I have recently been flying a G1000 equipped 182T in the USA and it is the best thing since sliced bread. In fact, now whenever I rent in the USA I will always be renting a G1000 equipped aircraft if possible.
The thing was phenominal, very easy to fly accurately IFR, in fact far easier than traditional instruments. The overlaid traffic display was absolutely brilliant (and vital around LA), and if this was available in the UK/Europe then I'd say we could completely do away with LARS. The terrain awareness was excellent for flying in the mountains, where there's always that nagging feeling that you may have misread the charts (especially at night). With lighning strikes and XM weather overlaid on the map, pilots really could be self sufficient in the air.
The next generation will have integrated autopilot and on some aircraft the G1000 will be linked to the FADEC to give autothrottle capability. I suppose it will be a long wait before we see this in Europe though....
