Paul,

I know you and some others have been working with controllers for
different A/C and applications.  This just popped in my inbox and
thought you might want to check it out.

http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/external-device-servers/intellibox-io.html

Allen Slominski
Houston, TX

Wow! That has a lot of potential for remote control through the Internet
I think. You could start your car from Europe.