chw6922

i am going to buy a Navigation system, now there are two options i'm thinking to pick.

1. Pioneer AVIC N1:
good: cheaper ($3400CND;$2615USD labour,tax included); touch screen; all in one unit
bad: brand name, reliability

2. Alpine IVA D300 + NVE-N852A (Navigation)
good: reliability, brand name, better built quality in terms of exterior appearance (my opinion); also has touch screen
bad: pricy ($4300 CND;$3300USD)

At the beginning, the shop gave me another option of pkg $2000 CND with 5.8" TME M580 alpine screen + a navigation DVD; the idea was to mount the 5.8" screen at the center and relocate the 1 din stereo and climate control by taking away the ash tray. The problem is i may only keep this car for another 2 or 3 years and it'll be stupid to do this customized job, yet, the finished will be much cleaner and looks like factory of course.

In my opinion, i want the alpine b/c of the brand name and reliability, however since i'm a bit tight on budget and do not know if i should spend the extra dollars for alpine. Today, i saw the IVA D300 alpine new released screen the built quality is incredible.

The following are the links of these models.
Pioneer:
http://www.avic-n1.com/interact.asp

Alpine:

IVA D300:
http://iweb.alpine-usa.com/pls/admn/item_info?p_item_name=IVA-D300&p_category=10&p_subcategory=50&p_ main=10

Nav 200: Monitor + Navi

http://iweb.alpine-usa.com/pls/admn/item_info?p_item_name=NAV-200&p_category=90&p_subcategory=&p_mai n=20

really need some opinions here to help me decide

chipstar-32

wow. that stuff is not cheap