[Phil and Jeanne]

Has anybody put a gate opening chip in their side mirror ? How is it working?

[John-US]

Originally Posted by Phil and Jeanne

Has anybody put a gate opening chip in their side mirror ? How is it working?

Didn't work for me ;(

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by Phil and Jeanne

Has anybody put a gate opening chip in their side mirror ? How is it working?

Now why didn't anyone else think of that?

[Byte1]

Originally Posted by Phil and Jeanne

Has anybody put a gate opening chip in their side mirror ? How is it working?

Mine works great. One gate is too high and it won't work on it, but I have used it at about 15 gates where it worked fine.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by Phil and Jeanne

Has anybody put a gate opening chip in their side mirror ? How is it working?

Yes, it works fine on all but 1 gate for me where it is erradic. Lot's of variables including the height of your mirror (vs the height of the gate pad) as well as if you have a lot of "electronics" in it. I had one car that wouldn't even pass the signal. They work great but you will have to change your driving habits. You can't just fly through the gate. You have to come to a stop as close to the pad as safely as you can and breath slowly. You'll find that most of the "problematic" gates are in the older northern areas of the Villages where the pads are lower (and older).

[CWGUY]

Originally Posted by EdFNJ

Yes, it works fine on all but 1 gate for me where it is erradic. Lot's of variables including the height of your mirror (vs the height of the gate pad) as well as if you have a lot of "electronics" in it. I had one car that wouldn't even pass the signal. They work great but you will have to change your driving habits. You can't just fly through the gate. You have to come to a stop as close to the pad as safely as you can and breath slowly. You'll find that most of the "problematic" gates are in the older northern areas of the Villages where the pads are lower (and older).

I always wondered what that silly 8 sided red sign was for....... and where in the Villages are the most "problematic" drivers?

[Babubhat]

Generally works well. More problematic on the historic side

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by CWGUY

Now why didn't anyone else think of that?

Oh my but they have!
Gate Emplooyee
This thread only has 122 posts.....many more threads.

[JGVillages]

Originally Posted by Phil and Jeanne

Has anybody put a gate opening chip in their side mirror ? How is it working?

Didn’t work well for me plus getting so close to the readers could cause wheel rash to my alloy rims. I’ll wait until The Villages come up with their own version. Not holding my breath!

[Dana1963]

Originally Posted by Phil and Jeanne

Has anybody put a gate opening chip in their side mirror ? How is it working?

It works will so far, for $25 his name is Joe (845) 542-7365. You need to get close edge of mirror to gate sensor about 6inches been using it for 3 months haven't scraped my rims yet.

[twoplanekid]

Works well for me but would still like to see auto open gates in both directions.

[Garywt]

At least 2 people do this. Thinking about it as I don’t even have a gate card for the cars so I hit the red button to get in. Someday I might at least get additional gate cards.

[JMintzer]

My wife had one installed yesterday. They had a group installation in our neighborhood. I spoke with her today and she told me it's working great!

[EdFNJ]

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[metoo21]

Originally Posted by Garywt

At least 2 people do this. Thinking about it as I don’t even have a gate card for the cars so I hit the red button to get in. Someday I might at least get additional gate cards.

You have to have a gate card because your card is cloned to the one they put in the mirror.