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I have seen people start the engine on their car remotely. It doesn't really make sense to me - unless you fear certain types of car bombs - but since they started that nonsense the manufacturers could add a little joystick to the keyring remote that actually allows to drive the car at some low speed.
That way people can drive the car up to a loading zone at the store and pack there instead of walking through the rain. Cars would have to be a little smarter than now to avoid obstacles that the person on the joystick cannot see.
James Bond - the cars
http://www.thejames...anclub.com/Cars.asp
Gadget featured in Tomorrow Never Dies. [kropotkin, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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As seen in James Bond, I take it. |
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"It doesn't really make sense to me..."
You must live in a warm climate. |
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// start the engine on their engine // |
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That's a neat trick. Dual engine cars. |
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[waug] Nope, just running on 1/2 a brain tonight. |
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jutta: well, yes, I guess you didn't see the film where he drove the BMW around the parking garage by remote control. (Sorry, I forget which one it was, they all tend to blur after a while.) |
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I think that film was 'You Only Ever Never Say Live Again to Die another Living Daylight Savings Day' [DrC] |
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Around here probably +50% of the cars have remote starters, that would be alot of cars wandering around. |
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btw people get remote starters so that they can wait inside while their cars warm up, You must be from a warm climate if you couldn't figure that one out. |
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jutta/gnomethang: Tomorrow Never Dies (see link). |
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//It doesn't really make sense to me // |
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On cold days when you don't REALLY wanna venture out and start a car to let it warm up ... or in really hot climates you might prefer to remotely start you car and let the A/C run for a bit before getting in the car ... |
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+ I think parallel parking would be a lot easier if you could get out and stand on the curb. But, somehow, I can’t picture David Hasseloff, James Bond, or Batman ever having to do that. |
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Remote Car Starters are for the weak! The weak who don't care about air polution either. |
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I need to be warm (or cool) RIGHT AWAY! I don't give a dang if I am distrubing the whole neighborhood by idling my car for 20 minutes. Fumigate that lanscape- who cares! my car is climate controlled. |
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