This may be the closest thing I've found to a solution.

#androidAuto
#VDU
#SpotifyCarThing
#BlueTooth

Price is right.
https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B0B421845R/?coliid=I10UCP9EYR83AM&colid=2C3CLRECO29S3&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

So I"m thinking about the lack of android auto in the car.

Then I saw this Spotify Car Thing and said hey it's a Spotify version of a VDU with bluetooth. This would be great if it was not limited to spottily.

Pretty much they are gone or expensive but what if it's not the only kind of that thing in existence?

Anything else out there like that? This would eliminate the need to have a tablet/computer and a data plan, and it would put a nice little set of controls some where.

Is there a DIY VUD that can connect to a phone with Bluetooth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AJO8Cmyi4U&t=139s

#androidAuto
#VDU
#SpotifyCarThing
#BlueTooth