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Honestly, it should be a dedicated iPad like device that's weather resistant that Apple can sell that you can mount as a head end. BT speakers support would be

by r00fus 5y ago

Honestly, it should be a dedicated iPad like device that's weather resistant that Apple can sell that you can mount as a head end. BT speakers support would be great - we do that all the time for our old minivan that has crap builtin system. However, that doesn't give Apple a cut of the new vehicle margin.

MR4D 5y ago
iPad Mini might be great for that. Especially the new one coming out soon.
asdff 5y ago
How much weather are you seeing in your minivan cabin?
- carlhjerpe 5y ago
  Humidity fluctuations and temperature fluctuations alone are a big problem, Teslas LCD screens stop working for people in hot locations, batteries fail if they're not on the right charge when heated up or cooled down (voltage goes out of spec and causes extra wear, or fire if bad enough). Technology likes the environment to stay the same, which is impossible in a car.
  - asdff 5y ago
    Yeah it seems like the screen should at least be shrouded somehow. Most infotainment displays are at least a little bit sunken into the dash. Tesla sticking the LCD screen out exposed is pretty dumb honestly. Has no one in their engineering department gone on a road trip with their phone on the dash and had it overheat on them? Evidently not. Makes me wonder about all the other considerations these engineers at Tesla miss.
kube-system 5y ago
There are aftermarket stereos that support CarPlay. You most likely don't have to get a new car: https://www.crutchfield.com/car/carselector.aspx https://www.crutchfield.com/car/carselector.aspx
- karmajunkie 5y ago
  Oh yeah, I know there are, but I don't want to have to install something when i've got a perfectly good device that will keep itself up-to-date in my pocket all the time that moves from car to car. Who wants to blow another several hundred on a device that only works for me while I'm in the car? (I also pointed this out originally but I have now owned two cars in the last ten years with head units that couldn't be replaced because the vehicle integration was too tightly coupled.)

by r00fus 5y ago

MR4D 5y ago

iPad Mini might be great for that. Especially the new one coming out soon.

asdff 5y ago

How much weather are you seeing in your minivan cabin?

carlhjerpe 5y ago
Humidity fluctuations and temperature fluctuations alone are a big problem, Teslas LCD screens stop working for people in hot locations, batteries fail if they're not on the right charge when heated up or cooled down (voltage goes out of spec and causes extra wear, or fire if bad enough). Technology likes the environment to stay the same, which is impossible in a car.
- asdff 5y ago
  Yeah it seems like the screen should at least be shrouded somehow. Most infotainment displays are at least a little bit sunken into the dash. Tesla sticking the LCD screen out exposed is pretty dumb honestly. Has no one in their engineering department gone on a road trip with their phone on the dash and had it overheat on them? Evidently not. Makes me wonder about all the other considerations these engineers at Tesla miss.

kube-system 5y ago

There are aftermarket stereos that support CarPlay. You most likely don't have to get a new car: https://www.crutchfield.com/car/carselector.aspx https://www.crutchfield.com/car/carselector.aspx

karmajunkie 5y ago
Oh yeah, I know there are, but I don't want to have to install something when i've got a perfectly good device that will keep itself up-to-date in my pocket all the time that moves from car to car. Who wants to blow another several hundred on a device that only works for me while I'm in the car? (I also pointed this out originally but I have now owned two cars in the last ten years with head units that couldn't be replaced because the vehicle integration was too tightly coupled.)