Citroen Quirks: I will not buy a car if it has an aftermarket head unit

Kinja'd!!! "My citroen won't start" (lucasboechat)
08/28/2015 at 18:59 • Filed to: None

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I just won’t, it doesn’t look right in any car.


DISCUSSION (17)


Kinja'd!!! Van Man, rocks the Man Van > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:04

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Same. I like cars 100% stock, from the tires to the head unit. It drives my inner OCD nuts.


Kinja'd!!! My citroen won't start > Van Man, rocks the Man Van
08/28/2015 at 19:05

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Same for me, I get all paranoid “what else have the previous owner fiddled with?” I hate aftermarket wheels.


Kinja'd!!! Van Man, rocks the Man Van > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:17

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I agree, most aftermarket wheels are hideous. I also dislike modifications (in most circumstances, unless very tasteful or useful) because I like things that are neat and clean, and to me, stock = neat and clean.


Kinja'd!!! Logansteno: Bought a VW? > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:28

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Meh. I’m a person that like a stock look but usually stock radios aren’t that great. Plus radios generally aren’t hard to swap in and out.

Now, single din units in cars with double din slots or radios with slide out screens? Ohhellno.


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:35

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Most newer cars won’t take an aftermarket head unit anyway. My Impreza was a DIN head unit so when the factory crap stereo crapped out, I installed an Alpine stereo, it was an upgrade. Other than that the car was completely stock. I even replaced the OEM bridgstone tires with new bridgstone tires.


Kinja'd!!! misfitmascots > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:38

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Stock radios sound like crap. I’ll take an aftermarket any day


Kinja'd!!! Brickman > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:47

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That’s not too bad, it’s these single DIN radios are hideous. Buttons so small you need tweezers.

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Kinja'd!!! Amoore100 > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:49

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Totally, 100% agree...problem is most pre-90s used Volvos in the area have them, so were I to get one I would have to source a stock radio from who knows where...


Kinja'd!!! TheOnelectronic > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 19:57

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Looks wise I’m not sure it made much of a difference for me, since the BRZ’s radio looks basically like that anyway.

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Kinja'd!!! BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 20:34

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Same here, specially when the head unit is designed in a different decade from the rest of the car. I actually looked up the Pioneer units that came stock in 1995 Tipos so I could get rid of the early 2000’s unit my dad had put in there. I can’t listen to MP3s or plug in aux jacks, but at least there aren’t neon colors about the cockpit anymore


Kinja'd!!! sebdel > My citroen won't start
08/28/2015 at 21:50

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What if the stock radio looks aftermarket?


Kinja'd!!! My citroen won't start > sebdel
08/28/2015 at 21:51

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Then its fine.


Kinja'd!!! My citroen won't start > BlazinAce - Doctor of Internal Combustion
08/28/2015 at 21:52

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I agree, period correctness is really important.


Kinja'd!!! My citroen won't start > TheOnelectronic
08/28/2015 at 21:52

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I’m ok with that, because it is OEM.


Kinja'd!!! sebdel > misfitmascots
08/28/2015 at 21:53

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To me it’s about design, I want a 2din radio with no large screen and no blue/red lights, very hard to find something like that...


Kinja'd!!! sebdel > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
08/28/2015 at 21:55

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But sometimes is useful, single din radio on 2din slot gives you a nice space for your smartphone or something..


Kinja'd!!! Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > My citroen won't start
09/02/2015 at 16:12

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Im the same way, but the oem radio in my truck gets an insane amount of cell phone interference, so at some point Im gonna get an aftermarket unit. Now if Only I could find one that looks half decent