Re: Subject: Re: remote starter/door unlocker

[Huw Powell <audi@mediaone.net>]

> >> 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...

Not in reverse either.  But there's another switch for that... so a bit
of interesting wiring could yield a go/no go signal that at least says
to the starter module that it is either in neutral or fifth - and the
car isn't gonna start if it's in fifth!

-- 
Huw Powell

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82 Audi Coupe; 84 4kq; 85 Coupe GT; 73 F250