liquiddi

Oh that makes sense! I didn't think about the complicated security on these things. I guess $1K isn't that bad when you think of it that way. I'm just glad my daily driver Jeep has this so I don't need it on the Merc.

prodigymb

combination of laser keys and can bus made remote start nearly impossible until these two companies came out. previously i was told the only way to do it was to get a 2nd key ring and leave a 2nd key in there all the time. 1k installed is high but we do not know HOW labour intensive it is. hopefully i'll be able to do a group buy the 650 range

Busta Riles

I spoke to MidCityEngineering yesterday. Their system is 100% plug & play (no wiring). For $1000, i would have people lining up for these. If you had winters like we do, you would understand.

It's not ridiculous to spend $600 for a piece of carbon fibre or $4000 for rims, why is $1000 too much to save your frozen *** hundreds of times per year?

Fr33kn63

Any chance for them to bring the price down some if there is a group buy? I am interested, but 1k is a lot for it. Maybe a 5 or 10 person GB?

theeddie

1k way to much

OXOJE55

I am down for a GB but 1000

shardul

iTrader: (1)

Wow 1k. Well I am in houston where the temps are not that extreme so I may pass on this.

prodigymb

i'll try to get a group buy in a 650$ range. i doubt it will be possible for less with the nav-tv unit. i am curiosu on pricing of the engineer one - i dont think theirs is ready for the W211 though

Amen

I want one

Fr33kn63

I am more interested in the Mid City one....
The Nav-TV one as far as I can tell turns the car off when you unlock the doors with the remote. The other one seems to keep the car running when you do this...
What do you all think?

NSX2NV

I'm down with a group buy. I like the engineering one more though. It seems to have better features and seems more polished and complete. Especially with the plug and play, that's great for install and resale!!!! How many would be interested in a group buy with them? If I get a good count I'll get in touch and see what we can work out. I'm guessing this will be for the w211.

Fr33kn63

count me in for one as long as it works on an e63

TulaneLaw

While I certainly applaud both of these companies for bringing this new product to market, I could NEVER in a million years justify spending $1K+ on something like this. I'm guessing the patent disclosure documents will show less than $20 in parts. If these units truly are plug-and-play, next-to-zero install, I think something in the $600 range would be much more palatable. Either way, big thumbs up for both company's ingenuity.

bevalaqua kid

Speaking of wasting $1K overpriced options, I noticed that the E55 I looked at the other day had the $1K electric trunk lock option. Talk about an overpriced option! I wouldn't pay $100 for the electric trunk lock.

intellilogic

I wrote them and asked if they could make the option smarter, to read the temperature and act accordingly, IE: below 45-F, heat the seats and such // above 75-F cool the seats. It's just software, they could take this to a whole other level, maybe having a page where you custom what you want the car to do... When its cold, I want to remote start and have it heat the car, but I want it to let me know it IS heating the car and has read that it is cold, so I want it to flash the fog lights. The car has a cooling mode, where it cracks the windows, sunroof and cools the seats and all that, I just hold the door with my keyless, I am pretty sure you can do it w/o keyless...

prodigymb

engineering emailed me and said there is no pricing yet and they will have one that will be for regular key and keyless cars. they said it will be plug and play.

NSX2NV

Nice! Keep us posted.

deuce zer0

any idea on the range these will have?

prodigymb

no pricing on the engineering ones YET.

foreverbeta

@prodigymb: Nice. Thanks for researching both of these.

NSX2NV

I would say exactly like your factory remote range since it works with the factory remote. Mine has a pretty good range. I can lock my car from inside my house and while I'm at work without having to go outside.

SSM AMG

[QUOTE=prodigymb;3287968]engineering emailed me and said there is no pricing yet and they will have one that will be for regular key and keyless cars. they said it will be plug and play.[/QUOTE

Great work, I down for for a Group buy. 600 to 700 would be great.

Busta Riles

If anyone has any luck getting pricing from these guys, let me know.

Apparently, www.automobilitydistribution.com is the Canadian distributor for the Mid-City Engineering Products, but the guy i got on the phone knew nothing of it.

Eric at Mid-City told me that they are shipping orders out already.

So these products are on their way to distributors, but they don't have pricing yet?

prodigymb

The W211 units are not out yet, I spoke to him last week. I am keeping in touch with him. He said 900$ installed is the suggested retail.

650-700$ group buy of 10 should be feasible.

NSX2NV

I'm down with a G.B. We should push for $600 if possible