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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by kevin_thibedeau on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:39PM (#38212407)
You could have that if manufacturers hadn't abandoned the double-DIN radio bay.
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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by ShadowBanThis01 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @05:42PM (#38212435)
No doubt! I did this though: https://imgur.com/gallery/krRXQwP

And I even installed extra inputs for a guest to plug into on road trips, and the original CD player.

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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by cameronh90 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @06:42PM (#38212982)
Do you not find it overheats in sunny weather, though?

I have an old car without any sort of fancy infotainment system, and I always end up with my phone overheating during long drives into the sun.

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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by ShadowBanThis01 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @09:08PM (#38214251)
It was a concern but didn't happen often. I did consider making some kind of reflective roof for it.

The phones are too tall to fit there now (even the original SE), so there's going to have to be some rework anyway!

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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by M95D on Friday November 10, 2023 @07:24AM (#38218012)
Don't make it reflective. The light would reflect again in the windshield.
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Re:It's perfectly legal for cars to harvest your texts, call... by ShadowBanThis01 on Friday November 10, 2023 @09:46AM (#38219467)
It might indeed.
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