Recent content by iainh

  1. iainh

    Audi Connect subscription

    Can't really say 'Like' to this, but you know what I mean. Thanks for the (further) disappointing news. All seems pretty poorly thought ut that you purchase this great new service for your car, only for it to to stop being updated before you reach your first MoT
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    Audi Connect subscription

    Wow, that's a lot of good, not! Thanks, but really not good news. I see too it says; "Google satellite maps is available from model year 2019". May car was Dec-17 but showed Google satellite imagery, but this is simply a Google Earth overlay to an Audi map as opposed to a Google map? Still can't...
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    Audi Connect subscription

    Thanks @GeoffT. You have simply confirmed my worst fears
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    Audi Connect subscription

    Thanks @GeoffT. This was my understanding which is why they seem of strictly limited value. I guess if you have a 'need' to provide access to people in the car to a WiFi hotspot as they have mobile devices without their own mobile connection, there's some value, although in my initial 3 years I...
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    Audi Connect subscription

    Oh okay. So providing a WiFi hotspot in the car is not important ... it's simply swapping one mobile connection for another as my phones/tables have their own mobile connections ... but you also say; "If you use your own sim then Audi connect uses this for its data connections rather than the...
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    Audi Connect subscription

    Thanks @Frizzley, this is as I originally expected, but then looking here @GeoffT quite specifically says; "The truth is nothing at all online works without an Audi Connect subscription. I have tested this with a working Data only SIM after my subscription expired and you don't even get online...
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    Audi Connect subscription

    VERY interesting thread. I have an A5, 67 plate, all kinds of kit inc Tech Pack and Audi Connect and the Google-maps traffic info seemed pretty good. The car has been almost unused for ~15 months ... can't quite remember why now :whistle2: ... and the Audi Connect has expired. The manual is...