First off, welcome to the forum! If you do decide to purchase a Crossfire, there is an active Crossfire group in Florida and I recommend hooking up with them for drives, events, etc.
Answers/opinions on your concerns:
1) I guess I have never had an issue after nearly six years of owning Crossfires. You should get used to it in no time.
2) Keep in the mind that the stock head unit was probably designed long before auxiliary ports were a standard thing with factory car radios. I have never liked the stock unit and have replaced it with each of the Crossfires I have owned. Get a decent $100-$150 unit with an auxiliary port and Bluetooth.
I'm big into Windows/Zune and Android devices. There are some Bluetooth OBDII adapters that you can get on eBay fairly cheaply. There is an app for Android (Torque/Torque Pro) that can read all the sensors an transmit the results to your Android device. I don't know if there is a Windows App available that will read Bluetooth ODBII adapters as of yet.
Originally Posted by
Padgett
Two things concern me about the Crossfire:
1) no tilt wheel
2) no aux input (have a number of FM transmitters though).
Am deep into Windows tablets for Automotive use (have over 10 GB of music albums & big scream Sat Nav) and OBD-II.
So would appreciate knowing what to look for in a low mileage roadster and what solutions have been found for the lack of an aux input or Uconnect for my cell phone.
Thank you,
Padgett