E asked for remote starter for her car for Christmas. I looked at all the models available at Bestbuy and decided on Viper 5101 last week, called the store, ordered the unit and scheduled the installation for today. First of all, you need
the bypass $79.99 + 29.99
relay 9.99 + 29.99 (power lock)
hood in switch 9.99
material $5.
So the cost is immediately doubled. I decided to go ahead with it as it’s the Christmas present and it’s something that she asked for and would help her a lot in the winter time. The story gets long though after that.
The appointment was for 10am. The problem is though that I went to bed at 2:30am. I knew I needed to go to bed early so I can get up and walk the dog before I go. But I just couldn’t fall asleep last night. So I stayed up and watched a couple of movies on Netflix. And before I knew it, it was 2:30am. I had a fitfull night of nightmares, partly because I was nervous that I may oversleep. Fortunately, I woke up in time, walked the dog, went over to B’s and switched the cars and arrived at Bestbuy ahead of the scheduled appointment even. Kevin took the car and had no problem finding the paperwork, he was the guy I talked to and he got evreything ready to do.
So I went over to Border’s for my first cup of coffee and a slice of banana bread. It hit the spot. I got the current issue of “Spin it” and “Iphone tips, tricks and hacks”. And I flipped through every page and read all the articles. That was great. I rarely finish a whole issue at one sitting. This forced quiet time gave me the opportunity to read them from cover to cover. And I learned a few new things and a couple of new apps to look at. While I was reading the mags, there was a lady that held court at the Cafe. She first met with her financial advisor (I think) and they talked for over an hour. Then one of her clients came and she did an interview with the client. I still don’t know what kind of business hes is conducting. The client is obviously being trained to do something. But she asked such personal questions of all her family members and relatives, I wonder why she would need to know. Things like are they married, how many kids, do they work, do they own their home. Whatver business the young lady is trying to enter, they shouldn’t need to know in such details about her family. I wasn’t really paying attention to what they said but they sat at the next table and carried on their business as if it’s their office. It’s quite interesting. Then I knitted a few rounds of the Pi Shawl. By then, 4 hours have passed. I headed back to Bestbuy.
As I got in the door, Kevin just finished leaving me a voice mail. The install was done. He is a very nice young man, I love to listen to him talk for some reason. He has a nice way of speaking. He explained how to operate the remote starter and let me try it too. And waited to see if I have any question. Didn’t rush me and was very pleasant. I signed the paper and drove the car back to B’s, got my car. and went to Station 59 for dinner.
On my way there, Kevin called and said he apologizd to call but he thought he left a tool in my car. And if I can drive it back so he or his co-worker can check. I told him it would be after 6 or Wednsday. He was very polite and said it doesn’t have to be today. So I went and had my dinner at 4, went home fed the pets and walked Benny and got right back out again.
Went to B’s picked up the car, drove to bestbuy. Steve the coworker came out with me. He said Kevin said he might have left it inside of the hood. As he tried to open the hood, the device fell right into his hand. It took about 2 seconds. He shook my hand and thanked me and I drove back to B’s. Switched to my car and finally got home at 7pm.
Whew!! Waht a day. Didn’t expect to spend the whole day for the remote start but it did and I’m already in bed exhausted from the lack of sleep and the driving back and forth to the same places twice all day.
But I love the remote start. It’s easy, one push of a button and the car starts. No mess no fuss. One remote that starts the car and opens the door. I love the idea that you can start the car and let it warm up in the winter before you go out into the snow and the freezing temperature. I didn’t get the iPhone starter which can be installed later. But the idea of starting the car anywhere is very interesting. Although this one has a 2000 feet range, it’s amazing someone thought of writing an app that can start the car from another city if you want. The iPhone really revolutionalized how we envision the possibilities in life.
I can’t imagine going back to any other phone after the iPhone. I won’t be able to live without all the apps I have grown used to having right in the palm of my hand.
