Buying A New Car Is Stupid - DIY Android Auto
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New cars are expensive, and while some of the features they offer are nice to have like Automatic Emergency Braking and Lane Assist, just about everyone wants Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Why not save some money and make an upgrade instead of trading in if everything else works fine?
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0:00 Intro
1:18 Out with the old
2:17 New Receiver
6:45 Backup Cam
10:35 Dash Cam
13:02 Test Run
15:35 Taycan Backup Cam
16:30 Conclusion
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Fine thanks.
toe the line - stephen speaks
Can't wait for linus to water cooling his car
Mr Linustech 🚙😂
Someone please sponsor to wrap his car like that LTT multicoloured sweater he is wearing.
****Note to anyone installing backup cameras. If you need to drill through metal, be sure to add a bit of touch up paint to the drilled area. This will rust when it is left bare. If youre going into plastic youre fine. Great video guys!!
also should put a rubber grommet to keep the wire from chaffing.
Plastic won't rust?
@@theglitch99 You are not serious, aren't you?
@@theglitch99 Plastic will rust too, go and check your Lego in your Garage now! It might be too late.
Easy solution: have a car that's already a rusty pile of crap
Pro Tip: lots of old Toyotas have cruise control built in, even the base models.
The difference is that they dont install the cruise buttons if you didn’t pay for the Add-on . So what you can do is just buy the cruise control sticks.
I did this with my friend’s 2008 Yaris. Literally pop out the cover and screw in the stick and plug it in. The Dash already had the indicators and everything.
The part is only $10 and its been working for 12 years now.
This is also true for heated seats sometimes. I have a 2008 4runner Sport that didn't come with heated seats but still had the connectors in the seat, so you could buy the OEM seat heaters for like $120 and install it yourself instead of paying much more. The base trim didn't have the connections, it was only the ones who had power seats.
WHAT
I wasn’t aware of that one.
Edit: I just checked my 2014 Tacoma. It has it.
Some models require you to run a single wire from the back of the clock spring, to the ECU to enable cruise. Still cool though, that it can be so easily done with most models.
My 79 celica gt had cruise control... by that I mean it had a lamp chain you clip around the throttle pedal when you go down the highway. Never used that good old cruise chain... and I'll never use one in any other car either (actually half of the cars I've owned have had cruise control, and I STILL refused to use it, my foot is more fuel efficient)
Nice tip!
Honda Civic 7th gen. was my first "real" car.... so much memories.
3:34 You can buy a plug&play adapters for that instead of soldering
Please, make more of these. Keeping old stuff alive is pretty important!
your car has wifi? @@henlohenlo689
That’s what grandpa says !
@@henlohenlo689 i don't recommend hooking anything high power through cigarettes' lighter socket. I got multiple cars that failed to start after a bit of time from such wiring.
That really doesn't go for fossil powered vehicles tho (maybe except show cars and utility vehicles)
@@FaySmash why not lol
Really helpful to explore the potential of upgrading an old car rather than buying a new one. Using Android Auto and a dashcam genuinely upgrades the driving experience. Thanks for the brilliant step-by-step walkthrough.
Just brilliant. ❤
The economy is doing great! Why not buy a new car?
@@jeffnduran just buy a house
Totally! I didn't even realize a retrofit like this was possible. Or at least, within reach of my general technical capabilities. I need to look into how hard it would be to get Android Auto in my Jetta! I wouldn't be totally surprised if there's one that just straight up fits my year model since it already has an LCD and is more than 10 years newer than the featured vehicle.
I agree!! With the way the economy is, this is a very relevant video. I personally would love to see more!!!
That stereo with Apple CarPlay looks sick.
What a good Honda advert
I like the $5k upgrade videos, but this is way more helpful to most folks. "hacking" a Bluetooth receiver into your cars existing CD changer is a game changer.
just put ipad mount and a ciggerette lighter that wifi connects to wifi audio to the car through ciggerette lighter.
all the wired stuff is not necessary. no need to install anything into the dash. just cig lighter wifi to speakers of car and ipad and ipad mount. thats all thats needed.
i own an old hyundai accent and no auxilery cable and broken dash stereo but i can still listen to any audio on my phone thriugh this method. saved alot of money not needing to install any thing on rhe car my phone is the switchboard.
the cig lighter wifi costs like 20 bucks.
