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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    Digital killed the radio car?
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    Image of .357 .357
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    LL Cool J is not pleased.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/29/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: I think he can live with his digital radio.
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    06/29/09

    @Ambiguously Unfunny Serial Killer: Can't live without my radio!
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    Image of Brimful of Ash on the 78 Brimful of Ash on the 78
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    But how will they be able to hear Radio Free Europe and imagine a land where oppressive socialism isn't an absolute?
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/29/09

    @Ash78: Stop that. Being correct, I mean.
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    Image of Pete Gaines Pete Gaines
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    Ra-di-o? I'm not familiar.
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    06/29/09

    @Pete Gaines: According to Wikipedia it is the "transmission of signals by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light." I'm not sure what the application of this technology is here, or why people in the UK should be upset about it.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    $500!?! or you could buy one of these:


    and two dozen of these:


    and your headunit on ebay... connecting to a wiring harness is not rocket science, as long as you're not colorblind, it's quite easy.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/29/09

    @dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!: This is correct until you get a car with a sail-shaped radio unit, or (God forbid) something like a '96-'04 Taurus with the fucking radio and climate controls behind one goddamn faceplate.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    Completeing the Digital TV analogy, UK consumers will be able to get a coupon to pay 2/3 of the cost of getting a converter. However, 2 months before the change is scheduled to happen, the coupon program will run out of money leaving many people without it. Then, the OEGA (Old English Geriatric Association) will get the government to delay the transition by 3 months for no real reason, which doesn't change anything since, by then, only 1% of people will still have only analog radio.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    They do at least have standard aux-in jacks, I hope. Otherwise, people would be ri-


    ...wait, the British don't tend to riot, who the fuck am I kidding?

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    Image of MplsCarPunk MplsCarPunk
    06/29/09

    @FP - tittin' and shittin' with Tomsk: Unless its at a soccer game.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    06/29/09

    @MplsCarPunk: Those aren't people, they're soccer hooligans.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    Pirate radio here I come.
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    Image of WheatKing WheatKing
    06/29/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli:

    I believe the clash had it right.
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    Well that's fun, especially since more and more car stereos are an integrated part of the dash.
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    Image of Alexander Card Alexander Card
    06/29/09

    In reply to UK New Car Buyers Saddled With Radios That’ll Be Obsolete In 5 Years
    UK sucks!
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    06/29/09

    @Alexander Card: Your reasoned and methodical argument is an incredible treatise on the current status of the United Kingdom. Thank you for the illumination.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    06/29/09

    @Alexander Card: France surrenders!
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    06/29/09

    @Alexander Card: Hah! You're such a card!
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    05/24/09

    In reply to Intact 1968 Blaupunkt Köln 4-Band Radio, Just There For The Pickin'
    My recollection of '60s and '70s era Benz dashboards is that they were protected like Fort Knox: under-dash and center-console partitions held in place with a gazillion screws and washers. With a similar vintage Ford or Chevy you'd just reach up and behind the dash to access the instruments and accessories. With the Benz, not so much...
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/23/09

    In reply to Intact 1968 Blaupunkt Köln 4-Band Radio, Just There For The Pickin'
    That makes Friday's spotless Subaru-branded (Matsushita aka Panasonic-made) CD player look pretty tame. Nice find!
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    05/23/09

    @Elhigh: Still, Matsushita FTW. I have the Best single-DIN cassette player ever made that didn't include a graphic equalizer, and it's a Panasonic.


    Also, their capacitors are second to none. Got one on a dead car-stereo amp that I'm gonna pull and use when I recap one of my old motherboards.

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    Image of .357 .357
    05/23/09

    In reply to Intact 1968 Blaupunkt Köln 4-Band Radio, Just There For The Pickin'
    That's awesome, and for $10, I'd get it in a heartbeat.
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    Image of jjdaddyo jjdaddyo
    05/23/09

    In reply to Intact 1968 Blaupunkt Köln 4-Band Radio, Just There For The Pickin'
    My 68 280s had an even sweeter Becker radio- it was AM/FM/MW/SW, but it also had an auto seek function.

    You would push a chrome bar under the dial and the motorized tuner needle would move as it would seek the next clear station.

    I remember being amazed when I got the car that this function even existed in 1968. Listening to Radio Prague in Savannah was a bonus.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    05/23/09

    @jjdaddyo: I think you could get that feature on a couple of American cars - don't ask which one. It was called the Wonder Bar.
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    Image of BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ BЯдΖǐL-ЯЄРΘЯΤЄЯ
    05/23/09

    @jjdaddyo: They had it already on their 1953 model
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    Image of PDQ2 PDQ2
    05/23/09

    In reply to Intact 1968 Blaupunkt Köln 4-Band Radio, Just There For The Pickin'
    Not to be difficult, but it's a Becker radio, not a Blaupunkt.
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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    05/23/09

    @PDQ2: If you look closely at the dial, between the M and K bands, it says B L A U P U N K T. Becker radios of the period had a tab above the dial with the Becker logo and the model type.
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