The DIY $10 Prepaid Cellphone Remote Car Starter

An anonymous reader writes "Wish you could start your car via your cell phone, but don't feel like ponying up the $40k for a Chevrolet Volt or $499 (plus $29 a year) for an aftermarket system from Viper? This hack relies on a cheap prepaid cellphone that has had its vibration motor surgically removed, replaced by a couple of leads triggering the car's starter. Whenever the phone receives a call it starts up the car — a somewhat dodgy proposition if a telemarketer ever gets hold of your number, but an interesting solution nonetheless. Total cost of the project: $71.03."

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Re:Telemarketer solution

[Minwee]

Why would you want this?

I've never understood it, but it seems that the majority of North American car owners do seem to prefer automatic transmissions.

In fact many of them are willing to pay _extra_ for the joy of replacing the far more efficient manual transmission which the rest of the world enjoys.

Maybe they're just all nuts.