How To Limit iPhone Contacts Sync

Check this out from a Mercedes forum. It works perfectly with my 3Gs and Mercedes.
http://www.mbworld.org/forums/audio-electronics/314920-how-limit-iphone-contacts -sync-car.html#post3700222

I have struggled with this for a while - my wife and I want a single contacts database to keep on top of the moves, new numbers and emails of our friends, family and business contacts. This really means we also need to keep our work contacts in the same place but we don't want to see one anothers.
I was doing what Scott mentioned. Essentially I would use iCloud as a backup / source of all info in the cloud (for example when I needed a contact that I had spring cleaned from my phone). I would occasionally true up what was on my computer and what was in iCloud (essentially a 'Select All' then drag everything from the Mac to iCloud and then in reverse). Then in iTunes I would only tick the Groups I wanted synchronised. I can tell you it was a lot more annoying than it sounds*.
Rander's answer was a Doh! moment for me and I think it's the best answer. Sync everything everywhere then go into Contacts and tap Groups and deselect those you don't want to 'see'.
* Ignore the next bit if you're happy with Randers' answer. I append it for other self helpers who may be able to do something with it...
It's worth noting that at somepoint, iCloud and Mac OS seem to have started playing better. Slowly I seem to be getting more single records of contacts that are both on my Mac and on iCloud. I suspect they were origninally new or appeared new (I've been tinkering with VCF cards to make Contacts treat contacts differently).
Having experimented, where there are two cards with the same details, one on the Mac and one on iCloud, it seems to need a name tweaked in one of them (I added an 'x' to the end), delete the duplicate, drag over the card named-X, then edit it to delete the X. If you don't change the name and simply delete a duplicate then drag again the iCloud ghosts recreate the duplicate.

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Hey kennyg01!
If you have iCloud activated, you may want to simply edit your contacts through the iCloud website:
iCloud: Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph2576
You can also link your iCloud account to your computer and edit the contacts in Outlook by using the iCloud control panel:
iCloud Control Panel 3.1 for Windows
http://support.apple.com/kb/dl1455
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities!
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