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Originally Posted by shred
[B]I also like your driving review of a "normal" driver.
Some make it sound like the new Camry is a terrible car because doesn't handle like a BMW.
Most of us aren't driving like maniacs when we go to the grocery store!
Anyone have any experience hooking up their iPods to the stereo yet?
It can't actually control the iPod can it?
I wonder if there is an outboard interface to do so like is available for other cars.
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I'm comparing the twisties experience to the rattletrap 2004 Honda Accord EX-L coupe I traded -- a pretty competent handler. While I never expected the Camry to handle as well, I'd actually go so far to say that it's actually MORE STABLE through the twisties than the Accord was.
My ultimate twistieness goes back to my old (also a rattletrap) 1991 Honda CRX Si -- you betcha, that was fun on the twisties. Still, it was a whole different experience compared to these newer "full size" cars. The CRX could really carve the canyons, but the Camry can still zip through the twisties at well above the posted limits without scaring the begeezus out of yourself, without even working at it.
As for the iPod, here's the inside of the Camry center stack box:
Just a power outlet and a mini-stereo-headphone jack. So, this isn't gonna control any iPod. You just plug in, put the stereo on "AUX," and control things with your MP3 player. I've got a Toshiba Gigabeat, and this works just fine.
The contraption on the right is actually the inner plug of a hole that opens up into the passenger-side "gill pocket," so you can pass a wire out of the center box that way if you'd like. You pull this plug out, then poke through and pop out the outer plug.
I'm sure you can find iPod chargers that'll use the power port here, but "control through the head unit" won't happen through this approach at all. I'm quite sure you can buy something that'll plug into the back of the head unit that would allow it, though....
