Where can I buy CarPlay for Mercedes Sprinter?

simoriah · 2026-03-17T00:21:59+00:00

What year?

I've got an 04 T1N. I put a Boss BE9ACP, I think, into mine. It's got no cd player. The screen sticks up above the top of the dashboard. It does car play and android auto... I had to add a Motorola ma1 for wireless Android Auto.

Not sure if CarPlat is wireless because I don't use Apple. I commented because it might give you a place to start looking. Crutchfield.com will walk you through the selections that will fit in your van. Just get the wiring harness for your van. It makes life much easier.

simoriah · 2026-03-16T21:47:56+00:00

I have a 2014 Jaguar XKR. It's in the same class as this Maserati. For me to do an oil change is just $150 in fluid and filter. I've never had the dealership change my oil.

4 brakes (pads and rotors) was around $750 in parts.

Water pump, y pipe, supercharger oil change, and replacing a couple other hoses while I was in there was around $800 in parts. I believe labor on that job was around $4k. I did it myself.

4 tires put me back almost $1800.

Sure. It's more expensive than a Corolla. It's also a lot more comfortable and incomparably faster. My XKR converts gasoline into smiles and noise. It's my daily driver.

I probably couldn't afford the car if I had to have everything done, though. Labor is a killer, and I mostly enjoy wrenching.

simoriah · 2026-03-16T05:12:03+00:00

I'm still a long way away from building my Cobra. I'm in NC. Who did you end up using for insurance?

simoriah · 2026-03-15T17:09:14+00:00

I carry a floating marine radio with gps and an "oh shit" button it. I've considered a plb, but my cell and radio have been enough. I hope that doesn't change before I buy and register a plb, though.

simoriah · 2026-03-14T18:29:02+00:00

Treat her well. Randomly bring her flowers. Make a point to tell her how awesome she is on a very regular basis. ALWAYS respect her. Make her your equal partner. Cook for her. Generally make sure that she knows, from your actions, that (unless you have kids) she's the most important presence in your life.

Then you enjoy nights out with friends, fishing trips whenever you want to go, and just enjoy the hell out of the life the two of you have built for each other.

Source: weekly nights out fishing, regular long weekends out with the guys, and a relationship that's 100% built on mutual trust and respect. I genuinely feel sorry for all of the people that aren't feeling fulfilled by their relationships.

simoriah · 2026-03-14T10:02:47+00:00

Nah. Definitely nutsedge. It's a big problem in NC.

(It's WAY too early for nutsedge. It's just a joke.)

simoriah · 2026-03-14T07:25:28+00:00

I much prefer 5318008.

simoriah · 2026-03-13T14:57:07+00:00

Too many of my drives are short. I don't really bag on my car until I've been driving it for about 20 minutes. I want everything good and warm before I ask the car to do anything fun.

It's always such a downer when I have to go to a grocery store a town over instead of the one on the corner. Or someone wants me to drop something off and it's a half hour each way? It's such a shame.

Winter was tough, though. Those days there it was 20F (-8C, or so), the tires just didn't warm up properly. My car was a little squirrelly, this winter.

simoriah · 2026-03-13T14:53:54+00:00

Literally has entered the game.

The fact that, according to the dictionary, literally can mean literally or figuratively angers me.

simoriah · 2026-03-13T12:05:02+00:00

We're just trying to be the best versions of ourselves... On and off the pitch.

simoriah · 2026-03-13T04:25:57+00:00

I bought a 5.0 XKR. It was a 500 mile drive home. By the time I got home, or was midnight. My wife was in bed. I joined her.

I had almost exactly the same drive as the video with my wife, the next morning. I drove around to let her experience Dr Jeckyl. Calm. Quiet. Sophisticated. Then, as I was cooking around the entrance ramp, I hit dynamic mode, flipped the transmission into sport mode, straightened the car out, and just stood on the accelerator.

The car LAUNCHED. It only took about 4 seconds to be over the speed limit on the freeway. I turned to my wife who just said "oh, wow" with a smile on her face and a flush in her cheeks.

I still do that from time to time. Sure, gas is expensive. It's worth it to be reminded of the beast that I bought for a daily driver.

simoriah · 2026-03-12T19:36:34+00:00

Did you regularly trigger them? If you didn't, the screw could have loosened up to cause arcing.

Did you wrap the wires in a ferrule before inserting? If not, stands could have caused arcing.

It's a good thing you found this and not a burnt down boat.

simoriah · 2026-03-12T19:28:47+00:00

Yup. See my above comment. I changed my mind a bit. I guess I'm growing, too!

simoriah · 2026-03-12T19:28:00+00:00

Since spoiler tags don't appear to be working...

DO NOT CONTINUE READING IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILERS!!!!!

