I just thought of another neat feature. If there were a thermometer that could be tied to the serial port and places around the vehicle somewhere, it could tell the current temperature. "Good morning, today is Tuesday, November 19th, the time is now 12:41PM. The current temperature is 14 below zero"

Another stretch (maybe annoying) would be to sync top news headlines and have it read them off on your way to work if you feel so inclined. And maybe if you find a headline you like, press the knob and have it read off the entire article.

This all of course being after the empeg has completely booted and with the music muted.