You don't have to purchase a smart phone, you can do it from any web browser. Activating with the key fob would require close proximity to the vehicle. The current system allows it to be done from anywhere there is internet access (and cell service available to the car).Leafabout wrote:I'd like to be able to turn my car heat/air on using only the key fob. I don't want to go out and purchase a smart phone to do that.
Says the guy who lives where there is never ice on the ground outside.baustin wrote: If you have to get close enough to use the key fob, it's not any more difficult to walk to the car, turn it on, go back inside, and wait for the car climate to adjust.
That's why I moved here. I grew up in ice and snow, before remote start and FOB's, don't miss it one bit.BuckMkII wrote:Says the guy who lives where there is never ice on the ground outside.baustin wrote: If you have to get close enough to use the key fob, it's not any more difficult to walk to the car, turn it on, go back inside, and wait for the car climate to adjust.
So perhaps you shouldn't be lecturing those who have to traverse ice, snow and frigid temps to go out to the car...?That's why I moved here. I grew up in ice and snow, before remote start and FOB's, don't miss it one bit.
Having had to traverse ice, snow, and endure frigid temps a good part of my life makes me qualified to lecture on it.LeftieBiker wrote:So perhaps you shouldn't be lecturing those who have to traverse ice, snow and frigid temps to go out to the car...?That's why I moved here. I grew up in ice and snow, before remote start and FOB's, don't miss it one bit.
hardly a lecture when the point he is making is a valid one.LeftieBiker wrote:So perhaps you shouldn't be lecturing those who have to traverse ice, snow and frigid temps to go out to the car...?That's why I moved here. I grew up in ice and snow, before remote start and FOB's, don't miss it one bit.
Maybe when you're old, and have poor circulation, including Renaud's (sp?) syndrome, you'll appreciate the difference between a frigid cabin (and steering wheel) slowly warming up, and one that's tolerable the moment you get in. You also fail to consider the distance to walk to some drivers' cars. No, you're just making a sloppy, callous argument.baustin wrote:Having had to traverse ice, snow, and endure frigid temps a good part of my life makes me qualified to lecture on it.LeftieBiker wrote:So perhaps you shouldn't be lecturing those who have to traverse ice, snow and frigid temps to go out to the car...?That's why I moved here. I grew up in ice and snow, before remote start and FOB's, don't miss it one bit.
Maybe you should brush up on your reading comprehension skills.