On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 17:24:17 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On 2/27/2021 4:46 PM, Fred wrote:


Just replace the radio?Â* A head unit for my car lists at $3000.

Vastly cheaper for one out of a car that isnt economic
to repair after a crash or when someone decided that
they prefer something different to the original in their car.



Of course used is cheaper. something different? Not so easy. The 2017
model has improvements over the 2016 and people have not been able to
get all the electronics involved to work. The 2018 is different too,
now has ACP and AA integrated. Not wireless though.

Some of these cars have software problems they can't seem to fix. My
FILs old Cadillac (2017 or so) had a bug in the power management they
couldn't fix. If you parked it more than a week the battery was dead
about half the time. After 4 or 5 swings at it They gave him a trickle
charger and sent him home. He escalated up through GM, since he was a
GM retiree and knew folks big in the union. They ended up giving him a
trade deal on a 2019 he couldn't refuse. Basically it was a swap and
he just paid the taxes. The new one is OK.