Remote start with a decent alarm system. I have an astro-start on my car currently which no longer works. The auto-start has just stopped working, the alarm has been wonky for years, and the buttons for the locks have fallen off the transmitter. It just needs to be replaced.
Before you go and say remote starts don't work on manuals, they are quite common up here, so tell me what's goooood nyuggaaa.
I'm looking at the Viper site
http://www.viper.com/Products/Default.aspx
but they don't really mention whether their systems are auto-specific, but when I look on Ebay people selling them say they don't work with manuals. I don't know anything about the auto starting process or why it works on one car and not another.
Also, FYI, my car probably won't be back on the road until mid to late January.