$999 Pioneer will put factory Navi to shame
 

This thing has everything including the kitchen sink!

Touch screen, GPS Navi, DVD w/ Dolby Digital, Bluetooth, XM or Sirius, XM traffic, CD, MP3, iPOD, Steering controls, backup camera, video output, TV input and many more....

http://www.crutchfield.com/S-D6WfOlI...ms&i=130AVICD3

http://www.youtube.com/results?searc...&search=Search

I am getting this for the wife for Mother's Day!

Re: $999 Pioneer will put factory Navi to shame
 

Pretty much anything will put the factory Navi to shame. The avics are good units, I had the N2 for a couple years, upgraded to the N3 software.. pretty much the same thing as the D's except the N's fold out of the dash. I have a Z1 now, the hdd feature is the coolest. For less than twice the price of that D3 you could get your wife a nice Z1!! think about it.

Re: $999 Pioneer will put factory Navi to shame
 

I'm thinking of this Carputer
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=016&sspagename=STRK%3AME WA%3AIT&viewitem=&item=260088929180&rd=1&rd=1

Re: $999 Pioneer will put factory Navi to shame
 

I made my own carputer a few years back. FWIW - I found DeLorme Street Atlas as well as MS Streets & Trips difficult to operate on a 7" touchscreen. As you can see in the picture in the description, you can't even read the bottom tabs. Had to use the magnifier very often. The on-screen keyboard doesn't seem meant for small screens either. Also a few other things to consider like start-up time, radio, etc. Mine was cool, but it wasn't practical, there are better options depending on what you want... media center, gps, both...etc.

Re: $999 Pioneer will put factory Navi to shame
 

Good to know deit!
I currently have Alpine NAV hooked up to a Necvox 6.5 screen, radio,tv,DVD and also running NAV to a SAVV rearview mirror. The Alpine is great but no touchscreen, so I thought of changing but if it's NG, I'll steer clear and do some more research!
TIA