Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 2059076)

Almost don’t have to stop??

Originally Posted by Rosemg (Post 2058405)

Yes, works great. Ed Ingalls 217 433 1394. $39 per car and they come to your home.

Originally Posted by Byte1 (Post 2059063)

Mine cost $20 installed. Not worth buying the reader/writer and the chips just to do my own. Sure, it's real easy but it was even better when the guy comes to your home and rides around with you to several gates to make sure it's placed in the optimum spot.
I like it because it lowers the wear and tear on the window motor. Get it or don't get it, but why waste your time criticizing the idea if you are not interested in trying it?
Mine fits inside the mirror housing and is mostly hidden by the mirror. What is showing, I covered with a piece of black tape that blends with the color of the mirror housing. My wife didn't even notice it.
I've seen people waving their cards around like a panicked chicken flapping it's wings, folks dropping their cards on the ground and even one that dropped his card down inside the door. I drive slowly up to the sensor and watch for the green light. I usually don't even have to come to a complete stop. There is only one gate so far that it does not work at.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2070309)

Which gate won't it work at? We use the Mallory gate and the Odell gate all the time so if those gates are troublesome, we will not consider the chip. Thanks.

Originally Posted by CWGUY (Post 2058115)

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

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2070233)

Joe charges $20 according to some posters. Is the chip that Ed uses worth nearly double the price of $39? Is there a difference in quality of the chip?

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2070309)

Which gate won't it work at? We use the Mallory gate and the Odell gate all the time so if those gates are troublesome, we will not consider the chip. Thanks.

Originally Posted by JMintzer (Post 2070424)

Ours worked at both the Dell and Mallory gates last week...

Originally Posted by MDLNB (Post 2070666)

Mine worked at those gates. Guess someone didn't install yours in the right position, or maybe your vehicle is just too low/high? The one gate where mine won't work, the sensor is very high. When I was experimenting on positioning my chip in the mirror, the gate guard told me that EVERYONE has a problem with the chips at that gate because it really is too high compared to all the other gates in the Villages. I was told by the gate person to just use the visitor side, because that is what they are there for anyway. That is the only gate so far where I use the visitor side.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 2070927)

Thanks. Good to know. Seems my husband is reluctant to have this done to our SUV. Darn!

Originally Posted by CFrance (Post 2071019)

Perhaps he is fearful of it because he's unfamiliar with how it works and is afraid it might damage the car somehow. If you could dig up a concise explanation of how it works, and include the fact that it does no damage to the care whatsoever, it would help him change his mind.

Failing that, do you have two cars? Or one car and a golf cart? Put one in your second car or cart and demonstrate to him how harmless it is. Add in the fact that most of the people installing them will also come out and change them from one car to another.

I sure did enjoy not having to stick my hand out at the St James Gate twice today in two thunderstorms.