Car won't start unless clutch is pressed

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Re: Car won't start unless clutch is pressed

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I didn't read the other comments, this is a response to the original post: No duh :roll:.

Why does remote start matter anyways? I know I've had to start my cars on some cold days, but its never been cold enough to NEED a remote start feature. Its about as useless as heated seats, put on f*cking gloves and a sweater you f*cking pansies :lol:.
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Re: Car won't start unless clutch is pressed

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Tinton wrote:I know I've had to start my cars on some cold days, but its never been cold enough to NEED a remote start feature.
What do you know about cold days in Georgia?

I know a little about cold days, but not as much as folks in Maine or Canadialand (where they live in igloos -- eh?). I know days when it's -5°F, very windy, and the car is covered in an inch of ice with a foot of snow on top. I can go out there and struggle to chip away and unbury the car so I'll be able to start it so it can melt the rest, or I can start it remotely and let it melt.

More commonly, with a remote starter it's convenient; instead of bundling up thickly for the 0°F temperature and trying to drive while looking like the kid in "A Christmas Story" until the car warms up, then trying to take off layers...I can just start it when I roll out of bed and it will be warm when I'm ready to leave.

It's miserable enough with the cold, I'm not going to get up an extra 15 minutes early so I can shower, dry, get ready to go, go out and start the car, and go back in to wait.

I vaguely remember a thread where you and I took opposite sides of a similar question, I think it was about potential "shift-by-wire" systems.
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Re: Car won't start unless clutch is pressed

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theholycow wrote:
Tinton wrote:I know I've had to start my cars on some cold days, but its never been cold enough to NEED a remote start feature.
What do you know about cold days in Georgia?

I know a little about cold days, but not as much as folks in Maine or Canadialand (where they live in igloos -- eh?). I know days when it's -5°F, very windy, and the car is covered in an inch of ice with a foot of snow on top. I can go out there and struggle to chip away and unbury the car so I'll be able to start it so it can melt the rest, or I can start it remotely and let it melt.

More commonly, with a remote starter it's convenient; instead of bundling up thickly for the 0°F temperature and trying to drive while looking like the kid in "A Christmas Story" until the car warms up, then trying to take off layers...I can just start it when I roll out of bed and it will be warm when I'm ready to leave.

It's miserable enough with the cold, I'm not going to get up an extra 15 minutes early so I can shower, dry, get ready to go, go out and start the car, and go back in to wait.

I vaguely remember a thread where you and I took opposite sides of a similar question, I think it was about potential "shift-by-wire" systems.
North vs. South = northerners are grade A c*nts, as usual :roll:.
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Tinton wrote:North vs. South = northerners are grade A c*nts, as usual :roll:.
With intelligent, topical arguments like that...I really can't win this debate.
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The fact that he cant come up with an intelligent response means you already have
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smooth move, x-lax
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