VW Goes USB 217
MadCow42 writes "According to this story on CNN, Volkswagen is going to offer in-dash USB connections on several models as of this December and others next year. This function is to let you connect your MP3 Player or USB drive to play your tunes on the car stereo! The bad news? I just got my Touran... sans USB."
Good (Score:5, Insightful)
There are other products out there than Apple's, and although the iPod may be the best (personally, i think yes), it does not mean it should be the only one to get car adaptors.
Why USB? (Score:5, Insightful)
Be realistic (Score:3, Insightful)
I ride a bike.
Re:Security? (Score:5, Insightful)
You can take your tin foil hat off now.
Re:Nothing new... (Score:3, Insightful)
Jeroen
Re:More Bad News: No Vorbis (Score:4, Insightful)
really? My whole music collection is in ogg and my car is a BMW. It's not an all or nothing deal. If VW or BMW want to sell me a car that would only srive on the roads of their choosing then I wouldn't buy it either. As it happens, they drive on the 'open standards' roads. he didn't ask for a player with schematics. he asked for a player that would play the music format of his choosing.
Re:Security? (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:The REAL Bad News is... (Score:2, Insightful)
No. They're powered by whatever fuel you put in them. If you *choose* to use refined petroleum products, you can, but you don't have to.
I drive my VW on 100% biodiesel -- refined from vegetable oil -- and it runs great. Cleaner and smoother and generally better for the engine than that petroleum crap most people use.
Sure, I *could* run it on refined fossil fuels, if I wanted to, but why would I?
It's especially strange to say this about VW, who is the only carmaker to still sell diesel passenger cars in the US! Any other carmaker *requires* you to use those dirty fossil fuels (even hybrids like the Prius).