@@henlohenlo689 still looks uglier and doesn't integrate with you cars steering wheel controls.
@@henlohenlo689 yeah previous owner of my cobalt broke the aux so I got the cig lighter unit too.
@@henlohenlo689What do you mean? If I have wifi in car already, I wouldn't need any cigarette plug wifi thing to connect my phone
@@eemarko i mean bluetooth. old cars may not able play music from phone wirelessly but all it takes is a 20 dollar cig lighter wjich ur phone blue tooth connect then it connects to ur radio. then ur stuff on phone is played on car. like it creates its own radio station. ur connects with radio.
ur phone controller. all the controls outside of radio are not needed as ur phone does it. this is why i think all the fancy dash radio install is not needed. these days we have phones and ipads.
not mucj if any installs into dash are needed on older cars. thats my personal opinion. saved me 100s of dollars still can use my old cars music system well.
This is my favorite type of video you guys do. Just having fun, and upgrading some old stuff. I love when it's one of the employees getting an upgrade. Figuring out solutions as you go is great fun!
Not only that, but this one could legitimately be useful.
@@irispettson Definitely... Been a viewer for like 8 years now and this'll be the first video I share with a family member. Might make my old mans volkswagen a bit less wagon.
yea big throwback to "pimp my ride"(espacially with alex :P) but ordered on wish xD
My sister did something similar to her car a few months ago. Replacing the infotainment system is great
love the shade at porsche!
More Old Car Content! Awesome!
Keeping older vehicles in use is arguably even more important that reusing & repairing old electronics. Good video. Hope for more thing along the same line.
I do tend to agree, but bear in mind that the vast majority of a combustion car's emissions are from the fuel it burns, so keeping older, dirtier cars going should have its limits. Car recycling is also much better established than electronics recycling.
@@armadillito Nah even factoring in the slightly higher emissions of a 20 year old car, keeping that vehicle in service still comes out well ahead in terms of environmental sustainability. Both building and "recycling" a car has a massive impact , best to avoid both as much as reasonable.
@@RhymedWithOrange correct
Incorrect. New combustion engines are much more efficient. The comparison at the start of the video is very misleading.
if people cared about emissions they wouldnt be putting entire industrial strain and coal burning practises on china. reducing emissions locally is not 'caring about the planet' when they just do it without all the regulations on the other side of the planet and in bigger ammounts. renewable energy does not exist.
I love Plouffe's attitude during this entire video. He doesn't need some fancy new car knowing that his 20 year old one still runs fine, he clearly appreciates the upgrades he's begin given, and even when things went wrong he was quick to make sure Linus didn't feel bad, like with the drill bit scratching up other parts of the frame or the dashcam screen getting hidden.
He also probably doesn't have a newer vehicle because he spends all of his money on custom keyboards and $1300 monitors for his PC lol. Priorities
It's one of the pleasures of having a car that is worth effectively nothing. Not having to care about dents or scratches
Totally. Some of these items may be a bit pricy, but it's still a drop in the bucket compared to getting a new car.
My dad was in the same boat with his 20 year old pickup. Over a quarter a million miles on it, constant stress from tugging a trailer loaded with stuff and the boat (separately of course lol) and the cost to fix what's wrong would be far less than that of a newer truck (think it was like 60-80k for a modern model). After paying a mechanic 4k for each rebuild of his transmission (he got two due to their incompetence in "forgetting" to refill the transmission fluid the first time and sabotaging the junkyard trash they swapped on the second, after marking as a basic steel and clutch replacement) he paid about 10k for new performance drums, a rebuild kit, tools to assemble the transmission and install it... came out to 20k or so for the full cost of fixing his truck on his own... engine needs work, but transmission is basically finished. Should last another 50k miles easy (likely until the engine starts having enough problems to need to take it apart and fix).
