Hooking your phone up to your car is one of the worse things you can possibly do privacy-wise. If you're going to do that, you can save yourself the trouble and keep the car's internet, GPS, microphone and camera turned on.

but will take the microphone with it

But that’s a good thing, no? Is there any good reason to use the car’s mic?

It’s been unmaintained for years. The developer moved on to uBlock Origin. You should too.