You need to set your phone to allow Car Play while locked.
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You need to set your phone to allow Car Play while locked.
"The 2017 VW Golf SportWagen Alltrack TDI, with CarPlay, will be pretty tempting..."
You hit the nail on the head!
You hit the nail on the head!
True, but there is a reason why quality report generally have Japanese cars (Toyota, Honda) having less faults per 100 vehicles than European and American cars (of course this changes all the time).
I switched to BMW and was shocked at the quality compared to my Japanese cars (which like your experience with Audi didn't have any issues with). We all have bad experiences so my experience means nothing, but I willfully ignored the quality reports. Buyer be ware I guess but damn it, it's frustrating!
Anyways.. car play! excited for better car interface! I hate my bmw interface, just horrible
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That's incorrect. MIB 2 will be a quick and simple upgrade to MIB1 cars, provided they replace the screen and the CPU.
VW's have long been backwards compatible. You've always been able to upgrade the old crap VW NAV unit from the MK5/6 to RNS310 or RNS510 quite easily. All it required was some coding with a VAG COM.
However, the RNS compatible cars probably won't be compatible with the MIB system.
We aren't getting the Alltrak or even the regular GSW TDI with 4Motion in the US. The MQB chassis with AWD can't fit the AdBlue required for diesel cars, therefore even VW confirmed that the TDIs will only be FWD.
That being said, it's not a big issue. The EA888 1.8T is a fantastic engine and gets great gas mileage.
If there was an Alltrak TDI coming to the US, I would've put a deposit down ASAP.
If only cars had even half decent touch screens. We're used to iPads and iPhones, high resolution and responsive. What do car manufacturers give us? 5-inch resistive 400x240 resolution slow screens that only respond to brute force touch...
CarPlay works fine with the Phone locked. I'm saying that if I need to use my phone for whatever reason while I am plugged into the head unit with CarPlay activated, I have to jump through all that just to get to my home screen. If I turn off CarPlay and just plug directly into the headunit and go to use my phone... it's unlocked instantly with my thumbprint and I'm at the home screen.
Current VW's with the bluetooth option already have the button that invokes the voice prompt that would invoke carplay on this head unit. CAN is a standard and it already knows how to understand it. There is already someone with the new headunit installed in a 2012 Golf.
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Curious - did you install it yourself or have someone do it? I dont have issues shuffling music and only have to "unlock" once for Carplay. Phone orientation doesnt change either.
But I did pay someone to do it so I was curious about your situation. I love mine. And using Appradio mode I can use offline maps (not Waze though). My Golf did not have anything fancy so this was a huge upgrade for me.
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Put $2500 down today on a 2016 Golf R with MIB II. Very excited! It'll be replacing this beauty in about 6 weeks:
Excited to get Car Play in my vehicle along with the many more features. The HP, Torque and MPG increases are going to be huge. I drive 20K miles a year and 23MPG average to 31 MPG is going to be pretty awesome not to mention 40 more HP and faster ships with dual-clutch transmission.
I went for Blue or Red (whichever gets built faster) with DCC, Nav and the Drivers Assistance Package because I've driven cars with Adaptive Cruise Control before and it's really awesome. I spend 80% of my miles on very empty Interstates like this one: (I-89/I-91, NH/VT)
Cruise control that auto slows when there's a car ahead of me is going to be awesome. the most thing I do on these roads is enable and disable cruise. Auto headlights, wipers, auto-dimming mirror and the power...oh man, so stoked!
Excited to get Car Play in my vehicle along with the many more features. The HP, Torque and MPG increases are going to be huge. I drive 20K miles a year and 23MPG average to 31 MPG is going to be pretty awesome not to mention 40 more HP and faster ships with dual-clutch transmission.
I went for Blue or Red (whichever gets built faster) with DCC, Nav and the Drivers Assistance Package because I've driven cars with Adaptive Cruise Control before and it's really awesome. I spend 80% of my miles on very empty Interstates like this one: (I-89/I-91, NH/VT)
Cruise control that auto slows when there's a car ahead of me is going to be awesome. the most thing I do on these roads is enable and disable cruise. Auto headlights, wipers, auto-dimming mirror and the power...oh man, so stoked!
Put $2500 down today on a 2016 Golf R with MIB II. Very excited! It'll be replacing this beauty in about 6 weeks:
Excited to get Car Play in my vehicle along with the many more features. The HP, Torque and MPG increases are going to be huge. I drive 20K miles a year and 23MPG average to 31 MPG is going to be pretty awesome not to mention 40 more HP and faster ships with dual-clutch transmission.
I went for Blue or Red (whichever gets built faster) with DCC, Nav and the Drivers Assistance Package because I've driven cars with Adaptive Cruise Control before and it's really awesome. I spend 80% of my miles on very empty Interstates like this one: (I-89/I-91, NH/VT)
Cruise control that auto slows when there's a car ahead of me is going to be awesome. the most thing I do on these roads is enable and disable cruise. Auto headlights, wipers, auto-dimming mirror and the power...oh man, so stoked!
OMFG - I am so jealous. I haaaaaaaaate you
Congrats dude - what a great car.
OMFG - I am so jealous. I haaaaaaaaate you
Congrats dude - what a great car.
Don't be envious.
It's a deadly sin.
OMFG - I am so jealous. I haaaaaaaaate you
Congrats dude - what a great car.
If only I could afford to keep my current Golf R for a garage, mod, track car
but no space at my apartment for 2.It was installed by a shop since insurance was paying for it. It's not that I have to unlock it twice, it shows that CarPlay logo twice. So I go to use my phone, and I press the home screen button to wake it up. The CarPlay logo is onscreen. I unlock it and then it shows the CarPlay logo screen again so I have to press the home button again to get to my apps. It's just an annoyance. The landscape thing might be an issue with my iPhone as I have had random times when i have to turn my iPhone to the side and then vertical again to get it to come out of landscape mode. But when it's hooked into CarPlay it would always be in landscape mode. Strange.
I have a deposit down on a 2016 Golf R. Just waiting to hear when I get that beast.
Too bad about the deposit...the new Focus RS will embarrass the Golf...
Seriously though it is neat that we have all these hot hatches to choose from. Can't wait to see some head to head battles between the Focus RS, Golf R, and the WRX STi.
That's doubtful. The ST was supposed to "smoke" the GTI, but it never did. If anything, it will be the same thing again. the Focus will be more edgy and sporty, but lack overall refinement and quality, whereas the Golf will be the better DD.Too bad about the deposit...the new Focus RS will embarrass the Golf...
The Golf has always better a better overall car than the Focus. Higher quality interior, no stupid Sync, higher refinement, better ride, quieter, better residuals, etc.
Could be better refined, but it will most definitely (on paper at least) be faster. It's pushing nearly 350 HP and 350 lb ft torque compared to 297 HP for the Golf and it has the AWD system that should have been on the ST as well. The Golf is also so expensive you could justify spending the money on an Audi, since that's pretty much what it is anyway.
Too bad about the deposit...the new Focus RS will embarrass the Golf...
Seriously though it is neat that we have all these hot hatches to choose from. Can't wait to see some head to head battles between the Focus RS, Golf R, and the WRX STi.
I have to agree, I'd take the focus over the Golf everyday, its just too dull in every sense.
My 2001 Golf TDI with 323K miles on it disagrees with this statement.