Yeah but let me show you how much shitter these features are in my porsche.
These car upgrades are pretty cool
The end with the porsche is priceless lol
LTT, this video has a great reception because it speaks and generally applies to the normal folk. If you look at retrofitting older tech or older hardware to keep up-to-date you'll have a great series on your hands. This was a great watch 😀
Mostly because the audience of this channel matured and is no longer obsessing on gaming pcs
@@dimii27and probably a lot of people who, because of budget, drive „older“ cars without these amenities and would love to know how to upgrade their vehicles..
Agreed completely! A full tech upgrade to older cars including step by step instruction and routing of cables would be awesome!
It doesn't tho. Very few people, especially very few people watching TH-cam are driving 20 year old cars. Android auto has been in cars since like 2016...
@@VanquishedAgain Even 2016 is fairly recent in car years. I mean, maybe I just live in a crappy neighbourhood, but I rarely see cars made past 2010 or thereabout. I like seeing some representation of the lower working class that my family has always belonged too.
For the rear camera, you should have hooked it up to the 12 volt power for reverse lights so it automatically turns on when you put it into reverse
That depends on if you want a backup camera or rear view camera. Some people may want to be able to view the camera when parked or driving.
That's true, but unless the head unit supports input switching when it receives power, you'd still have to click into it anyway.
I drove a box truck at my old job that had an add-on rearview camera wired that way. It worked, but the problem was sending power to the camera by shifting into reverse only did just that: send power to the camera and light the power button on the screen. So I would have to shift into reverse, turn on the screen, wait a second for it to boot up, and then I could back the truck up with it. And of course it died as soon as I shifted into drive, which at least on a box truck with God-awful rear visibility, I would've been happier if I could leave it on to watch for tailgaters.
@@stargazersmusic1505 most do, the cheapo amazon unit that people buy does.
@@OTE_TheMissilethat's how I wired all of the trucks at work. Power on all of the time. I can watch the back of the truck with the key off. I even use it to see if I'm clear to change lanes. I drive a 12'6" tall box truck with tandem axles. The box is 26' long.
that guy alex is a hardcore kid at heart!!!
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i have missed this
As someone whos owned multiple 90s and early 2000s cars, upgrading the radio is always a must!
Is it? I find my 06 Corolla's stock head unit fine. The 05 Sonata could us some more bass, but I have a kick ass system in my 99 Matiz :P
I've honestly held out for oh so very long upgrading the head unit in my 99 grand cherokee because I absolutely LOVE the look of the thing but it sounds like ass. My audio used to sound great until my first OEM head unit died. Ever since then its been kinda crap.
Yeah you need the passthrough to get a full bass signal to the subwoofer or else the stock head unit rolls off the bass to protect the speakers.
I have been using a logitech x540 for head rest speakers powered by 200 watt inverter maintained fan noise with coconut oil, jensen 900.1 sub amp, sony mex bt3100p, with audiobahn 12 inch subwoofer tuned to 32hz in a chevy volt.
You could almost push it to late 2000s for some car models.
I can't get over how ugly all the aftermarket radios are.
Also, none fit the rest of the interior design.
For the rear view camera - instead of drilling a hole you can get a replacement enclosure for the number plate light with a spot for a camera. They cost maybe $4 and its a non-destructive solution!
Please upvote this.
How do you get the power cable to it without a hole?
This, you still have to drill a hole for the wire. @@l3v1ckUK
from the same hole number plate gets electricity from. Back of the enclosure is basically inside the trunk and wires go inside the car.
Wo this is genius! Thank you!
We want to see more car upgrades Linus team!!!!
Car manufacturers approach to infotainment systems have always been mind boggling to me. Like they built and tested the car itself to perfection through months or years of R&D and millions of dollars, but then had the intern design and build the infotainment system with the pocket money he had left over from his birthday. The amount of expensive cars I've seen with dogshit quality reverse cameras or with slow as hell computers is too damn high.
