I lived in Minneapolis and St. Paul for almost 4 years without a car.  After a big pay day from a consulting gig, I decided that I was going to buy a car I really wanted so I bought an Audi TT.  When I was younger, I was constantly hacking my car.  I learned a lot, but didn't want to deal with a CD player that only worked when the dome light was on.  I really loved my TT, but with almost 100,000 miles it didn't make sense to bring it out to Reno when we had just purchased a new Scion XA and would only need one car.  Before we moved to Reno, we also purchased a Tom Tom.  Anyone who knows me has a story about how directionally impaired I am.  The Tom Tom helps, but my ideal car would have something like this...

PaidContent is reporting, that Ford has gone with Microsoft for a new autocomputing platform that will "allow for hands-free phone communication and other wireless info transfers inside the car, including the ability to receive e-mail and download music."