Love this idea

[BoxsterSteve]

Originally Posted by particlewave

That is too cool

My only concern would be leaving a lithium battery in my car...especially if one parks outside a lot in hot, sunny weather. I'd love to do this, but I'd remove the iPads stock battery and run on car power only. I'd hate to watch my car burn because of a little battery.

I use a 8GB fat Nano for tunes in my DD Accord. Pretty sure there's a lithium battery inside. No issues over the 2 years it's been in the car with temps anywhere from +35*C in summer to -30*C in the winter.

[Daniel R]

Originally Posted by BoxsterSteve

I use a 8GB fat Nano for tunes in my DD Accord. Pretty sure there's a lithium battery inside. No issues over the 2 years it's been in the car with temps anywhere from +35*C in summer to -30*C in the winter.

And it will (almost) never happen. It is a "tail risk", small enough that we equate it to zero, although it is not zero. The problem lies in the fact that because we equate these risks as zero we take them regularly for very small benefits. It always seems worth it, until of course we find our car in a smoldering heap because carting the ipod around in our pocket for the day was too inconvenient.