Near miss this weekend

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

I usually let the wife have the garage, but I washed my car on Friday, my wife wasnt home when I got there, so I stole the spot in the warmth... Kept it there all weekend.

Normally, when my car is outside, I do this little self check to assure myself that the car is in neutral before getting out, due to the fact that I have a remote start on a manual transmission vehicle..

You can imagine whats next...

Last night, I went to warm my car up. hit the remote start, and heard a BIG CRASH sound. Right away, I knew what happend, started cussing at myself, and ran to the garage, knowing that the remote start will automatically try to restart in 10 seconds because the car didnt start. I run out side, and the car had lunged forward into the refrigerator and my motorcycle. The bikes are hanging on the wall directly over the motorcycle. The refrigerator shoved forward and knocked my bike off the wall. Luckily, it fell on top of the refrigerator, and somehow, the pedal was dangling about 6 inches from my hood. My son left his kneeboard leaning up against my motorcycle (LUCKILY). It absorbed most of the impact, thankfully. The bumper was snapped off of the snap mounts on the fender (both sides). A minor scratch on the passenger side.

I pulled the car backwards off the pile of crap, and look ed at the car.. Pounded on each corner of the bumper, they snapped back in just fine. License plate is all bent to hell, but that can be fixed. Other than that, the car is fine.

Definitely could have been worse... If it was outside, it would have driven through the garage door... If the refrigerator wasnt there, it would have driven through my kitchen wall... The peg on the motorcycle would have jammed through my intercooler for sure if the kneeboard wasnt there..

Needless to say, Im sacared to use my remote start now..

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

Wow that sucks. You need to get it to disable when in gear.

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

yea, Id love to... but i was told that it cant be done on my car

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

Goldrocket had a way of doing it using 4 switches, you could ask him.

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

um weird? mine disables completely if its in gear itll start but barely move forward and die.. maybe 1/4 of an inch?

Colombia28 · Postby **Colombia28** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

Scary stuff dude! Do you and Josh have the same one? Josh's barely moves, it just kind of dies.

Glad to hear nothing got majorly damaged.

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

SpeedRacer wrote:um weird? mine disables completely if its in gear itll start but barely move forward and die.. maybe 1/4 of an inch?

lol, how is that disabling if it starts??

Im pretty sure Josh's is a Viper, mine is not, but they were both installed by the same guy I think.. My install took about a month to get done, due to the smart key, and other things that had to be disabled

Josh, does yours attempt to restart if it doesnt on the first try?

Colombia28 · Postby **Colombia28** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

firestoned wrote:Josh, does yours attempt to restart if it doesnt on the first try?

I don't think his tries to restart. Just dies and then its up to him.

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

^^^^ yup your right.

tbot · Postby **tbot** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

yeah i wasn't a big fan of ur remote start from the get go eric, and sorry to hear that happened, that sucks. But I would talk to the guy who did the install and say ur not happy w/ some of the results.

tbot · Postby **tbot** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

and i have the step down clifford version of Josh's and love it!!!

SpeedRacer · Postby **SpeedRacer** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

lol it disables better than yours? :P all kidding aside. It disables it by seeing its in gear when it tries to start and automatically kills it. I don't know what you would call it if the car starts then turns itself OFF because it see's its in gear?

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

that makes sense I guess...

Roadrnr06 · Postby **Roadrnr06** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

On that note... I have been there when Joshs car "tries" to start and is quickly suffocated by "the viper" hssss. You think that sounds scary? No whats scary is me getting yelled at by Josh for leaving his car in gear. Needless to say even though Roadrnr doesn't have a remote start it is always magically left in neutral, a learned behavior after numerous scoldings. Glad to hear that your car is okay tho Eric : )

firestoned · Postby **firestoned** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 9:14

Roadrnr06 wrote:On that note... I have been there when Joshs car "tries" to start and is quickly suffocated by "the viper" hssss. You think that sounds scary? No whats scary is me getting yelled at by Josh for leaving his car in gear. Needless to say even though Roadrnr doesn't have a remote start it is always magically left in neutral, a learned behavior after numerous scoldings. Glad to hear that your car is okay tho Eric : )

^ LMAO, geesh what a bastard

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