# Remote starters, how do they work?!?? \[split\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 30, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097 "2011-12-30T20:52:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 74
**Author:** ![AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/amd_is_the_best/32/6342_2.png) [@AMD\_IS\_THE\_BEST](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AMD_IS_THE_BEST)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2012, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097/74 "2012-01-03T10:41:20Z")
> [@drive threw atm machine! so true](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/drive-threw-atm-machine-so-true/47665/15): > > well in this case it brought some noobie (Drewrevind1) into the drama thread who already knew the how we roll here and posted in anyways. dudes got 41 posts now. :rofl > > never the less this drama brought in some decent info about cold starts/warmup actually. It got side tracked with a little name calling and shit, but nothing too bad… and it only lasted a few posts. Not a few pages, sword fights, screwdriver swings, or roid rages… so I think its actually getting better. > > and its in BF anyways. so it belongs here if it wants to go all Jerry Springer and shit. > > insert VW here. > > I hear ya, just thought I would toss it out there. + knowing kick and his family, when he said his moms car’s cats shit the bed, I bed its a VAG car and might have had a shitty SAI. > > BTW. My daily jetta is now on day 5 being CEL-LESS! WOOOOOT code was actually a for SAI bullshit as a matter of fact. lol It did end quick because I am not interested in fighting on the internet and I realized that I didn’t want to mess with Kenny’s thread. On top of that I have no 100% proof that a car starter will clog your cats. Although, knowing how EMS systems work and how a catalytic converter works and overly rich AFR is VERY likely to damage it. No questions about it. You also had a high-performance cat which can tolerate a bit more abuse not to mention I’m sure it didn’t have 8+ years and 100k+ miles. That being said, SAI in my mom’s A4 was probably leaky like they all are, lol. And that did NOT help. Either way, it just proves more to the point that an overly rich startup mixture is bad for cars/cats, hence why Audi/VW/whatever other makes use it add the SAI system to help prevent cat damage. Side note Mike, I CAN TUNE YOUR JETTA NOW! Delete O2’s SAI, whatever you want. Let me know your ECU part number and I can let you know for sure! I can tune it as long as it’s not chipped already > [@\--- GRAND THEFT AUTO IV --- Thread!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/grand-theft-auto-iv-thread/47618/262): > > Drew is no noobie… he just rarely ever comes on here… lol. And he was simply sticking up for me because the way everything was posted could have been said differently. I know that AMD meant no harm by it, but by posting it in my thread where I am trying to offer a service it would end up causing possible business loss regardless of it was meant to or not. I have no problem having a discussion about the topic and going back and forth, I just wish it had been done like it is now… in a separate thread. And Drew felt the same way and was sticking up for me like a damn good friend… which I’m sure everyone on here would have done the same… > thats my .02. And that pretty much sums it up. I realized after posting that it could be detrimental to sales so I pulled all of my posts. GLWS’s man! For the record, Drew came right in fighting rather then explaining anything. Right off the bat calling me a complete idiot and how I was completely wrong. Which is not the case. It’s behind us, leave it at that. And as far as I’m concerned, an over rich AFR will still damage a catalytic converter. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/remote-starters-how-do-they-work-split/262097)._