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Old 06-12-2020, 07:01 PM   #1
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You can get some very nice looking head units for a pretty good price. Not real flashy and with Apple CarPlay or android ?? you will have nav, bluetooth. I went with a Alpine that doesn't have a CD player so the unit is extremely shallow so you can mount a 450 watt amp behind the head unit and it still fits nicely. Very clean install and doesn't look like a space ship.
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Is that so difficult to fix the original head unit? With a CD changer it`s still not a bad option, even if it`s old.
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Is that so difficult to fix the original head unit? With a CD changer it`s still not a bad option, even if it`s old.
I like my Porsche AM/Fm/cd player. The only reason I have a "smart phone" is for navigation.
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Is that so difficult to fix the original head unit? With a CD changer it`s still not a bad option, even if it`s old.
What's a CD?

I prefer to have something more functional. AF/FM and CD is not very useful anymore. I live in SoCal and navigation is a must.

Would it have been "so difficult" to fix or replace the original unit? No. And I thought long and hard about keeping everything stock, everything vintage. Finally, I decided to go with something modern. Functionality and fun became more important than the original parts. There were too many Boxsters made for it ever to become a truly collectible car. A Boxster is a "driver," and so I opted for something that made driving it more fun.

But you stay in the olden days, Grandpa! (I'm kidding! )
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You can get some very nice looking head units for a pretty good price. Not real flashy and with Apple CarPlay or android ?? you will have nav, bluetooth. I went with a Alpine that doesn't have a CD player so the unit is extremely shallow so you can mount a 450 watt amp behind the head unit and it still fits nicely. Very clean install and doesn't look like a space ship.
Which Alpine unit did you get? I have been contemplating same kind of scenario to my 986...
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