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Remote starter
I'll be ordering my C6 with the six speed but here in New England remote starters are damn near a neccessity. All the shops around here say they know of no manufacturer that makes a remote starter for manual tranny cars. Seeing as how you HAVE to leave it in R when you shut down, I'm looking for anyone who has tackled this problem.
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Are remote starters a necessity to keep from having to get in a cold car, or for some other reason? Will the C6 be your first manual tran. car? If not, what did you do before? 
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Originally Posted by stanleyp
I'll be ordering my C6 with the six speed but here in New England remote starters are damn near a neccessity. All the shops around here say they know of no manufacturer that makes a remote starter for manual tranny cars. Seeing as how you HAVE to leave it in R when you shut down, I'm looking for anyone who has tackled this problem.
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Don't know anything about remote starters (not much need here in Florida) but the owners manual states that you have to be in R to shut the engine off, but you can then put it in N and it will start...... with parking brake set of course!
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Originally Posted by stanleyp
I'll be ordering my C6 with the six speed but here in New England remote starters are damn near a neccessity. All the shops around here say they know of no manufacturer that makes a remote starter for manual tranny cars. Seeing as how you HAVE to leave it in R when you shut down, I'm looking for anyone who has tackled this problem.
???? Do you drive it in the middle of winter, snow etc??? I can't see anyone wanting a remote starter for a Vette
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Originally Posted by dbvettez06
???? Do you drive it in the middle of winter, snow etc??? I can't see anyone wanting a remote starter for a Vette
Drive it in the SNOW? Hell no. It's just that I get out of work after midnite and the last thing I want to do is scrape ice off the windshield.
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Sounds like you just need to start your car and turn the defroster on high, then get out of the car and find a close enough warm spot nearby to watch it until the defroster melts the ice.
Of course, then you'll probably need your 2 friends, Smith & Wesson, to help you keep the car from being stolen while the windshield is being defrosted (deiced).
Of course, then you'll probably need your 2 friends, Smith & Wesson, to help you keep the car from being stolen while the windshield is being defrosted (deiced).
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Order one from DirectStart. Thier remote starters do Auto, Maual, and Diesel all in one unit with good range, an alarm, and a rev monitor. If you get a guy who knows what he is doing you could eaily mod it to get it to work in R instead of N. I installed this in my car and I can see easily it can be hooked up to do so. Go to 12voltdirect.com.
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Originally Posted by mcroto97
Order one from DirectStart. Thier remote starters do Auto, Maual, and Diesel all in one unit with good range, an alarm, and a rev monitor. If you get a guy who knows what he is doing you could eaily mod it to get it to work in R instead of N. I installed this in my car and I can see easily it can be hooked up to do so. Go to 12voltdirect.com.
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Originally Posted by burtonbl103
NO corvettes should evere be driven in snow.Why bother owing this marvel of engineering to ruin it in bad weather!!
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Originally Posted by burtonbl103
NO corvettes should evere be driven in snow.Why bother owing this marvel of engineering to ruin it in bad weather!!
Nuh-uh. The Corvette is meant to be DRIVEN. If it's not drivable where you live, move or buy a Subaru.
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Originally Posted by mcroto97
Order one from DirectStart. Thier remote starters do Auto, Maual, and Diesel all in one unit with good range, an alarm, and a rev monitor. If you get a guy who knows what he is doing you could eaily mod it to get it to work in R instead of N. I installed this in my car and I can see easily it can be hooked up to do so. Go to 12voltdirect.com.
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Originally Posted by Walford
You probably put what, 12? miles a year on your Vette?
Nuh-uh. The Corvette is meant to be DRIVEN. If it's not drivable where you live, move or buy a Subaru.
Nuh-uh. The Corvette is meant to be DRIVEN. If it's not drivable where you live, move or buy a Subaru.
12 miles a year that translates to about less than a day of driving....so were is it exactly that they have snow on the ground 364 1/2 days a year that you can get a vette to anyway? Most places have a summer and a winter or just a summer and then a hotter summer. so I dont think not driving your vette in the snow means that your never going to drive it. -Jeo
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Originally Posted by john m
I am no mechanic or engineer, but if you can find someone to 'make it work in R', God help anyone or anything that is directly behind your car when you push the button
C,mon people, we're Vette owners, a tad above in intelligence, HOPEFULLY!
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Originally Posted by Jeo
I dont think not driving your vette in the snow means that your never going to drive it. -Jeo
I'd drive my Vette in a blizzard. Hell, it's got traction control! 
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Originally Posted by mcroto97
Order one from DirectStart. Thier remote starters do Auto, Maual, and Diesel all in one unit with good range, an alarm, and a rev monitor. If you get a guy who knows what he is doing you could eaily mod it to get it to work in R instead of N. I installed this in my car and I can see easily it can be hooked up to do so. Go to 12voltdirect.com.
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Originally Posted by wwashing
Since the C6 needs a coded signal from the key fob to enable the push button start, and that's likely to be all embroiled with the computer, it will be interesting the hear that this will work.
It's going to be more than interesting. It's going to be a nightmare, the more I think about it.
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I agree that the car will need to be in R to shut the engine off. But, why would you have to keep in R once the engine is shut down? After the engine is off; just put it in N, set the parking brake and leave. Or am I missing something? I think the aftermarket remote starters will work. You just need to tie it into the starter wire. It can be done but, I would not recc. doing it.
On a side note. I know a guy who put a remote starter into his manual equipped car. He started the car while it was in gear at his work parking lot and the car ran into the back of an SUV. Needless to say he needed a whole new front end and hood. And that is the reason why you can't get one on a manual car from the factory. It's just too easy to forget that you left it in gear. Then you hit the button and BAD things are going to happen.
On a side note. I know a guy who put a remote starter into his manual equipped car. He started the car while it was in gear at his work parking lot and the car ran into the back of an SUV. Needless to say he needed a whole new front end and hood. And that is the reason why you can't get one on a manual car from the factory. It's just too easy to forget that you left it in gear. Then you hit the button and BAD things are going to happen.