mjheathcote
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The Mrs new Audi is rather well specified, but what it hasn't got over her previous Golf is roadsign recognition, and adaptive headlights. The roadsign recognition especially being useful in unfamiliar areas.
Set up "myAudi" on her mobile, and surprisingly (or not) it is the same app platform as my BMW.
Flicking through the app, discover that roadsign recognition and adaptive headlights are paid for services, at a cost!
£75 a year for roadsign recognition, and £30 a year for adaptive headlights, or £375/£135 forever.
It's not as though, like navigation map updates, it is something that can be updated, it's already fitted, just not switched on.
The car has as standard parking assist, that will probably never be used, but the roadsign recognition is a genuine useful tool that can contribute to road safety. Please no comments it should not be necessary if you are paying attention when driving, I agree here, but the same can be said of all the other nanny stuff too.
So I would say, shame on you AUDI.
Set up "myAudi" on her mobile, and surprisingly (or not) it is the same app platform as my BMW.
Flicking through the app, discover that roadsign recognition and adaptive headlights are paid for services, at a cost!
£75 a year for roadsign recognition, and £30 a year for adaptive headlights, or £375/£135 forever.
It's not as though, like navigation map updates, it is something that can be updated, it's already fitted, just not switched on.
The car has as standard parking assist, that will probably never be used, but the roadsign recognition is a genuine useful tool that can contribute to road safety. Please no comments it should not be necessary if you are paying attention when driving, I agree here, but the same can be said of all the other nanny stuff too.
So I would say, shame on you AUDI.