Maybe o bit off-topic considering we are in the mid of summer but....
when the winters hits....and if you live just seconds away from > 40 MPH road...would you warmup your TSX ?
Is remote start a good thing to add to my TSX ?

 

Letting your car heat up during minutes at idle is a pure waste of money. It wastes gas, and does nothing good for the engine. It's only good for your butt, but even then, with the heated seats, the coldness doesn't last for very long. I wouldn't shell out any money on the remote unless you really hate sitting on a cold seat for a minute or two.

 

This again is a controversial topic because some believe warm up's are waste of time and money, while others believe it's better for your car than not.

 

Remote starts have become really popular in wintry areas... largely because at the end of the day, if you don't have covered parking at work, you can start your car and melt the snow or ice before you walk out there.

Good installers know how to set up the rear window defroster to trigger on start.

This is of course assuming you have a 5AT. DO NOT PUT ONE ON A 6MT (even though I read one poster that already did it). There is no right way to do something stupid.

 

my friend can install it on manual, but he puts a switch on it so that if you do leave it in gear it wont start.

 

Is it a toggle switch or a position switch?

That is, it is a switch you have to throw, or a switch that senses the shifter position?

With switches that depend on you, you're the weak link.

Switches that detect the shifter position arethe way to go... IF it's reliable enough to not go out of adjustment or go outta whack from the force of shifting.

I knew a guy that used to attach magnets to the shifter lever and use magnetic reed switches in a ring around the shifter. If any of the switches was active, the remote starter wouldn't start.

The problem was that the magnets would come off, or the mag switches would fail, and it was always a problem. Not an area where unreliability is OK.

 

yeah i think he used magnets also. i dont have remote start yet but i still always leave it in neutral just to keep me from leaving it in gear when i do get it