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Originally Posted by merlin2111
I like the idea of a larger GPS screen, better music interface, easy access to communication information on a larger easier to quickly read screen, and I could go on and on. It is not like any sane person would watch movies or tv while driving but a large touch screen is not much different from the tactile knobs and buttons you are used to. Most luxury cars have data connectivity built in for many applications and I have not heard or a sudden rash of mercedes and bmw's be driven off of cliff's.
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iPad = movies, games, email, internet, and every other thing you can think of that should not be done while driving. It would take approximately 1 week after such a service was offered before some idiot would be jacking off to porn on the highway. At least he would die happy, I suppose.
I've had cars with touch screen control of basically everything....simple physical controls work better for certain things, most notably the climate controls. The other stuff can be capacative touch and that's great, lots of functionality and much safer access to thousands of songs than trying to swap out a bunch of CDs while driving.
But mounting an iPad? Yeah, definitely not. Like I said...reaching out and going through the menus in my GTI's touch screen stereo is difficult enough. That's mitigated by the steering wheel controls which are great, but navigating to a new artist or album still requires going to the touch screen. I don't even like how THAT distracts.