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View Poll Results: what hooked you into "carputing"?
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K.I.T.T.
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police car data systems
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randomly saw the general idea in a magazine
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saw a functional/non-functional setup at a carshow
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12-11-2008, 01:04 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: edmond, oklahoma
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what inspired you into "carputing"?
i saw in a magazine, dub, car audio related, at the USO on my way to bootcamp, that had some preassembled carputer stuff from the UK. and that inspired me into looking more into carputers. made a friend in pensacola NAS school that told me about this forum and front ends. looked more and more and i was hooked. now i have a carputer and i love it.
i finally got my brother to look on this site, he never really wanted to. he thought it was so nerdy that it was beyond him. well he looked today and saw fusion brain. now hes loving this place.
what inspired you to do a carputer?
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12-11-2008, 04:54 AM
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Raw Wave
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Surrey, UK
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Where's the "other" option?
I'd be thinking about it for a while about 10 years ago, and then I saw Hugo Fiennes website : http://www.chaos.org.uk/~altman/mp3mobile/
So I thought I'd do it smaller.
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12-11-2008, 05:27 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Norfolk UK
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I need the 'other' buttons too. I needed an idea for a HND Computing project and wanted to do something hardware based, rather than a database or spreadsheet, and searched for project using a Book PC (my old computer at the time). I seem to remember coming across T's (ccsnet's) site - letscommunicate.co.uk - as he used a similar PC way back.
You're right about its addictiveness (if there's such a word). I just wish I had some more time for the 'hands-on' in the car. i.e. dash fab!
Dave
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12-11-2008, 06:23 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Camden / Australia
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other for me as well i got inspiration from coming across this site randomlywhen i was looking for the answer for my xp to stop displaying firewall alert messages and the rest is history
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12-11-2008, 07:09 AM
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SD beats everything. So there.
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Smithville, Texas
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Other here too. My motivation was more out of necessity. My commute when working is a minimum of 130 miles and a maximum of 265 miles (driving, that's the max). While driving to work, I got tired of being called for meetings, having to pull out my laptop, HOPE I was close enough to a signal to get the internet. And then when I finally get to work, I can't get on the equipment for a couple hours.
So I started looking for ways to turn my car into an entire office and entertainment system. The rest is history. lol
I chose police data system because that proved to me that the concept was there. Also, I have to admit that back in 2004, after I bought my 350Z, I found one on e-bay that had 2 monitors running xp. So that probably sparked my interest too.
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Last edited by danielkh; 12-11-2008 at 07:12 AM.
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12-11-2008, 10:05 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Sun Diego
Posts: 1,405
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Was Insipred by other audi enthusiasts who integrated carPCs in their cars and how ideal and "easy" to get my music collection into my car.
"easy"... yeah right lol
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12-11-2008, 10:07 AM
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Variable Bitrate
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Motor City
Posts: 253
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Other; I was searching for some info on Radio installs and one of the links was to this site. Out of curiosity I clicked, started randomly exploring the forums and came across this. Been hooked ever since.
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12-11-2008, 10:17 AM
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Hey, you're trying for the goal by going the other way around, you're crazzzyyyy!
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Miami
Posts: 4,169
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Im just a computer junky and felt like blowing every luxury car out of the water when it comes to functions. I wanted to show that you can have any type of car and make it into what ever you want, you dont have to buy a BMW or Lexus and whatnot to have luxury items.
I think that you should have made the poll with a OTHER option, because none of those inspired me. Although KITT is pretty cool, and the Dodge Charger Police Car is hot as h3ll.
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12-11-2008, 10:20 AM
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Constant Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 192
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my aesthetic annoyance with my separate gps, sat radio, and back-up camera screens led me to this long, tortuous, but rewarding hobby.
before:
now:
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12-11-2008, 10:41 AM
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FLAC
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: hijacks small portable city
Posts: 1,234
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Another "other" vote, and found tigergibb's install on a Xterra enthusiast site which linked to his work thread here.
At the time I had a DVD touch screen unit and was disappointed that the manufacture decided to not produce a long promised navigation unit for the device. I was looking for an all-in-one solution and a CarPC seemed like the way to go in both customization and cost  .
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12-11-2008, 10:59 AM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Austin, Texas
Posts: 734
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Geek My Ride
I bought the book "Geek My Ride" from a computer book club. After reading it I looked up some of the vendors mentioned and then a Google search for specific products landed me on this site. A month later I had a PC in my car.
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12-11-2008, 01:36 PM
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Newbie
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 6
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I'd heard of carputers for a while.
Since I wanted a GPS, bluetooth, mp3, etc all in one. I decided to start reading more into them. Here I am now.
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12-11-2008, 11:26 PM
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Maximum Bitrate
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: edmond, oklahoma
Posts: 569
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D'oh! i should have dont a "other" poll. that would get more votes than what is up there now.
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12-12-2008, 05:57 AM
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North of the land of Hey Huns
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Westminster, MD
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I thought I was so original when I thought about putting a computer in my car. then I did it, found this website, and thought 'doh!'. My inspiration really was because I hated CD's and portable GPS's didn't exist yet.
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12-12-2008, 06:47 AM
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Low Bitrate
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Brazil, Pirapora do Bom Jesus - SP
Posts: 110
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Well, I Was Insipred by KITT, from Knight Rider, a long time ago... I never see a carputer in Brazil (till I subscribe here...) And after a few research, I found MP3CAR, and start my own project.... Now I am Happy!!!!! hehehehehehe
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