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Originally Posted by Plasar
Ember:
Between friends, I waited to respond to this, and almost don't want to. i don't know if you intended this, but your response comes across a little rough, mocking me for not installing myself, and calling this product a POS repeatedly, not just that it is not a good match to your requirements and budget.
To answer your questions:
1) Well yes, I am perfectly able to remove my back seat and do the install myself - but I had this new branch of an established auto repair shop doing a brake service today anyhow, and because it is COVID, and I want to support the great people at this shop, I will throw $70/30 mins labor their way.
1a) They just did a skip shift install for me (along with an oil service).
Skip Shift Eliminator
2) I am a 33 year career IT veteran, and I don't mind doing a couple of top up/down button clicks to re-program, if that ever becomes necessary. i prefer this over leaving USB cables dangling. V2.x firmware came Jul-2017 and last V2.x update was Nov-2019 (Camaro support) - probably won't need to update.
2a) However, for my car stereo install, I am glad to have left a USB cable available to plug into a laptop to update settings on the Helix DSP.
ZLI Vert Stereo Upgrade |
I was not mocking at all - I was legitimately curious as to why you were having a shop do the install. I have three decades of tech experience myself, and thought that the directions were actually easy enough to follow that one should be able to tackle it themselves. And I was actually interested in knowing the first-hand assessment from someone that had put one in. Your response that you want to support a local shop that does good work is a very reasonable one, and I can appreciate why you did it.
I never called this module a POS. Not once.
I repeatedly commented negatively toward GM's setup, I called out the reasoning behind why we can't have window-up controls from a remote control, and I questioned the design of this module as to whether it would be done in a way that would circumvent safety features built into what's in the car (seems there isn't feedback on that speed limit bypass or not yet). I also was very specific in what feature would be of interest to me (the single button press in the car to get top up / top down), and noted that at the cost of the module it likely wouldn't hold enough value to me to purchase it.
The written word does not convey many subtle aspects of interaction like when two people speak. And, for whatever reason, we tend to look for the negative tone in writing and often find it when it was never intended to be there by the author.