[ospzfmbbzr]

Here it's cold in the winter and it is definitely illegal to install a remote start system in a car with a manual transmission.

Before my life in tech I worked in car audio installs back in the 90s.

One day one of the senior installer techs put a remote start in his own Mazda truck which had a manual transmission. A bit of time went by and we were outside smoking one day when he must have hit the button in this pocket. Apparently the e-brake wasn't on, and the truck was in first gear, so it started and drove across the parking lot and hit the wall of a building as we all watched.

[kube-system]

A proper remote starter for a manual transmission has sensors to ensure the vehicle is in neutral with the handbrake on.

[ospzfmbbzr]

> A proper remote starter

That's the key part. Proper :)

IIRC he just bypassed the sensor that would have been for Park on an automatic, since there were no manual transmission kits for sale as they were (and I think still are) illegal for sale where I live.

He would even refuse to do this sort of thing for other people so it was pretty funny it happened to him.

[WalterBright]

A remote start should have a slider switch and a lock for it, so you can't "push the button" by sitting on it.

[FireBeyond]

My factory one on a factory fob requires 3 presses within a second to activate.

[ospzfmbbzr]

It was and add-on to a car alarm and controlled via second or third button on the fob. Also 1994.