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Subject: Re: remote starter/door unlocker



Huw Powell wrote:
>> Don't you need an automatic transmission to have remote starting?  I'd be
>> worried about starting a car already in gear and finding it IN the
>> neighbor's house or something.

<In my fantasy of building a "keyless" car this has occurred to me, too. 
<One solution, which is still just a vague orange cloud in my mind, would
<be to build some sort of lockout switch either on the tranny or the
<shifter that detects the "neutral" position.
<ideas anyone?

Audis with an "upshift" light don't light up the arrow in either neutral or 
5th gear... don't know about reverse...
chris