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my optician will tell you I'm not easy on glasses.

Not to mention anyone who has seen one of your lenses fall out due to impact from ejected brass. :-)
 
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Hey, it was only the outer lens, and neither it nor the inner one were any worse for the wear. :cool:
 
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lenses fall out due to impact from ejected brass. :-)

Better than getting stuck in your collar and leaving burn marks on your neck.
Or a smoldering pant cuff... :eek:
 
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I'm a mechanical engineer (with a 3d printer even!) but velcro plus a fairly cheap product that covers an even cheaper looking factory analog clock, does the trick for me:

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I'd like to take Uwe's idea one further, instead of a place to mount your phone, how about just a touch screen mirror of what's on the phone in your pocket or in the charging cradle in the center console or whatever? I want a big, easy to see screen, that has the navigation/music/etc apps that I'm used to using on the phone.

Then you want something like Pioneer's AppRadio.
 
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Then you want something like Pioneer's AppRadio.

Interesting device.
Not sure about the VW side of the house, but I have serious doubts about integration with any Audi made in the last decade...
 
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No way the AppRadio will work in an Audi from 2006 on without a lot of custom work. I know that it wouldn't work in mine...half the screen would be blocked if I could even get in the dash.

I looked at a Jetta TDI last year and I think VW is still using DIN style radios so it might work in something like that.
 
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I did successfully install an Apple TV though via an AMI cable...
3G Audi Connect makes it hideously slow but I may try it again tethering to the phone.

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You could take it a step further. Airplay VCDS-Mobile from your phone to the apple tv and bring up gauges on the display. :p
 
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Carputers are OK, I had such a set up in the late 90s, but inputs sucked. IMHO, the best would be some future generation of Bluetooth that supports video. When you phone connects to the car via Bluetooth, the display in the dash would display whatever is on your phone screen, or some sort of pre-set screen. So you could have Waze up by default for example to warn you of hidden road taxes. And then if needed, VCDS Mobile would be up on the car's display.

The display would be touch screen, or you could toggle through some predetermined presets (apps) with steering wheel controls. No need to mechanically fix the phone to the car.
 
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Pictures of that would be... Priceless. :)

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Pictures of that would be... Priceless. :)

Since we know the Audi Connect speeds suck on 3G the Apple TV project has been abandoned for now.

However, stay tuned....

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I was a Pro photographer once... there is absolutely no excuse for me holding the iPhone like this...

 
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Way cool!

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