Update on the car stereo situation:
The bad news - I arrived at the shop just as they’d installed the last CDA-9812.
The good news - they still had a CDA-9813R
The bad news - it was £50 more expensive
The good news - the shopkeeper said he’d give it me for the same price as the 9812.
The even better news - _and_ still honour the £10 discount he promised me the day before.
The bad news - it’s not much different from the 9812, just a bit more control over the EQ (but you need a post-doctorate to use the EQ
functions) and some stuff where you can save preferences for each disc that you play.The worse news - it doesn’t come in the same funky colours as the 9812 (black with red buttons or silver with blue buttons). It comes in black with green buttons.
The good news - at the flick of a switch (well, several minutes fiddling with buttons actually) the green buttons turn orange.
The bad news - I think I preferred green.
The good news - it fucking rocks!
The bad news - I think I need to buy some new speakers to really get the most out of it.
(I could go on…)
In other car news… Phil Smith did the business, my Saab is looking almost as good as the day I bought it (except for the growing rust-patches around areas where the paint’s chipping) and it’s working better… both the windows now open! He even managed to find out what was causing the bunny-hopping stalling nightmares - the exhaust pipe from the engine was loose, and letting in air.
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