I'm really chuffed with my new car stereo! Ahhh, modern comforts in an old car. So good to be able to use Android Auto again (though it sucks balls vs CarPlay - hopeless at voice commands, laggy as hell with confirming messages to be sent). Still, no more squinting at a phone in a cradle to see directions, and not being able to see or respond to urgent messages. No more phone blocking the vents or crackly radio either.

Sadly the front right speaker intermittently working seems to be a speaker issue, not a wire issue :/ it doesn't sound nearly as bad now that the audio is much clearer, but gosh it would be nice to have that speaker working. I wonder if it's possible to replace just one speaker, because the others are perfectly fine...

Here it is already heavily smudged by moi (I must remember to have a little glass wiping cloth in the car)

yay!

E: in less happy news I feel so incredibly sick right now. So headachey and exhausted. If this doesnt clear up by Sunday night I'm booking a drs appt. Worried I might have got pneumonia or something