Remote start seems like a cool feature, but thats about it, the "cool factor" of being able to walk to your car through the parking lot and have it start while you walk up to it. I'd never use it to remotely start it in the morning and let it idle or anything because a lot of cars have been getting stolen in the metro Seattle area doing that. So if it wasn't too pricey for the dealer to install including labor, I'd pay a little more for the added cool factor.