safe driving. Sit inside and have another cup of coffee instead. The less obvious advantages of this particular remote start system are in its expandability.
Start the car from your office, at the mall, in a restaurant.
Viper offers a GPS system that allows you to see where your car is and what speed it’s going from wherever you happen to be. We’re surprised Viper doesn’t call this particular aspect of its design, “Teenager Proofing”. The fact that it’s running through your smartphone allows Viper to send you text alerts when a car is started or when it fails to start. Multiple cars can be controlled through one smartphone, so there’s no hunting around for keys to when your eyes are half-open.
About $250 installed.
BestBuy will install the Viper system on most modern cars for $250 dollars. Your local car stereo purveyor will probably have a similar offer. Just be sure that you get a guarantee from whoever is installing it that they’ll make it work properly if it doesn’t when they first install it.