Facts
Fun fact, most of Automotive OEMs DOESN'T make their own infotainment systems be it Software or Hardware. They just tell some tier 1 suppliers what they want such as specs (roughly) and a very handsome payment of money for the Tier 1 for them to go ham with it.....or just cut as much corners possible to make the units as cheap as possible.
I absolutely hate that every car manufacturer besides bmw uses Touch interfaces what is wrong with the joystick thingy?
Its because they aren't software companies and have no idea how much capital and manpower is required to make software on the same level of quality as their cars.
they do it on purpose to save money, they're not stupid.
If they have to produce a million cars and can save 100$ on each by making shitty infotainment that's a 100million saved (the price of the car will be the same)
Please make this a series! One of the best vids you guys have done in a while
Call it Pimp My Ride lol
Hard agree car tech is rough and aftermarket is so much better
Buying/Getting anything new is stupid now-a-days.
I even got my kids second hand for dirt cheap.
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What the-
Oh
Yeah you're rig... what??
On God
more of these, it's like a sensible pimp my ride
Keep the upgrades coming.
An alternative to drilling a hole through the trunk (and risking rust) is getting a camera that replaces one of the two license plate lights (and some have lights built in)
It's also fairly common practice to tap into reversing lights for backup camera power. Much shorter lead, and the camera only turns on when you put the transmission into reverse, which stops cameras with extra lights from staying lit all the time.
Yeah they should've done it in this video too. Noobies@@rpgod2
Eh it’s a 2004 civic chances are it’s already rusted 😭
@@tarabullgaming no bet, we can literally see patches of rust all over.
@@tarabullgamingdid you miss all the rust marks on the body panels? If the panels are rusting, for sure the chassis is already rusting lmao
Man, I had this exact car but 2005 instead of 2004.. totaled it in a winter accident and I miss its simplicity and how it just freaking worked. Those early 2000s Hondas are bullet proof.
Those Japanese cars of the time simply won't die
Must be a fellow Manitoban with that profile picture
@@Vacated204guilty
I have the ‘05! I bought it last year as my first car. Aside from a leaking exhaust, I love it and I can imagine how much I’d miss it
I had a blue 05 coupe manual special edition one.
The SE came with spoked rims and a spoiler, but it actually was very tasteful.
I installed aftermarket headlights and it was a champ.
Had 300K miles but it ended up having issues with the timing belt, etc etc, and it was time to get rid of it.
Still miss it though, wish I hadn't.
do a speaker upgrade video
That guy was sooo happy! Upgrading his car.
Did this with my 2009 Honda Civic a few years ago. I was getting sick of not having features like Carplay, Navigation, etc and was thinking about upgrading to a newer vehicle to get these features. Decided to try a new head unit instead and I gotta say it really went a long way to improving my time spent driving.
It's a shame that most modern vehicles integrate stuff like HVAC into the head unit so you can't just swap in a new one anymore without having to deal with a bunch of proprietary BS.
Yeah, my Subaru is like that. Will never be able to replace it, which is a shame because apparently spending over $30k on a car isn't enough money to get a processor faster than a potato chip. Seriously, that built in infotainment system makes a 1990 PC look fast and responsive.
There's dash-mounted units now that work with CarPlay/Android Auto and are fairly cheap. They route audio via aux jack.
@@MTGeomancer You might be surprised.. If it is controlled over canbus and the car is popular enough they might have something.
@MTGeomancer what year is your subaru? I was able to upgrade my head unit. It just needs an additional module which does suck. All in all it cost me 900 bucks usd. But the model they showed is what I picked and I like it far more than the stock unit that came in my 2018 crosstrek
@@bubbledoubletrouble Most cars prior to like 2010 won't even have Aux(it was seen as a luxury addon in most cases). My 2008 GT Sport Golf head unit didn't have it. Ended up getting RCD330, which works perfectly with most VAGs. But To be honest, After years of modifying audio/head units in my cars, I found that the best way to get a good head unit is to ONLY go for legit products, like the Sony one or go for Replica products like the RCD330. Otherwise you might as well just get a bluetooth speaker and use that for audio and get a tablet or a secondary phone for the screen(or use your main phone + mount). Like I am talking really cheap.
