I got my new car on Tuesday. It's a 2003 Subaru Impreza WRX and it's freakin' sweat. Check her out.

Ya, so I've been racing around for the past few days and ended up going through a whole tank of gas in the fist day (I was driving without plates too - I got to the DMV about 10 seconds too late to get them the first day).

Today I ordered everything I need to install a computer in my car. I got a Mac Mini and a 7" touch screen display that will be installed in my dash in place of the stereo. With the first phase I'll be able to listen to music, watch movies (or pictures), wardrive (via a hacked wrt54g router in the trunk running as a kismet drone), access the internet over my phone or available signals, access car statistics, logs, and virtual gauges, have access to real-time 3d navigation, and of course play games (passengers only!). I'll also have a cell transmitter which will be constantly updating my location to a server (like JakeJack) so I'll have live feeds of where I am at all times available to the general public, and a good way to find my car if it ever gets stolen.

The security part will be fun. I can remote trigger a security system to take pictures of the driver, the surrounding area, the GPS location, and other data and upload them to a server. With a little work I could even remote disable the car and lock the doors. I could even have everything recording in a five minute loop in case of an accident or something as evidence (to be used when so needed). This is all part of phase two of the project. Since I already have a simple alarm I'm going to do the fun stuff first.

So all the parts should be arriving mid-next week (probably while I'm gone to Colorado, unfortunately) and I'll be spending a day or two getting it all wired up. I will be updating here with progress on my mobile command center.