Viper SmartStart?

[J BONE]

Anyone using the viper smartstart on their cars? Been looking into some remote start units as I have had them in the past and loved them. This one looks pretty nice. You can start the car with your phone. Question, knowing nothing about this kind of stuff, is how will it work with CA? Obviously don't want it to interfer with the CA or OEM alarm system. Any insight would be great. Thanks!

http://viper.com/SmartStart/

[bmstyle71]

Originally Posted by J BONE

Anyone using the viper smartstart on their cars? Been looking into some remote start units as I have had them in the past and loved them. This one looks pretty nice. You can start the car with your phone. Question, knowing nothing about this kind of stuff, is how will it work with CA? Obviously don't want it to interfer with the CA or OEM alarm system. Any insight would be great. Thanks!

http://viper.com/SmartStart/

I looked into that too but did you read about the ridiculous 300 dollar registration fee just to activate that feature?

[GooseInOz]

Picked up my '07 550i yesterday after having the SmartStart system installed.

It works great! Really love getting into a warm car at end of the day (and will love a cool car come summer time).

Not sure how it's going to work with CA. In the process we discovered one of my keys was messed up. I'd already ordered an additional key so I guess I won't know for sure until it arrives. For now, when I get in the car I have to insert the fob into the ignition and sometimes re-start the car.

Even if the new key doesn't solve the problem it's a minor issue.