Car pc...anyone heard of this company

[Dale B]

Their kit cerating looks the part and I like the idea of instant pc boot up..just didnt know if they were any good?


http://www.autocan.com/english/product/product_1_1.php

[Whitesupraboy2]

that looks cool mate, good find! im gonna have a read about it

[The Hornet]

Looks like they have put quite a bit of thought into it. Basically same spec as the one I'm using as you know, but has instant boot up (very nice) where mine takes about 8-15 secs from hibernate. It also looks better because of the front panel.

Any idea if they ship to the UK and prices?

[Dale B]

Havent been in touch direct, but Liniti.com (think thats what theyre called) are apparently getting them as part of their stock within the next 2-3 weeks. The only thing I can see thats against it (for me anyway) is that they dont do touchscreen

[The Hornet]

It www.linitx.com matey.

Yeah you need touchscreen :D

[Steven Cordiner]

How well do these incar pc's cope with the vibration and bumps when driving. I'd like something like that so I can monitor my engine management system but with a set of bone breaking coilovers I'd of though a hard drive would get scrambled pretty quick!

Thanks

[The Hornet]

I went with a 100GB hard drive but one that only spins at 4200 RPM rather than 5400. Gives me a better safety margin. I have had no problems with mine due to vibrations and I use the Supra alot on country B roads :D

[Steven Cordiner]

Out of interest is your car lowered or on coilovers etc? :D My MR2 is pretty much rigid lol

[The Hornet]

It has the Bilstein additional handling pack on it, which I believe to be a pay extra when they are first bought new. So I would say it stiffer than stock yes. It's not lowered to my knowledge. It's sat on 18" Volk racing split rims with 40 / 35 profile tyres. I also have a TRD front strut brace.

[Steven Cordiner]

Cool :D

I might look into one of these. Dunno if it'll be a bit too fast and the furious to have graphs of what my car's doing on a screen though lol!!

[paul_y3k]

Does anyone have a basic shopping list of components ?
I'mev getting confused but might have a crack at this in the summer when I'm rich again

[The Hornet]

I've got all mine installed up and running. I would ask WSB2 about the shopping list as he is looking at organising a group buy plus he is looking around at diff companies and speaking to them.

It always going to be best if you buy a package of the equipment as I spent quite a long time getting all the components from all over, yes I saved probably £100 but would have happily paid the extra for it to be all packaged up.

IMHO there are still issues regarding getting the audio from the PC to a fully blown ICE install system like mine.

For a standard sound system there is no problem or a single amp system, but when you have 6-8 component sets plus sub utilizing 3 amps your gonna hit a problem with the setting up :( as getting independent speaker control etc isn't easy.

But gimme another 3-4 weeks and I WILL have this sorted :D cant do it this weekend as I'm at a friends party, then in Germany the weekend after that, then in Spain for a week the week after that, then Tenerife the weekend after that.

I just need a couple of days to work on the damn thing and I don't have the time :(

[paul_y3k]

I just need a couple of days to work on the damn thing and I don't have the time :(

take your car with you !

[The Hornet]

I'm not driving to Germany then Spain and how would I get it to tenerife :D

Would be nice though, working on it in nice warm weather :D

[ewizzy]

LOoks like a nice piece of kit, apart from the fact you cant take the face off!

Wouldnt want my whole interior ripped out because of a car PC :( they do it for a lot less than a screen and a pc too! (see other thread "The Damage :-("

[The Hornet]

This is true matey.

[Supraman]

Their kit cerating looks the part and I like the idea of instant pc boot up..just didnt know if they were any good?


http://www.autocan.com/english/product/product_1_1.php

Checked this web site and there was a lot of broken links which would make me pause before I purchased from this company!

[Dale B]

Checked this web site and there was a lot of broken links which would make me pause before I purchased from this company!

Im waiting for Linxti to get them in rather than dealing with autocan themselves :eyebrows:

[Whitesupraboy2]

meeting that bloke this weekend...will see what he says about everything and then post it up next week