“they’re just rolling computers at this point”
TRUE AS HECK
Dude I was watching the video and scrolling by the comments and when I was reading yours, Linus was saying it 😂 it was scary hahaha
"Demolition man" springs to my mind when it comes to all these modern hybrids and EV's. Everything they've added to the humble ICE has only taken control and ownership away from us and gave it back to them, people hear about the proposed 15 minute cities and wonder how we'd be contained and stopped from travelling wherever and whenever we want. when the computer they call a car can say no and take them where it wants i'm sure they'll realize. It's the only reason western governments are so urgent to get us all into EV's, it's near total control for them pretty much, it's not economic or sustainable, it's definitely not "greener". it's a farce they just want us in a computerized prison.
At 3:25 he says the upgrade steps like its so casual. "Yep, just solder these wires with these and boom!"
love the boss getting into the posrche. and the pleb getting the rear camera upgrade on a honda!
Hey Linus nice video. Would love to see PT2 for the Audio system please make this a series this is a very cool video showing how older cars aren’t Obsolete.
Agreed! Let's Pimp Plouffes car!!!( I sure hope I'm spelling his name right, 😅)
Do Hondas have a single main wiring harness for basically all models, to save on manufacturing costs? My Subaru had wires in the doors for tweeters not included in the lower trims, and so to upgrade to tweeters just meant buying a set and plugging them in. Also on that note, it's a shame they chopped up the factory connector in the dash, rather than buy a cheap adapter harness - because the factory subwoofers often are an inline plug setup, too.
Invite Seth from Berm Peak, he used to do audio for cars back in the day, would be a hilarious crossover!
A tip to everyone for the backup camera. The better solution to use the camera when put in reverse is to connect the positive wire direct to reverse light, the negative wire in the trunk where is an bolt to the chasis to have the ground and change the setting in the Head Unit to show in automatic when the camera sent a signal to the unit, and with this every time you put the car in the reverse the camera show automatically in the unit
You want to wire the power to the camera to the ignition and wire the head unit to the reverse camera trigger and that will allow you to preview the camera as they did and also have it automatically come up in reverse
@@thepotato9331 In my experience, your method is different, I don't think the camera showup automatically when you put the car in reverse because the Unit don't know if the car is in the reverse or not, only if you connect the power direct to the ECU and you need to code the ECU, but if you connect the power of the camera to the reverse light, camera has power only if the car is in reverse and like this the Unit know when the car is in reverse
No this isn't ideal, you don't want the camera always powered, especially since many of them have lights on the for reversing at night which would be on all the time if it was wired the way you described.@@thepotato9331
@@thepotato9331 Only works on newer vehicles. My 05 Explorer had no reverse wire I could find and my dad couldn't find any reverse wire anywhere. My 92 doesn't have one and just a ground wire where the reverse goes into to ground the reverse lights.
@@rannz7That's pretty common among all Ford's, even newer ones unfortunately
Damn, the Viofo A229 Pro is sold-out on Amazon.. the LTT effect..
Literally looking at getting the same head unit, and is in my cart ready to get when my car is ready
Hey Linus,
this is one of your most useful and entertaining videos of all time (Top ten for sure). Thank you.
yeah, love it when linus does something other than pc's
@@kiszakpl9363 Exactly. When am I going to need to run 40Gbps fiber between two buildings, buy a 10 foot flat panel TV, or set up a 1500TB disk array?
i think it's almost as usefull as PieHole video, nothing beats adblock in whole home network
While I enjoy LTT videos I’m not a big computer person, but as someone with an aging car it was a very interesting video
I propose... LinusCarMods
Make a custom toilet that can process 10 gallons of diarrhea a second
I've been doing the "phone in the cupholder" trick for years... maybe I should do this.
10/10 Content Bro
I missed these modding adventures. Please make much MUCH more content like this, Linus!!
Same I would love to see more missing/upgrading videos. Let's upgrade and or repurpose stuff!! Those videos always draw me in!!
