The Update

One of the things about new cars that’s inarguably fantastic is how they sound. Not their engines, of course. For that you need an old car – one without catalytic converters and with a carburetor!

Nothing fuel-injected will ever sound better than the sound of a big a four barrel’s secondaries opening up. Listen my children and you shall hear . . . the sound that makes the entire Persian Gulf stand up and cheer!

But nothing that’s old can match the sound of a new car’s audio system. We have come a long way in that department.

It’s not just the sound, either.

New car stereos usually have Bluetooth capability – which means you can wirelessly pipe your music into the stereo from your phone or an iPod and that way avoid listening to the radio – and three commercials for every song. Most are set up for SiriusXM, Pandora and other streaming services, too – so you can listen to your playlists and genres rather than their commercials.

It also means no more lugging around a case of CDs.

And the best part is, you don’t have to buy a new car to get it – or get rid of it.

Amazon.com Gift Card i... Buy New $10.00 (as of 08:25 UTC - Details) I just installed a new audio rig in my old truck, which came with what was a not-bad stereo by the standards of 2002.

By today’s standards, it sucks dead toads – the audio equivalent of an 8-track player back in the ’90s. No Bluetooth – because there was no Bluetooth back in ’02. That means listening to whatever’s on the radio – which is mostly commercials – or dealing with my CDs.

If the CD player still worked.

And the four crappy speakers are really three -because the driver’s side door speaker is blown.

So I decided to treat myself to an update. A modern audio system with Bluetooth and (cue the Emperor from Star Wars voice) many other things besides.

Including an amazingly low price.

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