The winter may bring with it romantic comedies featuring Hugh Grant, but the downside is the drop in temperature. Fortunately, the Webasto Thermo Top E Parking Heater allows users to send a text message to a car where it is installed, which then kicks it into action, ensuring your car is warm to the touch when you get in. The self-contained unit uses a tiny amount of fuel, and can also be activated by voice or remote control. The heater outputs 4.2kW for a maximum of 60 minutes at a time. Sure, that would keep you from hanging like a brass monkey, but the US$1,695 price tag seems a little on the hefty side to us. Remember; it’s not cold if it’s free cold, whatever that means. [Red Ferret]
nigel graver
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 2:59 PMA company in europe has just developed a product called gsm-auto for pre starting pre heaters with a mobile phone or land line and all you do is call it and it does the rest.
It also has a built in time clock so i can set it to come on at any preset tme.
I have fitted one to my webasto pre heater in my range rover and it works a treat.
Terry Jacobs
Saturday, February 28, 2009 at 2:37 AMThe gsm-auto has now been recognized as a serious piece of equipment for the remote control of preheaters in aircraft.
The gsm-auto has been well thought out and i am using one for pre-heating my aircraft.
william bagshot
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 6:10 PMDial2open also have a system similar to the GSM-AUTO and it may be the same people.
dial2open also make remote control systems for remotely controlling gates and garage doors.
Link is http://www.dial2open.com