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Old 01-29-2004, 06:19 AM
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Default Pretty Cool - Garage Door opener that you hook to your high beams

Just flash them and it does the garage door opener.

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Yep-pretty cool. Too bad I don't have a Genie opener (It's a Sears....) :-(
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That's ingenious, surprised no one's thought of it before.
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Pretty cool until the criminals catch on to it.
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Bet Paul can make it work ;-)
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PW's still working on hard wiring his V1.
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Default Ummm... wouldn't they need to steal your car first? Then what's the difference if they get...

your garage door opener remote or flash the high beams? All this box does is essentially "press the button" to open the door using the high beam dip switch instead of the button on the door remote. The security codes are still the same.
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In a way I think it would be safer... a lot less obvious than a remote on the visor
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Not really, working on sending out a check! :-(
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if you're parked at the mall and you have a remote on your visor, a thief can break into your car, get your address (which is in your glovebox), drive to your home (whether he stole your car or not), and walk right in with the remote. While you're still in Sears looking at new garage door openers, he's loading up his (or your) trunk.
The headlight thing solves this problem because most people don't know about it (although Paul's method is even stealthier).


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