Court23:

I once thought as you do (why am I quoting Jedi nonstop all of a sudden?) but I stopped at a few points, the main one being the iPod interface. If you search the internet thoroughly, you will find people disappointed with the Pioneer iPod interface.

From what I can understand, you can only play within a playlist (there's no "Shuffle Songs" button like on a 4G iPod). Furthermore, it's hell to find a song or even an artist. It sounds like the "scroll" when you press the down button isn't as fast as people might like. I have 1045 artists on my 40gB Ipod (only 3/4 full, too!) and I wouldn't want to scroll down to the Yeah Yeah Yeah's if I had to click a button 1044 times.

I also heard it only shows 8 character at a time. So it's "Born to R" from "Bruce Sp" and "Yellow S" from "The Beat" which would bum me out eventually.

Do a search, check Crutchfield, and do a general search. You'll find people in other car forums (if you want an alternate universe, go find out what the Audi people whine about) who are most displeased with the Pioner iPod interface. I don't mean to down your trip, but check it out!