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"Philip" <1chip-state1@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> "Bruce L. Bergman" <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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>> On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 15:51:53 +1000, "Scotty" <scoter1@warmmail.com>
>> wrote:[color=darkred]
>>>"Bruce L. Bergman" <blPYTHONbergman@earthlink.invalid> wrote in message
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>>>> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006 14:18:42 -0600, [email]brianinmilo@webtv.net[/email] (Brian)
>>>> wrote:[/color]
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>>>>>I own a 03 tacoma manual 5 speed. Is there any after market remote
>>>>>starters out there for the manuals?
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>> <Big Snip to the last paragraph>[color=darkred]
>>>> By the time you get through putting enough fail-safes on the car to
>>>> safely install an auto-start system, it would be far cheaper easier
>>>> and simpler to sell your truck and buy another one with an automatic
>>>> transmission.
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>>>Or buy an auto![/color]
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>> Gee, I just said that... Did you actually read first? ;-P
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>> --<< Bruce >>--[/color]
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> Cars and trucks have had clutch interlocks for a long time. 10yrs anyway.
> So if your remote starter device were wired through the ignition switch,
> you'd be okay ... which it should be with an automatic too. Automatic
> cars have had an interlock with the brake pedal for at least 10 years.
> --[/color]


But the interlock switches on a manual and an atuomatic serve entirely
different purposes. The manual trans has the interlock mounted on the clutch
pedal, and requires the clutch to be depressed in order to engage the
starter, the automatic's interlock is mounted on the brake pedal, and
requires the brake to be applied before one can shift from Park into a gear
that results in the car going somewhere.

In the manual, the car can not be started unless the clutch is depressed, in
the automatic car, has to be in park or neutral (but as a practical matter,
how many people leave a car in N?). The vast majority of drivers leave a
manual tranmission in gear, either 1st or R, and it would be senseless to
have Remote Start in this case -- the status of the Clutch Safety Switch
notwithstanding. The interlock on the automatic prevents the car from moving
inadvertanlty after it is already started, the interlock on the manual
transmission prevents the car from even starting. Two completely different
uses ...