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Good point.
Dont get a 1 way unless you really want one or are tight on money.
I would HIGHLY recommend you pay a bit more for a 2-way.
WHY? okay, a lot of times I start my car while I;m finishing class, and walking towards my car. I like to warm it up before hand and while Im still on campus Ill start it. With a one way, im always afraid im too far. Say I press it , I dont know if its on or not unless I SEE it but then I might not see the lights on due to sun or something. So say it doesnt start, 5 minutes later I get to my car and bam its nice and cold. Situation 2 , I start my car and its started but i dont think it started and i press it again turning it off. Bam cold car. Unless your car is always in your garage and you are lazy to physically open the cars door and start it , I would highly recommend a 2 way.
A 2 way will give you a confirmation of its actions. Example, I can sit in my apartment and double check if i locked my doors or not, and lock it while im sitting and KNOW it has been locked. I can start my car and it will either give me a confirmation tone or an error tone. Also it will even warn me when the car timer is running low. So i can either restart it (add 12 more minutes) or let it run out. Thats just the remote start, the alarm feature will have your remote go off letting you know that the alarm has been triggered, so you dont have to HEAR your car alarm to know that it has went off.
umm, what else ...
there are fancy things such as temperature reading, turbo timer stuff etc.
I hve one in my accord which is a 5speed manual, there is a manual transmission mode where you have to in a way "arm" the car to allow it to start, its just a sequence of things you have to do or else you cant start it the next day. Its just a sequence where the car will end up in neutral and wont be in any gear. So you get to your parking spot you need to .. hit the brake, pull the ebrake, hit the remote start button, take the key out and get out of the car, the car is still running, and then once you lock the doors the car will turn off.
I personally dont have my car in that mode :lol::facepalm: because if you were to open the door or something , it cancels the sequence because of the possibility that the gear lever has been moved, therefore having to go through it all again.
Oh ya i forgot to mention that another handy feature is when you want to run into the store but dont want to turn the car up since its just in and out. If you hit the remote start button, you can remove the key and the car will remain on. and when you get back you can put the key back and get on your way
I sorta just wrote what ever was on my mind. No formal review, if you have questions let me know and ill try to answer them.
Have installed the 5101, 5301, 5501 my self and have used them all on a day to day basis.