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So through a series of events, my stock 5 inch radio in my gladiator is now shattered. And as someone who is stubborn who hates the fact that factory radios are paired to your vehicle so you have to go to a shop to have them installed, i refuse to buy one. Anyone have recommendations for some aftermarket radios? Trying to get something not crazy expensive but will pay a bit more to avoid a cheap laggy radio. Also curious if anyone was crazy enough to try those Chinese radios that go from the instrument cluster all the way to the radio and how well those work.

Just curious for those others who had tickets to the cancelled playoff game 5. Has anyone received refunds from Tsongas yet? I tried reaching out to Tsongas to see when that would happen and have been completely ghosted so far

Hello, thanks to current fuel prices i’m in the market for a new car. After narrowing it down to a few options one of them i decided on is possibly a 22-23 crosstrek sport. From the research i’ve done those seem to be hot spot years for best reliability. I saw that the CVT issues of previous years have been worked out, it’s still made in japan for those years, it’s later in the generation so any small quirks are worked out, And that it avoids the laggy infotainment system of newer years. On top of that i decided on the sport trim because it comes with the 2.5l engine. Which from what i’ve seen is just as reliable as the 2.0l, gets similar fuel economy, and it’s not sluggish like the 2.0l. So before i go and check some out i wanted to see if there were any other known issues i should check out or ask about when shopping. I live in the northeast, so obviously will be checking for any rust on or under the car. Which hopefully i won’t run into since these are only a few years old.

For added context: i will be going from a jeep gladiator to another car, so anything would have better reliability than that. With my current job i no longer need a pick up. And with gas prices i can’t justify spending 600-700$ a month getting 16mpg when i can get something with 25-ish mpg. I’m also looking into honda HRVs, but from what i’ve seen they’re similar in cost, mpg, and reliability as the crosstrek, But i would much prefer the crosstrek