@@PhonePhreak3z draw me in, and I cannot look away!! Its so entertaining!
Agreed. Auto manfuacturers straight up suck at quality AV. Even really nice cars have sheety AV. Plus it's such a margin generator to overprice garbage AV stock with car. Eff em man.
I’m glad you guys went with Sony. Their UI is simple and straight to the point. I’ve had alpine and kenwood most of my life but Sony wins me over bc of their UI
if you use CarPlay or Android Auto, the UI doesn't really matter. at all.
I feel the same way.
Unfortunately, Sony doesn’t put CD players in their double din head units anymore. That’s why I went with Kenwood in my cars.
SONY must have changed up their UI for electronic products. I remember the Onion News Network making fun of SONY calling their UI a labyrinth maze of choices.. lol. Personally I don't have a problem with User Interfaces as long as the mapping for sub menus make sense.
How about pioneer’s NEX series?
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YESSSS linus making car content, I'm dying
Technically you should tap into the reverse light to power the backup camera so the camera activates when you put the car in reverse as opposed to having to manually toggle to turn on the camera.
Exactly, I honestly expected them to figure that out.
3:15 Hi, Cody here. never did I think my comment about the boss unit, would make it into a LTT video! My day just got better.
So what was the problem with it?
I would also like to know more details :)
Please elaborate
I think this guy is Cody with the dodge ram 2500. Whether he’s being genuine we will never know
@S_wali yes, that is what he was implying. He may be lying, but his username does have ville in it while the review is from Jerveryville. Its also pretty believable that a farmer would have a big old truck like an '05 2500.
For anyone wondering about the BOSS receiver, I got one for my 2015 VW Polo when I bought the car brand new, and still runs smooth to these days.
Please more it's peak technology meets everyday life!
As someone who already knows how to do upgrades/mods like a head unit. Im so glad LTT is showing people how to squeeze the life out of everything they own and enforcing right to repair in every industry 💪
Like a week ago I did a similar setup except with a 8100 in a 1989 Honda accord lol, put a firestick in the HDMI port as well. Love that car to death
you should link your site so you can make some bank for people that dont wnt to solder and remove siding
just put ipad mount and a ciggerette lighter that wifi connects to wifi audio to the car through ciggerette lighter.
all the wired stuff is not necessary. no need to install anything into the dash. just cig lighter wifi to speakers of car and ipad and ipad mount. thats all thats needed.
@@henlohenlo689 but the whole head unit replacement is a much cleaner install and more reliable overall. And plus, i work at an auto store and we sell oem wiring harnesses for these aftermarket head units. So in most cases you wont even have to touch a soldering iron
Glad to see Linus tapping into car audio and accessories tech. There's so much stuff available
That's a sub channel waiting to happen. Plenty of auto tech out there for every budget and technical expertise
Yeah I’m not interested in some tech TH-camr talking about car stuff. Where is his info and opinions coming from? Nowhere cuz he’s never been interested in cars before.
Yup, Love to see cheapest head unit installation (Aliexpress one)
@@krisbailey8537 You clearly aren't keeping up then, Linus has shown interest in cars many times, they've even reviewed cars before.
@@gaygekkolinus himself admitted he hasn’t even looked at car stereos in a long time, probably since the pink lambo
Car detailing for the next video now! Let's GO!!!!
still rocking the TREO sticker is top tier for this year of civic absolute surrey moment
DIY anti theft / remote start for sure!! would definitely love to see you guys tackle this but please; have Alex go in depth with the wiring!
All Civics had immobilizers by '04. This makes them impossible to 'hot wire'. If you want to steal it, you have to push/winch it onto a trailer.
Love this! Please do more "old car" updates!
Just bring the LTT Car channel already!
Reqlly awesome LTT does some car stuff. 🤙🤙
we def need more car content
I love Linus Automotive Tips, would be nice if this becomes a series like the Extreme Tech Upgrade but with employee's car
“Pimp my ride - LTT edition”?
