kbyrd

This is my first carputer install. I've been lurking on the forums a while, plotting and planning. I finally decided to take some action. I'm long-winded, but it's my worklog so I can be. I'll probaby ramble on and on about small details like user-interfaces and usability and such. These little details make or break a system for me.

-- The car --
First, some keywords so anyone searching for similar cars has an easier time: mkiv MkIV, double DIN, monsoon, golf, gti, volkswagen, vw, 2005

The car is an MkIV, not an MkV because the US doesn't get the new Golf/GTI platform until 2006. It's almost stock, nothing fancy. I've got the double-din monsoon system, so I expect some trouble with that, I'm not a sound quality nut, so I'll probably just hook directly into that monsoon amp. There's a post on this forum somwhere about that. When I'm "done" with the carPC (I hate "carputer") I hope it'll still look almost stock.

-- The reasons --
Why am I doing this? Initially, I want only two things a better music player and some gps fun. I expect I'll want much more once I use it a while.

I'll post my rant on "a better music player" in another post, followed by yet another post with my idea for a GPS system.

Eventually I'll post my current status and my buying experiences so far (yes, I actually have some of the components already).