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    NY, NY
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    '09 Spec B.
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    Cable Jockey / Tech Geek / Button Pusher

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  1. The referral came through facebook, but the person mentioned this thread. so... YES!
  2. This car has been sold. Thank you for your interests and referrals!
  3. Hey Skyler - for some reason the forum isn't forwarding notifications of PMs to my email. I did just PM you back.
  4. a few years back someone was selling some through the FaceBook Spec.B club, I ended up getting mine from a local part-out
  5. Attached: Engine is stock, still has factory covers. This was the best I could do for the underside.
  6. SOLD 7/17/2021 ** Update 6/28/2021 ** - I've received a lot of interest from out-of-state buyers, and as such I'm going to get a dealer inspection and maintenance report from my local Subaru Dealer - the earliest appointment was 7/1. I'll be holding the car until I get that report and offer it to all interested parties before committing to a sale. ** Update 7/2/2021 ** - I got the maintenance inspection yesterday, no issues found except for a cracked fog light. I also got better pics of the undercarriage. 2009 Subaru Legacy GT Spec.B Location: Fort Lee NJ Asking Price: $13,500 Mileage: ~105,000 Transmission: 6 speed manual Color: Ruby Red Metallic Title: Clear Title on hand Lien: No Liens Original Owner Ruby Red - only 13 made! One owner, non-smoking, completely stock! A blank slate for your project! This vehicle is in well-kept condition, dealer serviced for all major milestones and nearly every small service. Records included. The car will come with both summer wheels and tires (stock) and a set of winter wheels and tires (Blizzak) each with only 2 seasons on them. The car and the wheels come with the normal amount of road rash for a 12 year old car in the north east. There are some minor dings and scratches, and a small rust spot at the top of the windshield from a glass replacement. One long vertical dent in rear driver door from a shopping cart. (a bunch of savages in this town!) The some minor dents in the door cards, and some chipped out material from the dash around the GPS from the Airbag Recall - included a JDM sun visor for the GPS to help mask those imperfections. One of the side mirrors is cracked, but the car will come with a set of JDM folding mirrors that you can perform a swap. Also included - spec.B floor mats, never used. Trunk protector - hard to find. Original GPS in box, and a Nexus Tablet replacement mod that supports Android Auto & Apple Car Play installed.
  7. Here's the issue with the CarLinkKit AutoKit - I've modified the display properties of my tablet so that the visible space is inside the bezel of my NAV unit, and that has squished some apps (mostly the Google aps) and made the resolution look wonkey. It never affected my navigation apps, so no big deal. Note the orange bar in the top 3rd of the screen. However, it DOES squish the ever loving crap out of the AutoKit that serves up Android Auto - IF i connect the phone after a full boot. If the phone is connected, it seems the dongle launches the software first, serves up the right resolution and beats whatever service that starts and squishes the interface. BUT the app immediately crashes. it relaunches a second time and then this garbage appears in the corner - it's a button i can pull to another location which serves up the home, back, and minimize buttons. I was able to pull the dot into the middle of the screen. hitting the button brings up this nav window: I can't get rid of it, and once it is opened, it blocks the buttons on the Android Auto interface. I can manually close the app, and that menu button is gone, but i have to disconnect my phone and plug it back in to get the app to open up properly again. once I've stabilized the app this way, it seems to work just fine, even when putting the tablet to sleep. it's only on a full power down/power up (which is going to be about 70% of the time) that i run into this. some questions - Is there a known way to set the startup order of android apps so that i can try forcing a launch of the AutoKit before "anything else"? does anyone know what those stupid buttons are from? potentially another launcher app?
  8. I'm getting so close i can taste it. the Android Auto Dongle "Almost" works. I'll get into that in a second. I added a GROM Bluetooth dongle, and i wish i had done this 11 years ago, and did not cheap out on some other Aux/USB powered dongle like i did 2 years ago. https://gromaudio.com/store/bt3_adapters/subaru-05-09-bluetooth-adapter-car-kit-interface.html I removed the cigarette lighter from the center console, and used that factory power cable to connect the 12V-5V USB adapter. It looks like my power drain issues may be gone, and I wish i had done this 2 years ago. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B081NCXB2M In place of the cigarette lighter I installed a single USB Cigarette lighter adapter, and wish i had just bought and installed the dual. that's on order, and will come in later today. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N66N1JK One USB will run into the CarLinKit that runs Android Auto/CarPlay https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RZC7TQ2 the other will just supply power for my second phone, via the 5v USB adapter. I ran (as a backup) a USB cable and an 1/8 audio cable through the center console, into the cubby where my factory Aux is, and i'm glad I did. I've patched in the output from my USB DAC for a stable analog connection to the head unit, rather than listen strictly over BlueTooth. I have the option of either now. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001MSS6CS I can't help but wonder if installing the additional AUX option on the GROM dongle would have allowed use for both, and eliminating the need to run an AUX cable into the center console. I'll post the issue i'm having in the following post.
  9. Right now it's plugged into the wall, and i'm getting a little charge. I really doubt i'll be able to charge the phone when in the car, as i currently have Nexus battery drain. I need to install a 5A-USB converter and get this thing off of the outlet in the center cubby.
  10. Consolidating the double posting - Yes, Timur is installed. I followed the basic build in this thread.
  11. Quick Update - I bought an Android Auto/Apple Carplay USB dongle and added it to the setup. Android Auto: Apple Carplay: I have to tether my phone to my tablet, and while it is a first world problem, I really like the convenience of running AA/AC. plug in, and the things i use 99% of the time are just streamed to my tablet. I've only done preliminary tests but so far, so good. Minimal software tinkering to make it work. I've decided to run a dedicated USB run to the cigarette lighter port in the dash, as that's where i usually power my phones. Charging the phone through the dongle seems really weak, but I wasn't expecting it to work at all. Cigarette Lighter USB Plug Replacement Cable: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01NAMU8KY They have Dual port/cord models as well, but since the dongle only supports one connection at a time I went with the single port. I think i probably should have gone with the 2 port, and then connect the second one to power so I can charge a second phone. CarLinkIt Android Auto/Apple Carplay Dongle: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07RZC7TQ2 they have wireless connection models as well, but I prefer the security of direct connection. many of the functions are seamless. when i hit the hard-wired (and mapped) "home" button on the face plate, the AA/AC interface drops to my desktop, and i can launch Torque, or other apps on the tablet. for an investment of $75, i'm pretty happy!
  12. I just ran a USB cable through the center console to the cubby, and am using a cigarette lighter power port. Makes it easy to disconnect when I'm only backing up the car and don't need it to power up.
  13. Very helpful - I was hoping for a software solution to be honest - I'm not too keen on rewiring my car, especially since i don't have direct access to it all the time. It sits in a "public" garage, and doing any kind of work on it is laborious.
  14. Here's something maybe some of you can help with. When i turn the key back to turn off the car and keep the radio on, the tablet stays powered. But when i crank the engine over, it immediately dips to suspend mode and then aborts - which kills a lot of my apps, and the scanned music database for my thumb drive. Is there a way to bypass this - like let it count down for a few seconds before the suspend countdown starts so that if i'm just restarting my engine it doesn't freak out the tablet?
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