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Justaguy 
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Whats your favorite or least favorite to do starters/alarms etc?

Mine is mostly any domestic truck, I can do most starters in under an hour.

Least favorite... 94-98(I believe those are the years) Intepids. I freaking hate them! ...and most VWs too.

Anybody else?

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Any year of GM truck. any Chrysler Truck (except the 04/05 durango and 05 dakota) and any year sebring, intrepid etc.
Least favorite? Anything German (although probably my favorite vehicles)
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Justaguy 
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Ya, nothing german(or anything European ) is ever nice to work on. Gotta love doing Getta-diesel-standards... Yuk. Thats almost an all day job!

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Fav : Any vehicle without transponder keys

Least Fav : Any newer vehicle without a keyless bypass or door lock databus module Installers, whats your fav vehicle? -- posted image.

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Justaguy 
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Velocity Motors wrote:

Fav : Any vehicle without transponder keys

Least Fav : Any newer vehicle without a keyless bypass or door lock databus module Installers, whats your fav vehicle? -- posted image.

Really, but thats where i make my money... Gravy jobs

Basics r ok cause they don't take much time, but i got to do 5 or 6 a day to make money. I'm greedy i guess.

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FAV: any truck, import or domestic

LEAST FAV: anything smaller than a truck.

I am a big guy and there just is not a lot of room for me in those Kia and so on.

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I hate wasting time on jobs that I  know would go faster with a module, but instead I'm sitting there soldering relays wires and grabbing 12 volts off the RS unit and ground from the chassis and so on. With the modules it's so easy to prep a unit and your done within a couple of hours on vehicles that would normally take you 4 + hours. In the end the customer pays for the modules, but who's gonna pay for your time when you don't charge by the hour for remote starts ? I charge by the job so if I can get 6+ cars out a day instead of 3 in a day, I'll make a little less per job to get more jobs in a day to compensate for the difference.
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hmm favorite... id say chevy trucks along the silverado/sierra 99+.  grab the tach behind the dash and wire everything at the bcm.  555L is no problem and theres good room to hide the brain.

least favorite... toyota avalons 2000+ DEI document 1070 i think (same for sequoia and highlander) where you have to add the interface inside the door.  that just sucks.  also i hate the late model bonneville.  you have to run the 12v+ to the battery/jumper post and do the lock/unlock/disarm wire in the door.  some have a molex plug coming out of the body to the door and that hinge suck to work in.

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-i love honda/acura. havent seen any difficulty.
-i really dont like the newer toyota/lexus doorlock system liek sroth140 stated above.
-not a big fan of domestic, newer models.
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Justaguy 
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profuse007 wrote:
-i love honda/acura. havent seen any difficulty.
-i really dont like the newer toyota/lexus doorlock system liek sroth140 stated above.
-not a big fan of domestic, newer models.

Interesting, quite a bit different then most installers i know, not really crazy about hondas especially acura - molex plugs, tach at the bcm, keys that don't start when cold...etc

most toyotas r pretty easy especially camrys and corollas

domestic vehicles r so easy, for me anyways, more so chevys though

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