Poll: How long has your car PC lasted?

**Bugbyte** · 09-20-2006, 07:48 AM

I got this idea from a posting in the FAQ Emporium suggesting that we find out who has the longest lasting car PC.

The question is: How long has/did your car PC last? This can be your current installation, or a past installation. If you removed your old installation before it failed, it doesn't count. We're interested in systems that expired due to failure while in the car environment.

Vote ONLY if you car PC has FAILED. If it is working, don't vote.

**Enforcer** · 09-20-2006, 08:16 AM

almost 4 years now and still going. (although is always evolving)

**RedGTiVR6** · 09-20-2006, 08:52 AM

over 2 years now, all on the same hardware. No changes made.

**jasonsjwou** · 09-20-2006, 09:19 AM

This information, will take our "Hobby" into a "Product".

**RedGTiVR6** · 09-20-2006, 09:24 AM

Where would we be as consumers if we tried to keep every hobby as just that? A hobby?

Where would car audio be?

Where would fast cars be?

Where would home theater be?

Where would better gaming rigs, better console systems, etc. be?

**Rob Withey** · 09-20-2006, 09:24 AM

6 years on my previous setup, but I killed it in the house flashing the bios, so in reality it would have lived on for longer.

**ccsnet** · 09-20-2006, 09:36 AM

Wheres the not failed yet button ?

Terran

**turbocad6** · 09-20-2006, 10:05 AM

the biggest problem with this poll is that the guys who haven't had much longevity will be reluctant to participate, while the guys with longevity will go out of there way to participate, giving skewed results...

just stating the obvious, not that theres anything wrong with this poll at all....

I voted 2.5-3, even though I have one that's sitting in a garage still functional from over 10 years ago, but it's been sitting for like 8 years, so that don't really count

**ccsnet** · 09-20-2006, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by turbocad6

the biggest problem with this poll is that the guys who haven't had much longevity will be reluctant to participate, while the guys with longevity will go out of there way to participate, giving skewed results...

just stating the obvious, not that theres anything wrong with this poll at all....

I voted 2.5-3, even though I have one that's sitting in a garage still functional from over 10 years ago, but it's been sitting for like 8 years, so that don't really count

He does have a point....

Terran

**Bugbyte** · 09-20-2006, 02:09 PM

Originally Posted by ccsnet

Wheres the not failed yet button ?

Terran

This poll is for people who have had systems fail. Pretty much everyone with a working car PC has a system that hasn't failed yet

@turbocad - why do you think people with short-lived systems would hesitate to post it? Not that this is a scientific poll by any stretch of the imagination!