I think it was on Top Gear that they showed when using the Nav in the Audi,
if you touch a climate control, the display switches from the Nav map to
Climate settings - whether you want it to or not.

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On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What reason on Earth justified tying the music player to the vehicle
> > control systems?
>
>  In some cars, what used to be "the radio" is actually morphed into a
> general-purpose interface for all sorts of things.  The sales VP at
> $WORK has an Audi which is almost more computer than it is car.  The
> same 5 inch LCD in the dash accesses music, navigation, cell phone,
> climate controls, seat positions, driving preferences, engine
> maintenance, etc., etc.  Mark my words, the day isn't far off where
> we're going to have to reboot our cars.
>
>  [insert "If Microsoft made cars" joke here]
>
> -- Ben
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