I have had a parrot kit and ck3000 in my audi a3 since october. I love it. I did change out the microphone because the one supplied was uni-directional and would have to point at me in order for someone to hear me. So I picked up a sony lapel mic. Sounded much better and with the location that i have put it... (in dome light where mic should be mounted) i had minimal complaints. Biggest complaint was that it was still hard to hear me. I had a sony ericsson s710a and it had the ability to sync to the ck3000, i tried using that first and programming in the voice tags but i switched soon after that to using the voice tags on my phone already. Recently i upgraded my phone and picked up a blackberry pearl. Great phone by the way. But not only do i not have to program voice tags into the phone due to a voice recognition program but people say how crisp i sound on the ck3000 even to the point where they cant tell the difference between me being on the phone or in the car. Now I have begun to piece together the install for my fiance's x3 and for my dads dodge ram. I am going to be picking up the parrotkit harnesses next week and the sony mic should be in the mail. Are the radio controls in the back location for the x3 as well or behind the radio? THere is only a business cd setup in the truck.
I think what the ck3000 offers is a really good basic bluetooth kit which is all anyone needs. The bells and whistles of being able to read text messages are nice but for those who dont have NAV and just the regular radio setup will find the ck3000 up to par. The ability to use the steering wheel functionality is an added bonus with the parrot kit harness and of course the no cut guarantee.