wayne613

Not to mention...Ad nauseum again, it was a bypassed automatic only r/s that was installed. It, as I recall of the thread, didn't even require the e-brake to be on.

Man do people love that thread though.

808Boss

Doode,

Out of curiosity, how much did it all cost to put in the compustar remote start and alarm? Do you subscribe to the premium plan with GPS as well? I'm a new member to this site and I was trying to send a personal PM, but couldn't...Not sure if I have to post more first..

Thanks...
Jeff

bigmike06gt

When I got mine installed in April of 2006, the week after buying my car it cost me $1000 for the unit and install. To date I have never had an issue with mine at all. It has been driven through 4 Alberta winters which easily get to -30 and the odd day colder and I have never had my e-brake freeze and the car was nice and warm everytime when I opened the door. Mine has the key bypass but it does not use the full key. All it has is a blank key that has not been cut but has the chip in it to fool the computer. If they are stealing your car with that then they would get it without anyways, hence the reason for the alarm as well which has paid for itself twice now. Mine is old enough it doesn't have the gps stuff on it but is still good to start the car from 5000 feet. If the unit is not installed correctly that is the only way to end up with troubles or with people thinking they are smarter and bypassing the safety units only makes them stupid and it becomes there fault when the car drives away without them.

When I arm my unit, even when I reach in the car and put it in gear it will not start and drive away as their is a sensor to shut the starter down when this is done. 140 000km or around 87 500miles and no problems or issues on my manual GT!!

808Boss

Thanks Big Mike,

I was quoted a similar cost,for the compustar alarm, remote start, the Drone unit which allows you to use your iphone to lock, unlock, remotes start your car. It also allows push notifications which is a nice feature, but of course you have to pay for the service...

doode

i bought the compustar ( basic 2 way , no GPS or fancy stuff ) about 4 years ago for $350
i paid a local install shop $400 to install ( almost 9 hours )

$50 of that install was to pay for a transponder bypass kit

memorizes and saves the transponder code instead of having to leave a key / blank close to the alarm brain to do auto start

808Boss

Thanks Doode!

So it was $750 total for the alarm, remote start, and install? I'm getting a quote around that price so I'm assuming that's fair... Wow took 9 hours to install.. seems like a long time.