I sold so many of the alpine kits when they came out. you can probably find them for around $70 since the release impact on the price has died down.
The main reason we sold so many of them (being in the theft replacement industry) is since you control the I-pod through the head-unit, there is no need to have the ipod out in the open. Our installers usually just ran the wires up to the back of the glove box. that way all you had to do was hook up the ipod, put it in the glove box completely out of sight and forget about it.
and if you know how to use the remote for your HU, you never need to look down for anything.


2000 SVT Black/Tan #1633/2150 (a few mods) Alpine: CDA-9835, MRV-F540, MRD-M550 PG: TANTRUM-X 6.5 COMP all around. Some people wear Superman pajamas. Superman wears Chuck Norris pajamas. CEL currently: Off