@@GreatVelt the old pimp my ride they with linus' car, man i miss Nicky V
but it should be kept at a sensible level of upgrades
I mean they should not "over bling" the cars
Love the ideas 💡💡
I love videos like this. When you're building things, upskilling or improving upon an older item. I could watch these types of videos all day.
Added Android Auto to my then 10 year old Audi at the start of 2020. Boy did it not get used much at first, thanks to some "world events", but now, it's great and really removed my want for a new car! (Installation there is slightly different as most of the OG head unit stays intact and you just have to mod the display with a touch screen digitizer, and then hide the additional AA head-unit somewhere above the glove compartment after wiring it in.)
6:48 - we all want video two with a speaker upgrade!! 🎉😛😍
One of the best Linus episodes of all time, it's so fresh, more car linus needed
Linus Car Tips is back!!
Love how much fun he has
You're completely right about hiding the license plate. In Canada the only people that have access to personal details from a license plate are law enforcement and the DMV (ICBC) where we live in BC. Having somebody's license plate will do absolutely nothing for you if you're not police or a government worker. Canada went through great lengths to make sure it's like this. It's not like some states where it's a public registry.
In sweden, u can search any plate and it would tell u the history of the car, what date it was acquired, what date it passed inspection and what date the owner of the vehicle has been changed and so on it's quite helpful when u wanna purchase a used vehicle
@@Rudohardt yeah so here if you want to learn the history of a car you need to have a VIN number. And with that you can pull the Carfax.. If you want even deeper history on the car you will have to go to your DMV. In our province of BC, The DMV is ICBC and you can give them the VIN number to get an even more in-depth history on the car but you will need to provide a piece of ID and you will have to pay them, neither of these will tell you anything about the previous owners details, aside from their maintenance history. Canada has this type of stuff extremely locked down for privacy and security. Even with the police this is highly monitored. Like police officers here cannot just go and run a police check on people they know. Or the vehicles of people they know. They will get fired. It is extremely monitored even for police. It's a good system and it seems to work pretty good
@@Rudohardt I left a comment explaining more and it was deleted. I have no idea why... because there was nothing in the comment that could be misconstrued as rude or that gave any personal details. I know it was not LTT. So I'm assuming that TH-cam algorithm did this by mistake. So as I was saying here if you want a history report you can use the VIN number and check it with Carfax or go to the local DMV which in British Columbia is ICBC. That would give you a more thorough history. Neither of those options would tell you anything about the previous owner except that he maintained the car and it would give you the history. Canada has this stuff pretty locked down.
But surely people can clone the plate and run up tickets etc on your licence plate? It certainly happens in the UK. That is usually the major concern of not blurring.
@@cdevlin Wouldn't it be easier to walk a parking lot, find the same color and model car and then just clone that plate? Or do you mean as a targeted malicious act?
Spoken like a TRUE car enthusiast
I've changed my 03 Corolla's infotainment system and speaker system as well as adding some sound deadening, so I can confirm that modding an old car is the way to go imo
Although, newer car's lane keep assist and new tech and stuff are also nice ngl
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@@Bens_Jamming 🗿🍷🏎️🏁
@@sys-administrator if your car's worth something lol. My 03 Corolla wouldn't even sell for 5k dollars, so I might as well make it nice
@@sys-administrator True car enthusiasts don't do anything to their car, they take it to the dealer for repairs because they might accidentally break it if they do it on their own.
@@sys-administratorIt's a 20 year old 4 door econobox, who cares... This is what an enthusiast drives for a winter/work beater while the ride they care about sits in the garage at home. It ain't like they're sawzalling an 8 track player out of some numbers matching million dollar hemi Challenger or something.
You can also add parking sensors, rain sensors, better exterior and interior lighting, etc, etc...
nice. It reminds me of high school and ripping out the factory stereo of my Chevy S-10 and putting in the Pioneer cassette player and 4x10 speakers....hehe
I NEED to see more car related tech! I think making an effort to keep older fuel efficient cars on the road while introducing modern amenities would be fantastic!
like heated seats or steering wheel
Agree
To be honest, that's what I've been thinking of. I have seen nothing revolutionary from newer vehicles except perhaps hybrid drivetrains in SUVs.
