This is exactly the experience I had. Driving my friend's Honda Civic was way more pleasurable than driving another friend's BMW, because the former had Android

This is exactly the experience I had. Driving my friend's Honda Civic was way more pleasurable than driving another friend's BMW, because the former had Android Auto. Now I refuse to rent a car without one. OP could probably buy an OTT Apple Carplay unit I think, rather than throwing the whole car out just to replace the infotainment.