what cars to attempt & to stay away from?

infinkc wrote: if you can do a harder one, all the others should be a piece of cake, why not start off with a tough one and take your time with it and learn all the alarm functions and bypasses.

A quote from Rob: "Young grasshopper, you must learn to walk first before you learn to run." Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it.

if i were to attempt a harder one, chances are i'd fuk it up one way or another... and troubleshooting a difficult install would just be another learning curve a noob like me wouldn't want to tackle (yet)

Velocity said stay away from ION type.My chevy colorado was my first.Thought it was easy to wire.I did have problems with lack of knowledge for programing.I would think just from reading on this site to stay away from the fords and jeep.But i am a newbie.And thanks for all the helpcolorado tap the rockies

Easy cars... hmmm lets see... geez i'm drawing a blank! All the cars I THINK ARE EASY have security bypasses But when you've been doing it for 3 years... most cars seem easy. I'd stay away from toyota highlanders for awhile, ummm toyota avalons, any mercedes/ volkswagen/ audi, pretty much anything european we will not touch...  Stay away from newer jeep grand cherokees. Jeep wranglers are easy. Ford f-150 and f-250 trucks without security are easy.

Hey a question about the last post,"any mercedes/ volkswagen/ audi, pretty much anything european we will not touch". Why is that? I remember hearing that some installers will not touch Mercedes, any reason why that could be? I mean i have not done any work on a mercedes, but have worked on volkswagens and they we not bad.

i do mostly euro. japanese are the easiest. Why oh Why didn't i take the blue pill

Darren Power

japper doo- cars are cake... my first care.. a simple deck install... took me a whole day to figure out...  yea.. stay away from lac's  ..  caddys are a PITA..specially the newer they get   . kias are retarded   ..  fords are easy  most of them..    hummer was super cake... the gen1 atleast...  havnt worked on a gen2 or gen3   ... figures i draw a blank now...    04 grandprix was little tricky.. needed that relocation harness to relocate the factory deck for the antitheft.  .. now i realized i coulda draw the 12v switched off of the moonroom circuit..  its funny how after i do an install i think about stuff i coulda done to make it easier .. then i dont see the same make model year for while and i forget it... i need to start writing ideas down

Easy: Anything that says GM or Chev on it from 1989 through 2005. Dodge 1990-2001 Hard: 2006 Saab 9-3..... New Mercedes... Not too bad, but not for the noobs: VW, Audi, BMW, Lotus Things that give me headaches: Honda Odessy column covers Ford Focus Oldsmobile thing where you need to go under the back seat for disarm and have to look for the one light green wire out of the 50 or so light green wires that are under there.... Other than that.... we typically don't turn anything away. You can pretty much remote start anything out there (exept for the newest Mercedes, possibly the push button start VW/Audi stuff.) Gus Wherever I go, that is where I end up......

ive heard the new benze's and audi's are a PITA... just way too much computer and less and less mechanical...  it just takes the fun out of it.... damn germans!

mercs can be pain in the ass alright. even some of the slightly older ones were a painWhy oh Why didn't i take the blue pill

Darren Power