advice on best alarm/remote start to buy

I love viper, but after the fact I heard about compustar. if I didn't get a viper I'd get one of those. their high end model seemed a little higher in price, but had even more fun features, like tells you the temp inside your car on the remote, shows a countdown on the remote for how much longer your car will stay running after remote started. I believe they claim their remotes go farther as well.

I got a DEI viper 5900 off amazon.com for $240 shipped. I fricken love it. I also have the factory honda manuals for my car, with all the wiring diagrams, so I knew ahead of time what wires did what, and if I needed a relay or not. from amazon.com, I also threw in the DEI battery backup, glass sensor, trunk popper kit, immobilizer bypass module (my key has a chip in it,) and power window module. all together it was $400 shipped, took about a week and a half to get all the products, as they were from three different online retailers under amazon. be sure to send in the warranty card as soon as you get it. you get 10 days to send it in after purchase, I never sent mine in. not sure if they'll even warranty it if not installed professionally, but it's worth a shot. also if it's installed professionally, they'll give you 'up to $2,500' for your insurrance deductable. I installed mine myself, 10x better than any installer would ever do, but I don't get that money if it's stolen.

basically I went to the viper website, and picked the most expensive remote start/alarm they sell. there is one model higher than mine, the only difference being the remote. they had one with a full color lcd screen (like any decent cell phone) which looks awesome, but also costs $160 to replace the remote itself. I got one remote with my alarm, and it costs $100 to replace. it's 2 way, so when the alarm goes off, it pages the remote. so I can be at a buddies appartment, park anywhere, and know my car is still in contact with me. this viper claims 1 mile range on the 2way, but that's pry in unobstructed line of site. but I can go to the mall, and still lock/unlock my car from inside, how cool is that. my remote takes a AAA battery, the full color one had an internal rechargable battery, if you loose the charger then you'll need a new one. screw that, I have tons of rechargable NiMH AAA's sitting around. it also has 3 extra channels on the remote, plus the AUX button works your trunk (sends a ground as long as you hold it.) I'm gonna try to rig up my car so an extra channel turns on the ac, cause I always forget to turn the ac back on when I leave my car.