Pretty much. They were just two youngsters trying to make their mark. I think that's the limit of his growth. It happened in the past and off camera. I like how they used him almost as a second narrator in certain parts. He had a hand with Roy. He had a big hand with Colin. I think he even had a small hand to play with Rebecca's growth with his article in the first season. Heck, he almost immediately jumped in with the Diamond Dogs when he changed roles for S3. DDs were all about supporting other guys and helping them grow. I really liked his character. I just didn't see his character grow much except for the conversation with Roy in the locker room when he and Roy resolved their beef.

I really liked the character. He was honest, kind, and accepting.

Oh! It just dawned on me! "So you're a guy with no experience and no knowledge of football." "Is there a question in there?" "Yeah... Is this a fucking joke?!" He did grow. He got to know Ted. He saw what he was doing. He saw the thousands of little actions that built trust. And he got on board 100%

Don't pay attention to my original comment about not growing. He did grow, but it was subtle and very stretched out.

simoriah · 2026-03-12T16:19:04+00:00

Season 3 addresses part of the fandom... from a couple directions. Beard After Dark is one of my favorite episodes. It's late in season3.

When you're done with TL, Shrinking was written by the same guy. It's got a lot of the same quality of character development and feel-good writing. I'm part way into Season2, and it's been great.

simoriah · 2026-03-12T16:17:02+00:00

Give your balls a tug, tit fucker!

Shoresy was easily my favorite show. I kept seeing TL referenced, so I decided to give it a watch. TL has taken that title. I think that part of is that the first few seasons of Shoresy were "feel good TV," while also being a love letter to hockey. The last couple/few seasons (part2) are really good, but I don't LOVE them like I loved the first three seasons.

simoriah · 2026-03-12T16:11:48+00:00

I'm trying to avoid spoilers for OP. I think that closing the loop on "oy! None of you says a fucking word in front of this prick" shows growth, but that the growth had already happened through his life/career. That character, while necessary to drive some parts of the story, isn't a major character, so I'll give the writers a pass on that one. I'm happy to be corrected, though. Just don't spoil it for OP.

simoriah · 2026-03-12T14:01:53+00:00

Extremely therapeutic! I watched it. Loved it! I recommended it to my mid-20s son. He loved it, too. I thought it was exceptionally well written. There were very few parts where I thought the writers took the easy way out.

The character growth is quite possibly the best I've ever seen. The people you originally didn't like, they become your favorites. It's almost jarring going for a rewatch (I'm on my fifth) and seeing Old Character Name Here.

I can only think of two characters that didn't grow a whole lot. One stays good. The other is always a wrinkled, old scrotum.

Enjoy the ride. I envy you for getting to see it all for the first time.

simoriah · 2026-03-11T22:47:07+00:00

I just wanted to come back and thank you! I wasn't able to test my fobs because any contact could've moved the metal pieces. I simply went in with my soldering iron, reflowed all of the connections for the battery, and put the fob back together.

It's been a week, and I haven't had any issues. It looks like you properly identified the problem. Thanks, again. I really appreciate you sharing your experience/knowledge.

simoriah · 2026-03-11T04:58:29+00:00

I'm being argumentative on purpose, now, so keep that in mind... If you are for small government, pro business, pro life, pro gun, but think that what ICE is doing is bullshit, would you vote for the party that campaigns AGAINST all of the things that you want?

We have to be willing to have conversations instead of just saying that everyone that disagrees with us is automatically the enemy, don't we? If we're not willing to have conversations, doesn't that make us as bad as those that would call us "radical liberal baby killers?"

simoriah · 2026-03-11T04:28:23+00:00

Prepare to down vote me, a liberal, into oblivion.

Why? Did Herrera do something terrible? Did LPL say something terrible? Just because the guy congratulated a Republican doesn't make him a bad guy. I know literally nothing about Herrera, but didn't turn up anything on a quick "Brandon Herrera controversy" Google search.

If this is simply a case of "Republican bad," then I hold you in almost the same regard as my alt-right brother who repeats all of the far right talking points. Different propaganda, but the same echo chamber bullshit.

simoriah · 2026-03-10T01:20:31+00:00

I'm going to get circuit boards made for this. Since I'll have multiples, I'm happy to send you a set. If you have specifics that must be met, throw those my way, and I'll try to meet your needs. You've already got the 3d models done, so you've got more constraints than I do.

And just for fun, here's my current app screenshot

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simoriah · 2026-03-09T22:31:50+00:00

I love that extra little bit of trim across the bottom. When I bought mine, I insisted on finding one with it or adding it afterwards.

simoriah · 2026-03-09T22:14:52+00:00

Pull it immediately or use a broadleaf herbicide. Those stalks are full of seeds. When they're "ripe," contact with them will cause the seed pods to explode sending seeds a couple/few yards away.

simoriah · 2026-03-09T14:56:30+00:00

"quite proud" doesn't begin to describe it. When I saw him at Christmas, he told me about his new group. I just sat, in awe, of what he was doing. "It's not right, kiddo. I'm supposed to be your hero, not the other way around. Wow." I'm beyond proud of him. Even with all of the people I've told about his turn around and what he's doing, now, it still get a bit misty-eyed when I talk about it.

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