@@macmillengb the most useless thing ever
@@davidmalkowski7850 I think it's funny to see people selling cars that were in perfect condition to buy a new one and not even know how to use any of the new technology.
the only good reason to do this is if the new car has better safety and you want that
I absolutely love this type of content, especially "retrofiting" a car ! Please make other videos of this.
This was awesome and useful knowledge!
Actually did this with my Mini cooper from 2006. 3D printed a bracket for it as it didnt quite fit flush with the dash but none the less super easy to do.
Usually you don't even need to solder, you just get a Honda to ISO adapter, then ISO to sony. I've done my Kia Rio and Mazda 2 all plug and play.
But this is going directly, with the adapter the signal doesn't get lost?
and if you're really afraid to solder (you shouldn't be, it's really easy) crimp connectors are really just fine for standard car audio stuff.
Always love a good car video! Also appreciate Alex popping in to make things more complicated but optimal.
Cool video Carwow. Mat Watson looks good with the beard!
Linus with the good ole safety squints
5:32 would love a video on what Alex mentioned here 😅
I love that you guys are advocating for upgrading the vehicle you drive, instead of dumping it and getting a new one (which some people can't afford) just because of the lack of tech. I've personally installed head units in my vehicles since I was 15. It looks better, sounds better, gives you the option to add more tech, and (probably most important) is the perfect opportunity to spend an afternoon with friends. Doing a project like this with friends is not only easier, but it gives you an excuse to spend hours bonding & having fun. While at the same time, it isn't some physically demanding workload, that your friends will avoid. Just look at how much fun was had in this video. You all did a great job on this one!
I am exactly like Alex haha, whenever I see a car stereo I immediately think where is the equalizer and DSP setting
Nothing can beat hyundai rear camera
that head unit looks laggy AF
As someone who's done the radio a few times just because, Crutchfield is THE place to get the head unit because they have compatability checks and give good discounts on install kits and speakers
i would rather have a old car than newer ones, i did the ugprade to carplay/android auto in my 2013 f150 and the thing has all sorts of fancy can bus wiring costed me like $800 to get a decent radio the dash kit alone was $500 and then the radios that support the $500 kit are like 300 minimum 😂 i used to put radios in for $200 bucks subwoofer included in my older cars 😢
I actually did this with my alto a few months back, Many upgrades made it feel like a new car
From pimp my pc to pimp my ride
LTT truly doing everything
this video brings back so many nostalgic moments, woking on adding things in your car with Friends and then go eat something to enjoy the upgrades. Loved it
Nice coincidence. I just got a 2011 VW Jetta and the head unit was broken on it. I ordered an Eonon head unit. Can't wait to put it in.
You can connect the back camera to the back light that lights every time you go backwards so the camera conects automatically every time you go reverse.
Id love to see y’all upgrade this car more, love both cars and tech. And seeing upgrades being done through the perspective of just updating an old daily driver to be a better daily, rather than another 1000hp civic build is a breath of fresh air. Also ive done a few of these upgrades myself on my 06 eclipse GT (had a few people think the car was from 2016 even though it was no longer in production past 2012)
6:39 heck yeah I want another video like this!
finally chrisfix shows his face
0:48 deadass thought it was larry david
send the car to Donut
They're gonna put More POWAH in it lol
corncob crust pizza
And then send to ChrisFix for cleaning
It needs to go to the other donut so he can turn it into swisse cheese
do nada o Bit kkkkk
2007 Toyota corolla here. 167k miles, everything works 💪
good for you. greenest choice is not to buy new shit.
I got a 1998 Avensis. Works perfectly too. I suspect it might never die.
Next get one from 21 years ago
1994 Ford F150, 340,000(ish) miles, everything works. Bought it for $3500, in 2001... 😂
@@_Frank_the_Tankhow much would that sell today? Used car prices are getting crazy
LTT and Donut Media collab on car tech would be awesome
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